KUALA LUMPUR: People with disabilities (OKU) are among the needy groups that will benefit from the RM250 billion Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Pac...
Malaysian Foundation for the Blind chief executive officer Silatul Rahim Dahman hopes that the government would consider setting up a helpline manned by volunteers to help the OKU to fill up the necessary application forms to seek assistance under the Prihatin package. - Bernama
Malaysian Foundation for the Blind chief executive officer Silatul Rahim Dahman said the OKU communities were also entitled to cash payments under the package’s Bantuan Prihatin Nasional and Bantuan Sara Hidup initiatives. “The visually-challenged OKU who work as masseurs, sell tissue packets to the public or involve themselves in busking to entertain people are now not able to go out. They have no income now,” he toldSilatul Rahim, however, hoped that the government would consider setting up a helpline manned by volunteers to help the OKU to fill up the necessary application forms to seek assistance under the Prihatin package.
Riduan Abd Rahman, 39, who runs a food truck business, is happy with the Prihatin package as it would help to ease the financial burden faced by petty entrepreneurs like him who belong to the B40 group. His youngest child, who is two years old, has spina bifida – a congenital defect of the spine – and doctors have recommended that the little boy undergo a surgery.
“Their purchasing power has been affected and this will have negative effects on retailers, small- and medium-sized industries, investments, tourism, aviation and other sectors.
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