News about transport

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): The northerly flight path for Singapore's Seletar Airport that is disputed by Malaysia is necessary, says Singapore, because wind blows from different directions in this region in the first and second half of the year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): In response to Malaysia's charge that it selectively published documents relating to its disputed Instrument Landing System procedures for Seletar Airport, Singapore's Ministry of Transport says the correspondence it released was to address media queries whether The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) had consulted its Malaysian counterparts in December last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MoT) (pictured), in a statement yesterday, accused Singapore of wanting to influence public opinion with its "partial and selective" public release of documents last week over the disputed Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for the city-state's Seletar Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): The altered port limits for Johor Bahru Port have “not in any way” encroached into any part of Singapore, said transport minister Anthony Loke today.

  SUBANG (Nov 27): The Transport Ministry aims to increase the ridership of the Skypark Link rail service between KL Sentral and Skypark Terminal Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport by 50% within a year.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 24): The Transport Ministry and Putrajaya Corp, the owner of the Putrajaya Monorail project, will issue a request for proposal (RFP) in January next year, after which contractors may submit their proposals for the long-delayed rail project, a source told The Edge Malaysia.

SEPANG (Nov 22): The government is looking at reducing the passenger service charge (PSC) collected by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB).

Formerly known as VOIR Holdings Bhd, Vertice is confident in the successful execution of a mega infrastructure project in Penang.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): Representing disabled people, a coalition of NGOs today denounced Putrajaya’s plan to replace feeder buses with Grab cars,  Free Malaysia Today reports that the NGOs called the idea unacceptable and simplistic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): Shares in Gamuda Bhd continued climbing in active trade this morning after rising 11.