Passengers take in the view aboard the Penang Ferry as it makes a crossing from Penang island to the mainland October 3, 2019. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
“Who uses more fuel? Car owners. The bottom 20 per cent have no cars, not even motorcycles. They depend on public transport,” he said, adding that the government should think about subsidising public transportation as 70 per cent of Malaysians use it and think less about the top 30 per cent. Earlier, he chaired a panel discussion titled ‘Growth and Development’ at the two-day Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2019, which began yesterday.
Jomo, who is also a senior research advisor at the Khazanah Research Institute, said the government should think about other development opportunities, including the move to biodiesel.
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