EFFICIENT AND INTER-CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- The public can look forward to an efficient and inter-connected land transportation system within this year with the setting up of the Transportation Commission soon.

Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat said today the commission aimed to make the land public transportation system user-friendly for commuters and operators.

It would be a single regulatory body for land public transportation, thus
making regulation, licensing and enforcement hassle-free and more efficient, he
said.

He was speaking to reporters after attending a meeting to discuss the
formation of the commission at the Treasury here. The meeting was chaired by
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Currently 13 agencies are responsible for the country's land public
transportation system.

Ong said that certain powers vested in certain agencies needed to be
reviewed as the existing jurisdiction was found to be fragmented, hampering
efficiency.

He said Monday's meeting fine-tuned several matters pertaining to land
public transporation but he did not provide details.

The commission would not overlap the Cabinet Committee on Transportation as
they complemented each other, he said.
-- BERNAMA