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KUALA LUMPUR: All buses in the country can be submitted to the Safety Star Grading Program (SSG) in order to improve safety and efficiency.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the program was underway.
"As the program is (currently) conducted on a voluntary basis, the low number of participants is not surprising."
"If we can make what we seriously consider mandatory"
"When their services are good and the public is satisfied, operators may have good reason to ask for a rate increase," he added. He said at a press conference after visiting the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) in Kajang on Thursday, July 19.
He said the program was beneficial as it gives confidence to the public., including a better safet Loke said that to date, only 20 bus operators had participated in the program that was introduced by Miros in 2013.
The SSG program awards a rating based on the level of compliance with security
Loke says there are more than 36,000 permits issued for various types of buses.
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