Congratulations to the Rehabilitation Centre being awarded the Golden Award in the third “Third Age Persons Consumer Culture Study Award (TAPA) 2012-13” organized by the Consumer Council

To promote public understanding about the consumer behavior of the elderly people – the third age, the Consumer Council organized the third “Third Age Persons Consumer Culture Study Award” in the year 2012-13. The study projects submitted centered around the behaviors, phenomena and consumer culture of the third age to arouse public awareness of the issues faced by third-age consumers.

“The Invisible Consumer Life" is the report submitted by our Rehabilitation Centre which recorded two of our visually impaired members’ positive and negative experience in everyday shopping. Difficulties encountered by visually impaired persons from personal experience in doing shopping were described in the report to improve public understanding of their special needs. The report gained high regard from the adjudicators and being awarded the Golden Award for 2012-13.