Effectiveness of new transport board queried

Lu Wei Hoong and Norman GohPublished: Jun 24, 2015 3:12 PM | Updated: Jun 24, 2015 4:58 PM

After the tragic loss of Flights MH370 and MH17, as well as the Genting Highlands bus crash in the past two years, the Transport Ministry aims to set up a new, central agency, called Malaysia Transport Safety Board (MTSB), to enhance transport safety.

The 44-page MTSB Act draft bill, uploaded in the ministry’s Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) website , when scrutinised shows some loopholes on MTSB, which may be a stumble to improving the nation’s transport safety.

According to the Miros introduction on the safety board, the bill will establish MTSB as a one-stop centre for independent investigations, research, operations and monitoring of all modes of transport...

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