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Taxi drivers want government to address their problems

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 11:10 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Taxi Drivers Welfare Association today appealed to the government and the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) to look into their plight.

Its chairman, M. Manickam, said the association had submitted seven demands
to the government and SPAD, but had yet to get any response from them.

"Today, we are sending a memorandum, containing the seven demands, to the
government," he told Bernama here. Also present was People's Progressive Party (PPP) Information chief Datuk A. Chandrakumaran.

The demands contained in the memorandum included insurance scheme, the
Social Security organisation (Socso) and Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for taxi
drivers, special schemes to make it easier for taxi drivers to apply for housing

and personal loans, and a guideline on the daily permit payment by taxi drivers
to taxi companies.

Manickam said the absence of a guideline on the daily permit payment had
resulted in the taxi drivers paying more than what they earned. "The taxi drivers have to pay between RM19 and RM24 in daily permit payment to taxi companies, despite earning only between RM80 and RM100 a day and the company having to renew the permit once in seven years for only RM120," he added.

He said they want the daily permit payment for taxi drivers to be set at
RM10. The association, established in 2006, now has 120 members. -- Bernama

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Matta fair packs in the crowds

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 10:28 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The three-day fair of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) is packing in the crowds.

The fair, which began on Friday at the Putra World Trade Centre, registered
some 19,000 visitors on Friday and 29,800 visitors yesterday. Some 940 booths are offering promotional holiday packages in the country and abroad.

Several people interviewed said they were looking for attractive domestic
holiday packages. One of them is Juwana Mohamad Shakroni, 25, from Cheras. She said she and her husband were nature lovers and planned to take up a good offer to go to Teluk Batik in Perak.

A 25-year-old university student from Seri Kembangan, who wished to be
identified only as Muiz, said he wanted to buy a holiday package to Kota
Kinabalu for RM500. "I plan to go on the holiday with a friend," he said.

Pakistani national Aman Khan, 22, said he had come to the fair to buy a
holiday package to Sipadan Island off Sabah. A teacher from Klang, Ranjiv Ram, 31, was there to get a travel package to Perhentian Island which he said he wanted to visit with his wife on their third wedding anniversary.

Kavita, 28, from Petaling Jaya, said she was looking for a holiday package
to Sabah or Sarawak during the next school holidays.

"I am looking forward to enjoying the natural beauty as well as the seafood
there," she said.

Matta had set a RM100-million sales target for the fair. Its organising chairman John Tan had said that he expected 80,000 visitors at the event, surpassing the 76,300 visitors at the September fair last year which chalked up sales worth RM88 million. -- Bernama

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