The nominated candidates for the council members were from Persatuan Pengangkutan Lori Pantai Berat Sabah, Persatuan Lori-Lori Pengangkutan Sandakan and Persatuan Pemandu dan Pemilik Lori Daerah Tawau. The newly elected council members consist of Chairman, Steven Chua Pui Ming; Deputy Chairman, Lee Yun Sang; Vice Chairman, Yong Loong Vun; Secretary, Adrian Ho Su Fah; Assistant Secretary, David Chin; and Treasurer, Lu Thien Sheng.
The Registrar of Society approved the formation of the Association in March this year. The main objectives of the Association amongst others are to promote and strengthen the relations between members, the Government, Statutory bodies and other trade organisations; and to assist members in solving legal and technical problems and other matters affecting the lorry transportation trade.
The newly elected chairman, Steven Chua, extended his appreciation to Persatuan Pemandu dan Pemilik Lori Daerah Tawau for hosting this historical event in the new chapter of transportation trade. The chairman emphasized that there are many long outstanding issues confronting the members and awaiting resolutions from the Government and its relevant departments. The main issues are (i) the restriction of Berat Dengan Muatan (BDM) or Gross Vehicle Weight to a maximum of 38,000kg in East Malaysia and whereas the maximum BDM of Peninsular Malaysia is 51,000kg. (ii) allocation of more lorry parking spaces and stop-overs at every reasonable distance intervals between various towns and city. (iii) to increase the diesel subsidy in view of the different geographical conditions from that of Peninsular Malaysia. (iv) to protect the interest and the existence of the medium and small transporters which are facing threats from non-Sabah big corporations' such as rate manipulations and cartel.
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