Uber still not legal in Sarawak, must apply for state license or risk vehicle confiscation – Nancy Shukri

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Despite Uber’s plans to commence operations in Kuching, Sarawak tomorrow, the mobile app-based ride-sharing service needs to obtain a state license before it can operate in Sarawak, the government said.

Uber has yet to apply for a permit from the Sarawak Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP) that allows the company to legally operate in the state, said federal minister Datuk Nancy Shukri. “Uber is still not legal until they register with LPKP Sarawak. We need to record their activities and we have to be responsible for passengers,” she was quoted by The Borneo Post Online.

She cautioned that illegal Uber operators would be picked up by the authority under Section 56 of the Road Transport Act, 1987 for not possessing the specific licence to offer taxi services. Meanwhile in neighbouring Sabah, the state Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB) declared the ride-sharing service illegal earlier this year.

“I am not saying we are suggesting Uber should be legalised yet. They need to comply with terms and conditions. It does not matter how they want to label their vehicles but they must register. At the moment, they are still not legal, so we do not recognise them,” the minister added.

While Uber offers a variety of options to the ride-sharing passenger in Peninsular Malaysia, only the basic uberX product will be initially offered in Kuching when it launches tomorrow, and payment can be done via cash or credit card.

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Comments

  • Cincalok on Sep 13, 2016 at 6:42 pm

    Sindiket kereta sapu makin berleluasa kat Kuching…

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    • Bravo on Sep 14, 2016 at 6:04 am

      Operasi kereta sapu di Kuching berdaftar dan berlesen dari kementerian dan JPJ. Sekarang Taxi ialah sebuah sindiket. Memeras dan menipu. Harus di tukar kepada UBER.

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  • Ini mesti semua salah Ade… oh wai

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  • Like it or not, Uber and Grab car is here to stay. Public at large demand it. You just can’t stop such disruptive technology, such revolution. Just like you cannot stop online newspaper from killing printed newspaper.

    Google is now developing a rival to Uber and Grab.

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  • Ben yap on Sep 13, 2016 at 7:21 pm

    Sarawak don’t like can leave Malaysia.

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    • Bravo on Sep 14, 2016 at 6:08 am

      If Sarawak leaves, Malaysia will definitely get broke.. can’t imagine, even the Petronas twin tower also has to be moved to Sarawak. Hehe..

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      • MY has shown that it can survive a low oil price environment, so if cut off oil money it’ll hurt alot but definitely can pull thru.

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      • Hmm... Much Hmm... on Sep 14, 2016 at 3:07 pm

        Sorry to burst your bubble but that isn’t true, the money we get from Sarawak vs the amount we are spending on Sarawak is negligible, in other words if Sarawak leaves, it wouldn’t affect peninsula + Sabah instead it’s like shooting themselves in their own foot.

        If you are keen to understand it better, you should compare the budget from 2014 till now, and compare it with TOGY from 2014-2015. This could give you an overview of things but to really dig deeper, there’s also the cost allocated from security, development, education, healthcare, finance and more. But I’m omitting it because you can negate some from the profits of mining, agriculture and others taxes.

        The information is there if you are diligent enough to search for it then compare before trusting words from an anonymous source, worse still from a politicians or leaders with hidden personal agendas.

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  • Bravo on Sep 14, 2016 at 6:19 am

    Taxi in Sarawak are too much in term of prices, refused not to use meter and soon to become like KL. Before it happens, UBER shld setup. Taxi is Sarawakian, UBER also Sarawakian driver. We can’t stop revolution although we make demonstration.

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