Comments on: Letter To MPAJ

By: » Inaccessible Pandan Perdana/Letter To MPAJ - Update #1 | Peter Tan - The Digital Awakening |

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:29 +0000

[...] Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) never responded to my complaint. Is this indifference common among the local councils in Malaysia? The silence is more than [...]

By: » First Step Towards An Accessible Pandan Perdana | Peter Tan - The Digital Awakening |

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:48:51 +0000

[...] the middle of the walkway that caused Wuan and I to fall onto the road in May last year. Read this, this and this for [...]

By: » Second Complaint Letter To MPAJ Regarding Inaccessible Pandan Perdana | Peter Tan - The Digital Awakening |

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:56:12 +0000

[...] is absolutely disappointing that Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) never responded to my complaint regarding the inaccessible and dangerous walkways around Pandan Perdana. This was despite a letter from the Jabatan Kerajaan Tempatan (Department of Local Government) [...]

By: » MoNSTerBlog - August 1, 2006: Fishing Without Lines And Rods | Peter Tan - The Digital Awakening |

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:49:10 +0000

[...] and the disabled community, what makes this new approach any different? When one particular municipal council cannot even get its act right, who can blame me for being [...]

By: galadriel

galadriel — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:20:53 +0000

As someone who had studied building construction and facilities for the disabled in the UK, I was also disappointed to find that Malaysia truly lacks provisions for the disabled individuals. We require:
1.) More ramps for wheelchairs in our shopping complexes and cinema, especially at entrances and carpark areas.
2.) Bigger lifts that can accommodate wheelchairs. Especially in condos and apartments and shopping centres.
3.) Braille on the buttons of lifts and under certain signage (like doors to public toilets).
4.) Fire alarms for the hearing-impaired. Ringing fire-bells should also have flickering lights for those who are hearing-impaired. Especially in condos and apartments.
5.) Better pedestrian walkways (wider, with no obstructions) - as mentioned above.
6.) Better taxi-stands and bus stops for wheelchair users (especially LRT feeder bus stands) - should be covered and wide enough.
7.) Ramps / lifts in LRT stations. Yes, all of them have lifts but to get to some of the LRT stations, you’d have to climb some stairs before you reach the main area with the ticketing booths and lifts…!
8.) Fire escape routes for the disabled (like self-powered lifts with its own generator). Can you imagine what would happen if a disabled person was trapped on the 18th floor of a condo / office and all the lifts were not working?!
Just my 2 cents.

Peter:
You have covered many aspects of the inaccessility in Malaysia. Those problems have been identified but nothing is being done to address it. It ill be a long struggle but we have to advocate for these facilities.

By: LecturerUM

LecturerUM — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:27:17 +0000

It’s true about the different elements of the street environment being under different ministries, like the bus stop shelter’s location, various street furnitures - telephone booth, lamp post, post box and so on.

The issue here is people, and not only disabled people, should be actively campaigning for problems and bombard regularly all these municipal councils with all the problems they encounter. Using Peter’s case, people who could be involved in this campaign will be ready to take shots of UNACCESSIBLE street elements and barriers that they themselves have problems. It could be your elderly mother or relative who cannot climb the tall curbs or cannot run fast enough at the traffic lights or crossings or difficulty of climbing pedestrian bidges and so on.

Imagine the MB of Selangor anf the MPKT’s Director getting numerous letters of complaint with lots of shots of these problems. Surely they will get the idea.

I think we can get some funding for this campaign we can get a pack of leaflets and checklist of problems encountered and urge people to do so by writing to these various ministries.

To me the main problem is people participating in this campaign.

I had chatted before with a DBKL officer and he said he wished MORE PEOPLE write to complain but he seldom get any. Imagine that!

Peter is the exception and not the norm.

Peter:
The leaflets and checklist is an interesting idea. Lets work something out.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:04:28 +0000

well, you did what u had to do

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:10:59 +0000

Whatever it is, Pete has fowarded the complaint to various other authorities including the MB of Selangor. Just pray that his complaint is acted upon and not ignored. Kudos Pete.

Btw Pete, I can’t help but be distracted by your sunglasses and serious facial expression. Ahem, leng chai hor.

Peter:
Sunglasses? Hmm…

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:14:38 +0000

I hope you get a proper response.

By: multidimid

multidimid — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:46:38 +0000

Perhaps you are barking up a wrong tree. MPAJ is not responsible for the installation of lampost. Try sending a copy to TNB. FYI, MPAJ is not in the habit of replying to complains direct.

This lampost is one of the many exmples you find. The sighting of a telephone booth right in the middle is another bad example. And the use of pavement blocks is another big problesm as inevitably the rains would disloged them and and form an uneven surface