SBTCA members call on Lee
KUCHING : Members of the Sarawak Bus Transport Companies Association (SBTCA) yesterday paid a courtesy call on Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin at his office in Petra Jaya here. A press statement said during the meeting, the chairman of the association, Mohd Atan Abdullah, introduced the new members of the committee for the year […]
Express bus, stage bus and express boat services to fully resume
KUCHING: Suspended express bus, stage bus and express boat services can now begin 100 per cent operations effective Friday (Nov 5). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the decision was made based on approval from the Sarawak Ministry of Transport. “After considering the high percentage of Covid-19 vaccination recipients statewide, the application from the Sarawak […]
Express bus operators seek government assistance
BY IBRAHIM MAHSEN SIBU: Express bus operators under the Sarawak Bus Transport Companies Association (SBTCA) whose incomes have been affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic have applied for government assistance in order to sustain their operations. SBTCA honorary secretary William Chan said so far one of the association’s member companies had already stopped operations while […]
Prioritise bus employees, body appeals
SIBU: Sarawak Bus Transport Companies Association (SBTCA) appealed to the government to consider the needs of employees at bus terminals throughout the state to be given priority to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Its advisor Lau Khing Seng when contacted today said the staff members included bus drivers and conductors as well as ticketing clerks who […]
Move to improve bus services
KUCHING: While waiting for the implementation of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line and Stage Bus Services Transformation (SBST) programme, the Sarawak Transport Ministry is also making efforts to improve existing public bus services. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the ministry was getting feedback from bus operators, bus drivers and passengers on […]
NOT READY to go cashless
SIBU: Sarawak Bus Transport Company Association is appealing to the Transport Ministry to allow bus operators in Sarawak to implement the cashless payment system in the near future, and not now. Sarawak Bus Transport Company Association adviser Lau Khing Seng said the system should only be implemented in another five years. He said the government […]
