Looking forward over the next decade and into the next millennium, we are aware of the challenges, the pitfalls and the leveled road, we will have to face, overcome and travel.
History plays an important part in all our lives.
From the time of writing our Constitution to the registration of our Association, we have had full encouragement and support from the highest authorities in our land. Charged with this encouragement and support, coupled with the continuing guidance of our mentor, Dr Tan Cheng Bock and his gracious wife, DPA was able to launch its disability database in October 1994. SW International Pte Ltd. We are happy to have had close collaboration with the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, NUS, headed by Prof. Cheong Chee Tat and his member of staff, Dr Derek Keong, and volunteer students. This year, our 10th year of functioning, and on the 4th International Decade of Disabled Persons, we were able to enlarge our Home Page to include the data from the Social Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on all matters pertaining to disability in the region. Singapore, through DPA, has well and truly arrived in serving as a hub for disability knowledge, information and documentation in this region.