Starting this 12 months, the Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MOT) will not maintain street security marketing campaign launches along with festive intervals. Transport minister Anthony Loke mentioned that is to save lots of prices as every marketing campaign prices between RM100,000 and RM200,000, as reported by Bernama.

Loke mentioned the price saving might be channeled to extend the standard of current street security campaigns that give a direct profit to the general public. “From this 12 months, there might be no launching ceremony for any street security marketing campaign. Even with out the launch, JPJ operations will nonetheless continues. Mixed operations might be held and legal guidelines will proceed to be enforced, ” he mentioned.

“Nonetheless, if any non-public firm needs to carry a marketing campaign launch, that’s at their discretion. I’m stopping the ministry’s price range as we are going to use the cash for extra productive issues,” he added. “This might take the type of handing free bike helmets price RM55 every as we now have discovered many riders utilizing shabby helmets,” he mentioned throughout the 2024 MOT mandate.

In different issues, Loke mentioned MOT is specializing in 4 key areas this 12 months. The preliminary focus might be on the interconnectivity and accessibility of the general public transport community. Loke mentioned this inline with the twelfth Malaysia Plan’s intention to attain excessive revenue nation standing.

MOT may even be specializing in land, air and maritime security, with Loke saying, “final 12 months virtually 7,000 lives have been misplaced in street accidents making this consumer security challenge a spotlight for MOT with any future campaigns required to fulfil its targets.”

The third goal is to put in a tradition of infrastructure, service and transport community upkeep. Lastly, MOT will drive coverage interventions primarily based on digitisation and strengthening information use capabilities.

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