TMI - TWU: Tubuh suruhanjaya siasat konsortium bas Transnasional rugi RM300j

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Nov ― Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Pengangkutan (TWU) menggesa Putrajaya menubuhkan suruhanjaya bagi menyiasat punca kerugian RM300 juta dialami Konsortium Transnasional Bhd (KTB) sehingga menyebabkan ia memberi kata dua mahu menghentikan khidmat di enam negeri bulan depan.

Setiausaha Agungnya Datuk Zainal Rampak berkata, siasatan perlu bagi menentukan kebenaran dakwaan bahawa syarikat berkenaan dikatakan tidak telus dalam perkara berkaitan pendapatan dan juga penjualan harta, kononnya dibuat untuk menambah modal.

“TWU kecewa dengan tindakan penutupan laluan yang tidak menguntungkan dibuat oleh KTB dan kami difahamkan syarikat telah menjual banyak hartanah yang dikumpul pengurusan lepas untuk menambah modal syarikat.

“Pekerja ingin tahu ke mana perginya wang jualan hartanah tersebut, perkhidmatan bas termasuk bas henti-henti di mana penjualan tiketnya dibayar secara tunai oleh penumpang tidak ada terma kredit yang terlibat dalam urusan tersebut,” kata bekas presiden Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) ini dalam satu kenyataan.

Semalam, KTB mengumumkan kemungkinan untuk menghentikan sepenuhnya perkhidmatan bas henti-henti Cityliner di enam negeri bulan depan sekiranya tidak ada pihak dapat membantu menyelesaikan masalah kerugian yang ditanggung syarikat berkenaan.

Pemberhentian perkhidmatan itu dijangka berlaku di Kelantan, Terengganu, Selangor, Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Pahang, melibatkan 80 laluan dan 400 buah bas.

Pengarah Eksekutif KTB Tengku Hasmadi Tengku Hashim berkata dengan kerugian kira-kira RM300 juta yang ditanggung kini, syarikat tersebut terpaksa bertindak begitu bagi mengelakkan daripada terus menanggung kerugian setiap tahun.


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FMT - When is the next bus coming?

PETALING JAYA: Getting around town by bus is extremely difficult with service timetables sorely lacking, a government study concluded.

According to a draft version of the Greater Klang Valley/Kuala Lumpur Public Transport Master Plan, bus service information was “non-existent”, leading to a negative perception of public transport.

“The publication of conventional bus service timetables with departure times and intermediate timing points is virtually non-existent across the region. Where information is provided at bus stops, it is rarely adhered to.”

“The information is often outdated or its quality is insufficient for the users to have any level of confidence to use in determining travel options,” the draft said.
(The draft was prepared by the Land Public Transport Commission [SPAD] and released to the public on Nov 13.)

It also said that this lack of information was a reminder that city bus services were not consistent or did not operate within licence requirements.

RapidKL’s bus services, the draft said, was also the only transport company that was actually putting information about its schedules online.

But this lack of schedule availability was not appealing to the general public, the study added.

“In studies which have focused on the quality and availability of public transport information, inadequate and inaccurate information has shown to have a demonstrably negative effect, on both the perception of bus services and on ridership levels,” it said.

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