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Legal Framework for Motorcycle e-Hailing Ready at Year End

  • The Ministry of Transport expects to establish a legal framework and the terms for motorcycle e-hailing by the end of the year.

  • The Cabinet had agreed in principle to go ahead with the service.

  • There is no specific date on when the services will begin again.

The Ministry of Transport expects to establish a legal framework and the terms for motorcycle e-hailing by the end of the year.

“The ministry will update the legal framework and terms of service once the review process has been finalised and approved by the Cabinet,” the ministry said in a written response posted on Parliament’s website today.

The Cabinet had agreed in principal to green light the service in August this year. The decision was made after Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq met with Go-Jek’s founder who had travelled from Indonesia.

It was an about turn for the Ministry of Transport and Cabinet who had carried on with the decision to ban motorcycle-hailing by the previous Barisan Nasional government.

That decision hit Dego Ride, the service which was started by a Malaysian company. The Ministry of Transport under the new government even issued a stern warning to Dego Ride to stop immediately.

However, Dego Ride proceeded to restart the service in August when the Cabinet agreed to go ahead with motorcycle e-hailing, but was told to cease their services again as the government had not set up a legal framework.

Syed Saddiq Wants Go-Jek in Malaysia

  • Youth and Sports Minister YB Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman wants motorcycle ride-hailing service Go-Jek to begin in Malaysia.

  • He says it will provide much needed jobs to Malaysian youths.

  • The decision will be made during the Cabinet meeting on 21st August.

Youth and Sports Minister YB Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman wants motorcycle ride-hailing service Go-Jek to begin in Malaysia.

He said that such service would help Malaysian youths in having jobs, adding that it is not enough for the government to organize programs or build race tracks.

“They want jobs. That is a more pressing issue,” he said in a video posted via Twitter.

Syed Saddiq said that he had brought Go-Jek’s founder Nadiem Makarim to meet with Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahatir Mohamad and Transport Minister Anthony Loke on August 19th.

The presentation was “accepted kindly” and the discussion will be finalized in the upcoming Cabinet meeting on 21st August.

The minister stressed that he would like to create “hundreds of thousands” of job opportunities for motorcyclists.

Go-Jek is based in Jakarta, Indonesia and is the direct competitor to Grab Ride in a number of Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and home base Indonesia.

Grab on other hand, originated in Malaysia.

The minister’s recommendation is good, in our opinion, as many have taken up motorcycle-based food delivery jobs such as Food Panda, Grab Food, and so forth.

On the flip side, it will contradict what YB Anthony Loke’s decision to ban motorcycle ride-hailing service. He had issued an order to ban Dego Ride last year and did not allow Grab Ride to go ahead.

“U-turn” for Go-Jek Motorcycle e-Hailing Service?

  • The Minister of Transportation, YB Anthony Loke confirmed that Go-Jek wants to enter Malaysia.

  • This was despite his earlier stance against motorcycle e-hailing service last year.

  • The decision for the earlier ban was “safety reasons.”

The Minister of Transportation, YB Anthony Loke confirmed that Go-Jek motorcycle e-hailing service wants to enter Malaysia.

“We will never legalise Dego Ride in Malaysia because we disagree with any type of ride-sharing services that involve motorcycles,” said the minister in a press conference in September 2018. He cited “safety reasons” for the decision.

The decision to ban Dego Ride was a follow up of the ministry’s first directive on 31st July 2018.

Is this another “u-turn?”

YB Loke told The Edge that he received a visit by Go-Jek a month ago. The Indonesian company is looking forward to entering the Malaysian market. According to the Malay Mail, the minister was quoted as saying that while he reminded Go-Jek that Malaysia has regulations regarding e-hailing service, “he did not foresee any problems of them coming here to start operations, as well as injecting more competition into the e-hailing market.”

Go-Jek had started out in 2010 in Indonesia before flourishing and expanding to neighbouring countries last year. They are currently operating in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore in addition to their home country.

Go-Jek’s biggest competitor, Grab, originated in Malaysia, on the other hand. Grab is also operating their GrabBike motorcycle e-hailing service in many Southeast Asian countries.

Source: The Malay Mail

  • 17/10/2019
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