Transport minister: Bumiputeras make up 60pc of Railway Asset Corporation tenants

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PUTRAJAYA, March 15 — Sixty per cent of the 1,475 tenants of the Railway Asset Corporation (RAC) are Bumiputeras, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook. He said RAC...

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He said RAC which is an agency under the Ministry of Transport focuses on empowering Bumiputeras, and at the same time does not leave out the non-Bumiputeras, in an effort to bridge the economic gap. “In that regard, I sincerely hope that more private companies in the rail industry will come forward to help the government empower this sector in line with the ministry’s aspirations through the Road to Rail approach translated into the National Transport Policy 2030,” he said at the Pay As Use Contract Handover Ceremony for Locomotives and Wagon Between RAC and SMH Rail Sdn Bhd, here today.

“I understand that our existing policy is not to allow tourist buses from Thailand to enter Malaysia, only private cars are allowed.“If the state governments see that there is a need to look at the policy, they can write to us to allow tourist buses from Thailand,” he said.

 

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