Guide dogs essential for the visually impaired

Stevens Chan, 52, and Lashawn Chan, 2. Lashawn is the first seeing eye dog in Malaysia. Stevens, founder and CEO of the Glaucoma Society Malaysia, hopes to make guide dogs for the blind a norm.

AFTER reading the letter from David C. E. Tneh, “Let trained dogs guide the blind freely” (The Star, Oct 3), I am compelled to revisit the subject of trained guide dogs leading the blind.

Tneh pointed out that in Malaysia, visually impaired individuals with trained guide dogs are not allowed in a majority of malls and are also forbidden in public transport hubs, KTM Komuter, LRT and MRT, making it difficult for the visually impaired to go about freely.