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RM50 mln set aside to build state’s OKU community centre

KUCHING: Sarawak has approved RM50 million under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) for the construction of a Special Needs Community Centre (SNCC) which will have full facilities for persons with disabilities (OKU). Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the budget was also subject to review, adding that a strategic […]

Nation’s first SNCC to be ready by Dec 2025

KUCHING: The country’s first Special Needs Community Centre (SNCC), set to be built in Sarawak, is expected to be completed by December 2025. Revealing this, Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah called on the state government to allocate a 10 to 20-acre plot of land for the […]

The disabled want empathy not pity

KUCHING: The potential of the disabled community can be seen when the right opportunity and guidance are given to them, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister noted that the achievements of the state’s Paralympic athletes in the Tokyo Games 2020 had created public awareness on the […]