PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Society (Motac) will be retaining conversations with the Correctly being Ministry (MOH) on altering tour vans into ambulances to assist in Covid-19 catastrophe conditions.
Welcoming the initiative launched by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Friday, its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri (pix) outlined the initiative was moreover being refined on the specialised components with the Land Group Transportation Firm (APAD).
“This initiative moreover permits tour van operators who’re influenced by the prevailing motion administration which does not allow cross-state points to do, due to this impacting the tourism market,“ she talked about in a assertion in the meanwhile.
On Friday, Ismail Sabri talked about about 100 vacationer vans will be reworked into ambulances to assist in shocking emergency circumstances involving Covid-19, primarily inside the Klang Valley.
In accordance to Ismail Sabri, the swap prepared beneath the Increased Klang Valley Express Job Stress is a follow-up measure to handle the most recent Covid-19 pandemic circumstance inside the space, notably to handle grievances of ambulance delays to amass people from their residences who’re going via conditions this type of as shortness of breath and should have speedy therapy.
Nancy outlined MOTAC would moreover search the advice of with vacationer van associations to see if the necessities met the requires of APAD for the goal.
She outlined tour van permits for Peninsular Malaysia is beneath the jurisdiction of APAD and any matter involving modifications is topic materials to the corporate’s acceptance.
For Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, tour motorcar permits are issued by the Ministry beneath the Tourism Vehicles Licensing Act 1999 (Act 594).
Nancy additional that APAD permits had been solely issued to tour van operators whose journey organizations had been accredited by the Ministry beneath the Tourism Market Act 1992. — Bernama
