About 250 disabled children and adults from 12 disability organisations took part in a Sports Carnival "Sukaneka Muhibbah" organised by Tanjong Plc. The prime mover of this annual event was Tanjong Plc Senior Manager Ms Ranjit Kaur who was there with her 35 - strong team of volunteers and officials who co-ordinated and managed the various sports.
Among the participants were members from the Malaysian Spinal Injuries Association (MASIA), Association of Women with Disabilities Malaysia, POCAM, Society of the Blind, Perwira K9, Bangi Training Centre (PLPP), and the Community Based Rehabilitation Centres of Selayang and Bentong, Pahang. They competed in wheelchair basketball, table tennis, petanque, congkak and also telematches. The was also a wheelchair rugby demonstration.
About a third of the total participants comprised children and teenagers with learning disabilities who took part in telematches with a helping hand from volunteers.
Among the participants were members from the Malaysian Spinal Injuries Association (MASIA), Association of Women with Disabilities Malaysia, POCAM, Society of the Blind, Perwira K9, Bangi Training Centre (PLPP), and the Community Based Rehabilitation Centres of Selayang and Bentong, Pahang. They competed in wheelchair basketball, table tennis, petanque, congkak and also telematches. The was also a wheelchair rugby demonstration.
About a third of the total participants comprised children and teenagers with learning disabilities who took part in telematches with a helping hand from volunteers.
The venue for this year's Carnival was Rumah Insaniah Dr. Siti Hasmah, Taman Kanagapuram, Petaling Jaya. The VIP in attendance was Dato Dr. Mahmood Merican,President of the Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan, who gave away prizes to the winners.
NOSTALGIC MOMENT .......
It was a recount of years gone by. Dr. Mahmood Merican was as excited as I was upon meeting after so many years. I initially met him during my very first involvement with a disability organisation in 1978, where I was the only disabled committee member of the Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Wilayah and Selangor where he was President, and Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah the Patron. That was when we were at the planning stage for the then yet to be built Rumah Insaniah Dr. Siti Hasmah !
