INGENIEUR
GUIDELINES
INCHEON STRATEGY
Accessibility and Facilities for
the Build-Environment
for Persons with Disabilities
in the Asia-Pacific Region
By Pang Soo Moi
W
hen the Asian and
Pacific Decade of
Persons with Disability
1993-2002 was declared by UN
ESCAP, Malaysia was a signatory
to the Proclamation on the “Full
Participation and Equality of
People with Disabilities in the
Asia Pacific Region” on May
16, 1994. The (UBBL) Uniform
Building Bye-Laws 1984 was
amended to include by-law 34A
on the “Building Requirements
f o r D i s a b l e d P e r s o n s ”.
Subsequently, three Malaysian
Standards namely MS1184:
Code of Practice for Access
for Disabled Persons to Public
Buildings, MS 1183: Code of
Practice for means of escape for
Disabled Person and MS 1331:
Code of Practice for access
for Disabled Persons outside
buildings were correspondingly
formed to assist the industry
for the implementation of
facilities of built-environment for
Disabled Persons.
In addition, several
guidelines on planning and
building requirements by the
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Strategy
10 GOALS TO
MAKE THE RIGHT
REAL FOR PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES
IN ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC, 2013–2022
Town and Country Planning
Department and the Local
Government Department of
the Urban Wellbeing, Housing
and Local Government Ministry
were also issued to guide
planners, architects, engineers,
builders, developers and local
Government officers.
INCHEON STRATEGY
Towards the end of the second
Asian and Pacific Decade of
Persons with Disability 2003
-2013, the Governments of
the ESCAP region gathered in
Incheon, Republic of Korea, from
October 29 to November 2,
2012 to chart the course of the
new Asian and Pacific Decade of
Persons with Disabilities for the
period 2013 to 2022. They were
joined by representatives of civil
society organisations, including
those related to persons with
disabilities. Also in attendance
were representatives of interGovernmental organisations,
development co - operation
agencies and the United Nations
system.
The Inche on S tr ateg y
provides the Asia-Pacific region,
and the world, with the first set
of regionally agreed disabilityinclusive development goals.
Developed over more than two
years of consultations with
Governments and civil society
stakeholders, the Incheon
Strategy comprises 10 goals, 27
targets and 62 indicators.
The Inche on S tr ateg y
builds on the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Biwako
Millennium Framework for