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Bakti programme for disabled to be launched nationwide |
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Friday, 18 January 2008 |
The Semai Bakti programme, a special programme under BAKTI (the Association for Wives of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers) for the disabled will be expanded beyond the Felda community will be launched nationwide on Feb 1 by the Prime Minister in Seberang Perai, Penang.
The Star reported that its president, Datin Paduka Seri Jeanne Abdullah, said expanding the programme to all community rehabilitation centres throughout the country would enable the association to reach out to more disabled people. In another report from The News Straits Times , it was stated that besides helping the disabled, Bakti had also organised other programmes such as collecting information on this group’s various disabilities and the types of treatment available for them in and out of the country, as well as fostering of children in Forms Four and Five by members.
Source from The Star and News Straits Times |