News & Reviews:   Anthony Loke

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has revealed that FLYsiswa will be made an annual initiative by the Ministry of Transport (MOT). In case you’re not familiar, FLYsiswa is an initiative offering subsidised flight tickets to public university students for domestic routes between the peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has announced that the Ministry of Transport (MOT) views seriously the incident of an 18-year-old teenager electrocuted to death onboard an express bus at Penang Sentral in Butterworth, Penang. Accordingly, several immediate actions have been taken, including the activation of a Special Taskforce to investigate the incident.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook today iterated that Malaysia will continue to use digital driving licences and road tax. This is despite calls from certain quarters to revert back to physical driving licences and road tax.

This week has been a messy one for the Malaysian government. On the first day of October 2024, it was announced on the MyJPJ app that it would be compulsory to log in with MyDigital ID. The process wasn't smooth, as users encountered errors which led to a U-turn, for now.

Not too long ago, the Malaysian government announced that it would be compulsory to use MyDigital ID to log in to the MyJPJ app. The date was planned for 10 October but after the disaster of server crashes, they decided to make a U-turn (for now).

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook today announced that all airlines must provide mandatory full refunds to passengers of flights delayed by 5 hours or more. This new regulation will come into force starting this 2 September.

Earlier today, we reported how Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook announced the new road tax structure for electric vehicles (EVs). Well, he also announced another thing related to EVs or zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) today, which is the upcoming implementation of special license plate frames for the vehicles.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook today announced that foreign vehicles entering Malaysia from Singapore will soon require the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) RFID tag. He added that the VEP system, originally introduced in 2019, will be fully enforced at the Johor Causeway and Malaysia-Singapore Second Link starting 1 October.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has announced that Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) will allocate RM50 million to fix and upgrade various facilities at monorail stations. He added that the work is expected to start as early as this October.

Malaysian online platform BJAK Sdn Bhd (BJAK) has become the subject of scrutiny this past week. This is after the Road Transport Department (JPJ) revealed that the company was never authorised by JPJ or the Transport Ministry to offer road tax renewal services, to which BJAK responded by clarifying that the service is only optional and now, free of charge.

Now, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has also addressed the matter, saying that he is open to the company becoming JPJ’s strategic partner. However, the online platform must go through proper channels in doing so.