No compensation for cabbies affected by NGV closure

Petronas

Taxi drivers affected by the temporary closure of 67 Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) stations in three states will not be compensated, The Star reports. According to Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, minister in the prime minister’s department, Petronas Dagangan has no plans to fork out any compensation to cabbies as there were still NGV stations operating across the country.

“Sixty one out of the 128 NGV stations are still operating and taxi drivers can still rely on alternative fuel such as petrol or diesel. There is no proposal by Petronas Dagangan to pay compensation to taxi drivers,” he said in reply to a question about the matter in Parliament yesterday.

On October 31, Petronas announced it was temporarily halting sales of NGV gas at 67 stations in Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Johor to accommodate upgrading works. Abdul Rahman said that 22 NGV stations in Selangor and five in Negri Sembilan were still operating, and urged taxi drivers in the affected states to be patient.

The closure was announced after a man died when a tank containing NGV fuel exploded at a petrol station in Taman Mount Austin, Johor Baru on October 25. The halt will see work being carried out to upgrade safety features at the stations, and the affected stations are set to be reopened as soon as possible over the next couple of months.

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Comments

  • seancorr (Member) on Nov 09, 2016 at 11:12 am

    Better safe than sorry

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    • Sama L00 on Nov 10, 2016 at 12:12 pm

      Seriously, who care about the taxi drivers? They are the slave to feed the taxi company (taxi companies).

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  • Between life(safety) and money, taximen choose money.

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  • Kunta bin Kinte on Nov 09, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    what is the gangster teksi drivers gonna do now? Gomen also turn their back on them. Ha ha h ah ha

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  • Kunta bin Kinte on Nov 09, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    What is the big blue CEO going to do now? Do somemore press conference from jail? Supposed to be in jail but he can go in and out anytime

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  • Susukotak on Nov 09, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    Patut tokey & pemandu teksi buat tuntutan mahkamah ke petronas.

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  • Jimmy on Nov 09, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    Fair.

    2. Too many articles on motorbikes. Maybe should create a section particular for motorbike news?

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  • Henry on Nov 09, 2016 at 12:58 pm

    The big guys will always bully and trample on the small guys. That’s how it works.

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  • Need compensation for what? Not like you’re getting passengers anyway.

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  • pengayuhbasikal on Nov 09, 2016 at 2:03 pm

    to compensate because of closure is ridiculous and illogical. What those taxi drivers ask is proper planning by PDB in servicing/checking the ngv station. I don’t think Gas Malaysia has so many maintenance service team to check all 67 station concurrently…

    currently , even at small ngv station (with 2 pumps)…you need to queue at least 30 minutes .. this after 8.30 pm ooo….Bandar Tasik Selatan ngv…during lunch hour the queue already overflow to overhead bridge to TBS …and this…affect traffic on MRR2 both ways…

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  • Open to othersla..
    why must monopoly..

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  • After 4 ,i sleep under tree, i pray crude oil price down under us40 per tong. Let petronas feell like nelayan and taksee dryver also.

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  • ben yap on Nov 09, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    taxi bila mau protest? when want to come and stop every NGV passenger car from pumping NGV?

    above all, where’s mini me?

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