Day: April 26, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) will continue to assist in the revival of the transportation industry after being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Its minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said the industry was also seen to have the opportunity to grow more rapidly in the future.

“When the price of goods goes up, people will link it to high transportation cost and all sorts of other things associated with transportation.

“Indeed, without transportation our mobility is restricted. That is why we have to help revive the transportation industry, especially the ones that have been affected a great deal,” he said after the officiating of four new lorries of Mesra Indah Jaya Transportation (MIJ) at the MIJ Depot in Dataran Pahlawan today.

He said among the efforts made was the launch of a new financing product known as Commercial Hire Purchase Financing-i to strengthen the socio-economy of entrepreneurs.

“The Consumer Credit Act which governs the regulatory arrangements for all consumer credit activities also needs to be implemented immediately so that lending control and coordination activities can be carried out more effectively,” he added.

MIJ is a 100 percent Bumiputera company that has been entrusted with the delivery of medicines and vaccines together to Pharmaniaga.

The company also ships Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizza Hut raw materials to the Klang Valley and north and south of the peninsula.

“Delivery to the East Coast, namely, Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, however, cannot be done currently as there are not enough lorries to meet the demand from KFC and Pizza Hut,” said the statement.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

DENGKIL, April 26 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Highway Authority’s (LLM) Traffic Management Centre (TMC) and 25 highway concessionaires’ traffic control centres will be the focus of motorists to obtain and report the latest traffic information during the Aidilfitri holiday.

Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said TMC was always ready to monitor traffic on the highways to provide accurate and up-to-date traffic information.

This is because he said congestion in certain locations is expected to occur due to the increase in the number of vehicles plying the highways during Aidilfitri holiday this year, after two years of being prohibited to travel interstate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“TMC of LLM and highway concessionaires’ traffic control centres will operate 24 hours daily from April 29 to May 9. Motorists are advised to contact TMC at the hotline 1-800-88-7752 to get information on the latest situation on the highway,” he said after launching the highway safety campaign in conjunction with Aidilfitri celebration, themed “Keluarga Malaysia, Perjalanan Selamat”, at the Dengkil rest and service (R&R) Area, here today.

Also present was the president of the Malaysian Highway Concessionaires Association (PSKLM) Datuk Zakaria Ahmad Zabidi.

Fadillah also advised motorists, especially those who use the North-South Expressway, KL-Karak Expressway, East Coast Expressway 1 (Karak-Jabor) and East Coast Expressway 2 (Chenor-Kuala Terengganu) to use the travel time advisory (TTA) to plan their ‘balik kampung’ journey and back to the city.

He said that the TTA was provided by the concessionaires as a recommendation to motorists based on the projected traffic trends and travel time from certain destinations.

Fadillah also advised motorists to have enough balance for Touch ‘n Go cards or RFID e-wallets for smooth travel.

He said that concessionaires had also been instructed to implement initiatives such as increasing the number of highway operations and maintenance task forces, increasing the frequency of patrols by patrol teams to deal with any accidents or other incidents and the provision of emergency relief teams and enforcement agencies comprising the Ministry of Health, Royal Malaysia Police, Road Transport Department and Fire and Rescue Department.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency