Last month, I received a report forwarded by a taxi driver, which later turned out to be erroneous. It was a grave mistake for the driver to claim that a new category of licence known as “e-hailing taxi” will be introduced and vehicles under private registration can no longer be
“Elephant in the room” denotes major issues that are known to the public but poorly understood and often treated as non-existent because people are not comfortable to address them or could not offer solutions. To me, the biggest elephant in the room are drivers, especially those handling large lorries and
COMMENTARY To many tourism industry personnel, ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ is merely a slogan introduced in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2007, and later rehashed to ‘Celebrating Malaysia Truly Asia’ for VMY 2014. But I knew we were already truly Asia 510 years ago when the Portuguese set foot on
VIEWPOINT During a road safety forum in December 2003, I proposed that private companies be appointed to assist the authorities in conducting surveillance to overcome the shortage of enforcement officers and static cameras. My proposals were reported in several English dailies and published full-page in a Malay broadsheet newspaper. Had
VIEWPOINT The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Tourism Malaysia), which is the marketing arm of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac), compile and post information in its website, including foreign tourist arrival figures and estimated tourism receipts. These statistics are often released on a quarterly basis. For example, tourist
COMMENTARY In response to the common practice of sleepy lorry drivers stopping their vehicles in highway emergency lanes to take a nap, Road Transport Department (RTD) director-general Datuk Shaharuddin Khalid said they were breaking the law and could cause harm to other road users. He said under ruling 10B Traffic
VIEW POINT Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) or People’s Housing Project is one of the four programmes listed in Sarawak Housing Development Corporation’s website, and the objective is to provide transit housing and achieve zero squatters. Completed PPR projects are located at Demak Laut, Sri Wangi and Taman Dahlia in Kuching,
VIEW POINT MyTeksi, an e-hailing app for taxis, was launched in Kuala Lumpur on June 5, 2012. On May 16, 2014, MyTeksi added GrabCar to its app, so that customers can opt for premier service and the addition of vehicles other than taxis increased supply in the market. In January
Thanks to the media, many Malaysians may be able to recall the two major golf tournaments staged in the country. There were the Maybank Malaysian Open played between 1962 and 2015, and the CIMB Classic from 2010 to 2018. But there has never been a Malaysian winner for these two
If tourism is a business that requires the least expenditure but gives the maximum return within the shortest time, then the government should invest more in this industry and not just the private sector. However, the development of any industry is not just spending on marketing promotions but also to
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