Come 1 August 2007, Penang will have a new bus system. The authorities must involve civil society in the state in the planning for the new bus service, says Choong Sim Poey, in an open letter to Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon and Teng Hock Nan.
Angeline Loh describes a long overdue meeting between the Citizens for Public Transport (Cepat) and the chief of the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) – a meeting which provided little hope and came 15 years too late for Penang’s bus system (or rather, bus chaos).
Aliran is amazed that the people of Penang are being told that their State Government is not in charge of the administration of public transport in the state and therefore the State Government is redundant.
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