Three visually impaired men
ended their five-day hunger-strike in Ulaanbaatar this week after being
assured that their grievances would be heard by appropriate officials.
The hunger strikers began their
protest following a change in laws for the disabled which reduced the
amount of assistance they were receiving.
A July 1, 2006 revision of
laws for the disabled changed the criteria for those qualifying for
aid. While previously, workers who had been 50 percent disabled received
aid, this number was changed to 70 percent disabled.
Additionally, the new law only
provided aid to those who could prove they were without work, without
money and homeless.
Government officials have promised
to eliminate the new disability law and return to the former compensation
plan for disabled workers.
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Akira
KAMIMURA, lecturer, faculty of Mongolian studies, Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies launched an innovative website on old Mongolian
manuscripts maps in cooperation with the state archive of Mongolia. It contains 16 precious maps which are stored at the state archive for
academic use. The oldest map was estimated being made in 1803-1805.
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