Uber in contact with gov’t to improve urban mobility

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In an effort to improve urban mobility, Uber Malaysia is continuously in discussions with various government agencies, including the Land Public Transport Department (SPAD).

According to the ride-sharing service provider’s general manager, Leon Foong, the engagements have been fruitful so far, and focused on the public and riders’ interests, safety, plus how to make public transportation services more reliable.

Speaking to Bernama, he said, “things are going well and we hope to come to a solution that is beneficial for urban mobility.” However, he declined to elaborate further on the matter, stating that it was too soon to predict the outcomes of these discussions.

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Restless taxi drivers have been urging the Government for an ultimatum in relation to the legality of ride-sharing services like Uber and GrabCar. Currently, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) deems the ride-sharing app legal.

On the other hand, those who provide the service through the app without the proper legal documents are in breach of the Land Public Transport Act 2010. SPAD has stated its intent to amend the Act, which will allow it to take direct action against the ride-sharing app developers.

Even though it appears that many parties are against the ride-sharing service, there are those that support them. This includes Finance Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah, who mentioned that Uber’s business benefit low income earners by supplementing their income.

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Arnold on Dec 15, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    Most probably the minister and SPAD is getting monthly incentives just like Uber and GrabCar drivers? Please regulate them as soon as possible so we taxi drivers will not suffer cause we ll have an option to choose!!

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  • seancorr (Member) on Dec 15, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    It’s not just the finance ministry that supports them but the citizens are actually supporting them hence the boom in the ride sharing business.

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  • transformer on Dec 15, 2015 at 11:02 pm

    when local sundry shop, wet market daily neccesity expensive, Gov bring in Hypermarket…. many closed shops…

    when our Taxi gets world rating as one of the worst, UBER came to rescue Rakyat! not Gov! and now Gov want to BAN UBER!

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  • Taxidrivers…quit complaining la… can’t stop change. Instead find ways to clean up your acts and join up with Uber and the like. They make sense to the public and have proven to work well.

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  • andrekua on Dec 16, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    I don’t know if it’s only me who think that government purposely made the public transport so bad and expensive to force us to keep buying cars and pay excessive excise duty.

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