KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has received the ‘Asia Pacific Political Commitment’ award at the International Association for Public Transport (UITP) World Congress 2013 held in Geneva, yesterday.
In a statement today, SPAD said the award was presented in recognition of SPAD’s hard work to deliver and implement new landmark public transport projects for Malaysia under the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
“The MRT, GO-KL bus services within the KL Central Business District (CBD), the 2-Tier KLIA Taxi System, 1Malaysia People’s Taxi (TR1Ma) as well as the Interim Stage Bus Support Fund (ISBSF) are among some of its initiatives,” it said.
On hand to receive the award was SPAD’s Chief Executive Officer, Mohd Nur Kamal.
The UITP World Congress is held every two years and is organised by UITP, which has its headquarters in Brussels. It is an international meeting attended by all public transport stakeholders including governments, regulatory bodies, planners, operators, scientific institutes, vendors and technology providers.
This World Congress saw SPAD Chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar moderating a session which discussed the challenges in accessing funding for public transport infrastructures and projects, whilst Mohd Nur led discussions with other public transport Organising Authorities from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and Australasia.
“SPAD’s Head for Policy, Planning and Research Dr Prodyut Dutt, also delivered a paper showcasing Malaysia’s advancement in the public transport industry,” it added.
– BERNAMA
