Brunei to tender rights to operate land transport routes
Saturday, May 17, 2008
THE MOTOR Transport Licensing Authority under the Ministry of Communications will soon call out tenders to appoint operators for crossborder transportation mechanisms to begin plans of land route expansion into the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines - East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) region in August.
In a statement made to The Brunei Times, the authority has plans to have two buses coming in from here into Pontianak, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Limbang and Lawas in August. The plan is aimed at easing both the movement of passengers as well as to encourage trade within the region.
The authority will soon hold an Information Day to brief potential transport operators on the future conditional routes and services that would be expected from them. Among the essential conditions to be met by the potential operators is that it is to be a local private limited company. The inter-city transportation plan is hoped to benefit local operators by providing additional market through the schedule of passenger movement within Sabah, Sarawak and Indonesia.
In areas of expanding sea linkages, the ministry has plans to implement a project by September that would involve a car ferry terminal offering car ferry services from here into Sabah via the awaited all new Serasa Ferry Terminal. The project that has been undergoing since November 2005, will be an advantage for individuals opting to travel into Kota Kinabalu by car driving in through Labuan, where the trip can be shortened by two hours with the new facility. Currently Bruneians who want to travel into Kota Kinabalu are faced with a wearing trip where it is required for them to cross border into Sarawak first, before re-entering into Temburong and reaching back into Sarawak from the opposite side. The journey continues through the Sarawak and Sabah border, before reaching Kota Kinabalu, in total taking 8 hours of travelling.
With the new facility one can take a three hour ferry trip into Sabah, where from there it will take another three hours to reach Kota Kinabalu.
The $4 million project is expected to have linkages from Serasa into Bandar Seri Begawan via buses and taxis.
To expand further current routes, landing rights has been granted to two low cost airline agencies where Tiger Airways of Singapore and Air Asia to start operating in Brunei. The plan includes Tiger Airways to fly in from Singapore three times a week and for Air Asia to fly into Brunei from Kuching and Kota Kinabalu seven times a week. Cebu Air from the Philippines and Batavia Air from Pontianak are currently preparing the proper documentation for the agencies to be issued landing rights.
The Brunei Times
In a statement made to The Brunei Times, the authority has plans to have two buses coming in from here into Pontianak, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Limbang and Lawas in August. The plan is aimed at easing both the movement of passengers as well as to encourage trade within the region.
The authority will soon hold an Information Day to brief potential transport operators on the future conditional routes and services that would be expected from them. Among the essential conditions to be met by the potential operators is that it is to be a local private limited company. The inter-city transportation plan is hoped to benefit local operators by providing additional market through the schedule of passenger movement within Sabah, Sarawak and Indonesia.
In areas of expanding sea linkages, the ministry has plans to implement a project by September that would involve a car ferry terminal offering car ferry services from here into Sabah via the awaited all new Serasa Ferry Terminal. The project that has been undergoing since November 2005, will be an advantage for individuals opting to travel into Kota Kinabalu by car driving in through Labuan, where the trip can be shortened by two hours with the new facility. Currently Bruneians who want to travel into Kota Kinabalu are faced with a wearing trip where it is required for them to cross border into Sarawak first, before re-entering into Temburong and reaching back into Sarawak from the opposite side. The journey continues through the Sarawak and Sabah border, before reaching Kota Kinabalu, in total taking 8 hours of travelling.
With the new facility one can take a three hour ferry trip into Sabah, where from there it will take another three hours to reach Kota Kinabalu.
The $4 million project is expected to have linkages from Serasa into Bandar Seri Begawan via buses and taxis.
To expand further current routes, landing rights has been granted to two low cost airline agencies where Tiger Airways of Singapore and Air Asia to start operating in Brunei. The plan includes Tiger Airways to fly in from Singapore three times a week and for Air Asia to fly into Brunei from Kuching and Kota Kinabalu seven times a week. Cebu Air from the Philippines and Batavia Air from Pontianak are currently preparing the proper documentation for the agencies to be issued landing rights.
The Brunei Times
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