Monday, December 28, 2015

School bus fares to rise due to GST, says federation

School bus operators may hike their fares next year thanks to cost increases caused by the goods and services tax (GST). – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 28, 2015.School bus operators may hike their fares next year thanks to cost increases caused by the goods and services tax (GST). – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 28, 2015.
School bus operators are looking to hike fares next year due to cost increases caused by the goods and services tax (GST), said Federation of Malaysian School Bus Operators Associations president Amali Munif Rahmat.
The New Straits Times today reported Amali as saying that prices would be set by individual operators or companies and may differ from one another.
"The operators need to discuss and negotiate with the students' parents.
He estimated only one in five school bus operators were licensed, mainly due to the discontinuation of buses older than 30 years.
He said operators resorted to carrying on illegally as they could not afford to purchase new vehicles.
Since 2010, he said there were only 18,000 licensed school buses operating nationwide, half of which were charted buses servicing universities and colleges.
- TMI

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