Loke: Prasarana needs to improve monitoring of contractor work quality, blacklist underperformers
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook: The monitoring process has to be better.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook: The monitoring process has to be better.
"For every person who uses the My50 travel pass, you are actually receiving RM100 in subsidies from the government, but the public may not be aware, as they believe it is just RM50.
"The Ministry of Transport is in progress of land acquisition for the MRT3 line, but the decision on when to award the project is under the purview of the Ministry of Finance.
Regarding the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project, Loke announced that infrastructure work in Malaysia had reached 65% as of the end of December last year, while system work was 33.
As of now, the Malaysian government has not initiated any discussions regarding the HSR with the Singapore government, even during the recent two-day Malaysia-Singapore Leaders' Retreat, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke stated that this includes the construction of five new stations, the acquisition of three sets of three-car trains to maintain service intervals, upgrading of the train depot, as well as other expenses involving independent checking engineers, project management and legal fees.
"If necessary, this system will continue to be developed by enabling the use of other payment modes such as QR code in the next phase of implementation.
After chairing a Cabinet Committee meeting to address traffic jams on Tuesday (May 2), Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the press that local authorities in the Klang Valley have been instructed to identify all road closures due to roadworks and construction, and the information will be discussed in a technical committee meeting to be held in two weeks' time.
KLIA was ranked 67th in Skytrax’s World’s Top 100 Airports 2023, behind Singapore’s Changi, which topped the list, but ahead of Thailand’s Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, which was in the 68th place.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said another 18 train sets that are undergoing various maintenance programmes will be added to the Kelana Jaya line by 3Q23, and shorten the train interval time to three minutes.