00:00 Can you elaborate on the tax on buses, taxis and taxis?
00:05 Yes, yesterday I had a discussion with the head of the executive office of Pekeso
00:10 and we understood that the Ministry of Finance has given a fund to Pekeso
00:18 worth RM100 million to cover up to 90%
00:24 for taxi drivers, e-heeling, p-heeling and so on
00:30 But even though it's 90%, 10% of it needs to be covered by the driver himself
00:38 So we see that when it's not 100% covered, there are those who may not cover it
00:45 because they need to come register and pay that 10%
00:50 So for the taxi drivers, we will cover that additional 10%
00:58 Meaning that 90% of the fund will be topped up by the Ministry of Transport
01:07 So it means that taxi drivers and school bus drivers
01:13 don't need to cover even a cent for a year
01:17 They only need to register their names
01:21 and if they have registered their names, we will give them a slip of their ID
01:28 So this means that for these drivers, with a top up of 10% from the Ministry of Transport
01:36 they don't need to pay a cent
01:39 So this is an effort to provide social protection to them
01:45 because this is very important, especially to the drivers
01:49 because if there is an accident, this is a shield to them
01:55 a social protection to them and their families
02:02 So this top up is very important and critical to us
02:07 and that's why we give priority to top up the drivers
02:12 We have discussed with Pekeso
02:18 I have asked APAD to provide a list of taxi drivers databases to Pekeso
02:26 They also have their own databases so that the database can be matched
02:30 and we expect that in March, we will be able to launch this initiative
02:36 This means that we will cover and they will be protected
02:39 For now, this is a yearly initiative
02:43 12 months, it is expected that next year, if there is a financial crisis
02:51 we hope that this initiative can be continued
02:53 Taxi drivers alone are estimated to be more than 35,000
03:01 School bus is estimated to be around 18,000
03:07 School bus driver is estimated to be around 18,000
03:10 Taxi driver is estimated to be around 35,000
03:13 That's our database
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