MS 1184 : 2002

CODE OF PRACTICE ON ACCESS FOR DISABLED

PERSONS TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS
(FIRST REVISION)

0. Introduction

Malaysia’s commitment to quality living among people with disabilities is extensively

addressed in this revised code, which accordingly improves the provisions of the MS 1184:
1991 Code of Practice for Access for Disabled People to Public Buildings, and is now called
Code of Practice on Access for Disabled Persons to Public Buildings.

Pursuant to the spirit of the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of People with
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Disabilities in the Asia And Pacific Region to which Malaysia became a signatory on 16 May
1994, the review of the current Code of Practice is relevant. The standard has immensely
contributed to the fulfilment of the goals set in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons 1993-2002 which aimed at systematically improving the living conditions of disabled
persons and helping them to achieve their full development potential.

This revised standard covers the provisions that need to be incorporated in public buildings to
ensure that they are accessible by disabled persons, thereby enhancing the integrative

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potential of disabled persons into the mainstream activities of society.
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This standard concentrates on the essential provisions that need to be incorporated in
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buildings to ensure that they are conveniently usable by disabled persons. It does not pretend
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to be comprehensive.
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1. Scope
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This Malaysian Standard specifies the basic requirements for elements of buildings and
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related facilities so as to permit access by people with disabilities.

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These requirements are applicable to all buildings that disabled persons may use as
members of the general public, as visitors or for purposes of employment. Residential
buildings will be covered in another standard.

Building types to which the recommendations of the code may be applied include:

a) offices, banks, post offices, shops, department stores, supermarkets, hotels and other
administrative and commercial buildings;

b) rail, road, sea and air travel buildings and associated concourses, car-parking
building and factories;