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department is tasked with the
responsibility of making its services
more accessible and friendly to
its clientele groups which consists
of senior citizens, single parents,
delinquent juveniles, disadvantaged
children, persons with disabilities,
victims of natural disasters and
domestic violence, social destitute,
child-care providers and voluntary
welfare organizations.
This has been the motivation behind
the formation of the new Ministry
of Welfare, Women and Family
Development headed by Yang
Berhormat Datuk Hajah Fatimah
Abdullah who has always been
a staunch advocate of a holistic
transformation of the welfare system
that promotes a more accessible and
humane approaches to human needs
and social problems.
The department is also aware that
welfare work is a joint responsibility
of all civic-minded citizens. Hence it
will forge greater partnerships with
NGOS and the corporate sectors in
the delivery of its services.
For instance, recently a Chinese New
Year event was held together with
corporate entities such as PETRONAS,
Mega Hotel Miri and DD Plantation
Soul City
the department will take stringent
measures to ensure that all child-care
centres, TASKA (Taman Asuhan Kanak-
Kanak) are legally registered under the
Child-care Centre Act, 1984 in order to
avoid any further untoward incidents.
Hence parents are advised to send their
child to registered Taska only.
Meanwhile, the process time
for registration of a TASKA has
Among the new programmes
that have been scheduled for
implementation this year include:
(a) setting up of 45 satellite offices,
in strategic locations in the
suburban and rural areas;
(b) online registration of the disabled;
(c) enhancement of the registration
of the child-care centres.
(d) forging of multi-sectoral
collaboration with voluntary
welfare organizations and
corporate sectors.
The setting up of satellite offices aims
at extending the welfare services to
the less fortunate and the vulnerable
groups at the grassroot level so that
no eligible persons may be denied
of government assistance. It also
aims at alleviating the burden of
hardships faced by the target groups
through the disbursements of various
social assistance and small-business
launching grants.
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Miri under the auspices of His
Highness the Governor of Sarawak
and Toh Puan. Representatives of
the corporate sectors contributed
angpows to the welfare recipients
and residents of welfare institutions.
Under the Persons with Disabilities
Act (2008), all disabled persons are
required to register with the welfare
department. This is necessary for
the government to plan services
and allocate adequate funds for the
needs of these groups. Hence an
online registration system has been
developed to speed up the process.
The department is cognizant of recent
incidences of mishandling of children
in some child-care centres operated by
individuals and business entities. Hence
been shortened to three and half
months as compared to 12 months
previously. With this, the operators
would have no valid excuses for not
registering their centres.
In order for members
of the public to provide
feedback or reports on
certain social issues of
welfare concern, they
may channel their querries
through our national 24/7
careline @ 15999 or
talikhidmat @ 555999.
For more information, please contact Department of Welfare Sarawak, Wisma Kebajikan, Jalan Siol Kanan, 93050 Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia. T: +6082 444121, 448445 F: +6082 455710, 448946 E: welfare@sarawak.gov.my
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