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M'SIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- The government is fully committed to providing whatever support necessary and possible in upholding its social responsibility to the people and nation.
Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Senator Heng Seai Kie said this was a holistic agenda that must be achieved in tandem with the nation's progress and prosperity.
"The government of Malaysia, therefore, supports both national and
international initiatives as we strive to create a new and better deal for the low-vision community," she said when opening the 10th International Conference on Low Vision - KL Vision 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), here, Monday.
Heng said a number of measures had been taken by the government to improve the lives of the low-vision community.
She said last year, the government gave out RM22.4 million (US$7.2
million)in aid to help ease the burden of registered non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and homes that cared for those who were physically challenged.
"The aid may not be sufficient to cover all the operating expenses of the NGOs and homes, but we try to help and encourage them to be self-sufficient and independent," she said.
Heng congratulated the Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) and Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital for their dedication to host this prestigious event for the first time in Asia since its inception in 1984.
The five-day conference is held once in three years in various cities of the world, under the auspices of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR).
This year's conference themed "Vision Rehabilitation-Towards Better Living", will focus on new developments in research and rehabilitation, rehabilitation and new advances, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, and intervention and epidemiology in developing countries.
About 600 local and international delegates are participating in the conference, with over 40 speakers from across the world such as Australia, Finland, Italy, Japan and Pakistan sharing their knowledge and expertise as well as their research findings.
Heng also presented the KLVISION 2011 Award to Dr Sanduk Ruit, medical director of Tilgangan Institute of Opthalmology in Kathmandu, Nepal, for his contribution to vision care in Asia.
Dr Ruit's innovative small-incision cataract surgery with the use of inexpensive intraocular lenses has enabled hundreds of thousands of poor cataract patients in Nepal and other countries to regain their sight.
Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Senator Heng Seai Kie said this was a holistic agenda that must be achieved in tandem with the nation's progress and prosperity.
"The government of Malaysia, therefore, supports both national and
international initiatives as we strive to create a new and better deal for the low-vision community," she said when opening the 10th International Conference on Low Vision - KL Vision 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), here, Monday.
Heng said a number of measures had been taken by the government to improve the lives of the low-vision community.
She said last year, the government gave out RM22.4 million (US$7.2
million)in aid to help ease the burden of registered non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and homes that cared for those who were physically challenged.
"The aid may not be sufficient to cover all the operating expenses of the NGOs and homes, but we try to help and encourage them to be self-sufficient and independent," she said.
Heng congratulated the Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) and Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital for their dedication to host this prestigious event for the first time in Asia since its inception in 1984.
The five-day conference is held once in three years in various cities of the world, under the auspices of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR).
This year's conference themed "Vision Rehabilitation-Towards Better Living", will focus on new developments in research and rehabilitation, rehabilitation and new advances, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, and intervention and epidemiology in developing countries.
About 600 local and international delegates are participating in the conference, with over 40 speakers from across the world such as Australia, Finland, Italy, Japan and Pakistan sharing their knowledge and expertise as well as their research findings.
Heng also presented the KLVISION 2011 Award to Dr Sanduk Ruit, medical director of Tilgangan Institute of Opthalmology in Kathmandu, Nepal, for his contribution to vision care in Asia.
Dr Ruit's innovative small-incision cataract surgery with the use of inexpensive intraocular lenses has enabled hundreds of thousands of poor cataract patients in Nepal and other countries to regain their sight.
