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for buildings built prior to the date of its enforcement. Persons with

disabilities have also campaigned for a purchase of new public buses that

are accessible to them. According to the DEP, the National Committee on

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities have instructed concerned

agencies to proceed in accordance with the request of persons with

disabilities.

17. Recommendation: The government should attach greater importance

to accessibility to transportation which would help enhance inclusion of

persons with disabilities in society. Concerned government departments

should take steps to ensure that private transportation companies make

adjustments to the physical environment and provide facilities for persons

with disabilities so that they do not have to take the legal action by

themselves. Some 3,000 new public buses that are in the procurement

process should be of low-floor type for wheelchair accessibility and have

necessary facilities for persons with disability of different types. For

example, there should be both display and announcement indicating the

place at each stop so that such information is accessible to persons with

visual or hearing impairments.

18. As regards accessibility to information, the Ministry of Information and

Communication Technology issued a Ministerial Regulation in 2009 setting

out criteria and requirements for state agencies to provide information,

communication and other relating services in formats and arrangements

that can be used by persons with disabilities. However, the webpage of

many state agencies are still inaccessible. Out of 35 web pages claimed to

be compliant with W3C standards that have been surveyed, about 14