Khairy disagrees with hike in driving school fees

(The Rakyat Post) – Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had told Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai that he disagreed with any hike in driving school fees.

He said the hike would burden consumers who were struggling to make ends meet.

“The hike will cause the youth hardship. By raising the fees, it could also cause the number of youths driving without licence to increase, and we don’t want that.”

He said this at a press conference after presenting 150 orphans, aged 2 to 18, from Kuala Lumpur, one complete set of Raya clothes, either a Baju Melayu or Baju Kurung sponsored by Jakel.

The Umno Youth chief said the gift of Baju Raya was part of the wing’s effort to help out the “urban poor” that existed in cities and which was a phenomenon that could not be fully eradicated.

Commenting on Umno Youth’s proposal to charge an entry fee for Singapore cars, he said the Youth wing was waiting for a cabinet paper by the Transport Ministry before it made any decision.

“I have told Liow of our decision and we will wait for the cabinet paper before saying anything else,” he said.

Umno Youth proposed the government impose a fee on Singapore cars entering Malaysia in a bid to counter Singapore’s decision to increase the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) and Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) permit fee for vehicles entering the country.