On May 2, the Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) announced that it had temporarily suspended the Smart Selangor bus service on five routes (SJ01, SJ02, SJ03, SJ04 and SJ05), but did not give a date for when services might resume, forcing many commuters to seek alternative transport options in the meantime.
Claims surfaced alleging that the disruption was due to delays by the land public transport agency (APAD) in processing the operator’s application, which reportedly took nearly two months. However, APAD has now clarified that the delay was due to the late submission and non-compliance with key requirements by the operator, Bernama reports.
According to the regulator, the suspension of the bus service along the five routes was not due to delays in processing, but because the operator – SKS Coachbuilders – had been late in submitting its permit application, only handing them in on April 25 and 26, leading to the council announcing the service’s suspension on May 2.
APAD said it confirmed receiving five applications, which were processed under standard operating procedures, assessment criteria and approval conditions, and then tabled at the licensing committee meeting (eJKP) on May 8, receiving conditional approval. It said the new permit applications were processed within 14 working days, in line with the agency’s client charter.
“However, the applicant failed to meet several key requirements, including compliance with GPS installation standards and the submission of valid approval offer letters. As a result, conditional approval was granted, pending full compliance,” the agency said in a statement.
It added that SKS Coachbuilders finally fulfilled all required criteria and conditions by May 15 and receiving full approval at the eJKP meeting on May 22, following which they were authorised to begin printing the approval offer letters via APAD’s iSPKP system from May 23.
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Malaysian company mah… where got settle things on time wann… If the company promise you 1 day turnaround time, it will be 1 week. if 1 week, it will be 1 month. if 1 year, it will be a decade.
Suddenly Selangor under PKR not so smart anymore. LOL!