Free bus rides for school kids from low-cost housing areas

A school bus stops for children as they are assisted by family members to board the vehicle at the PPR area in Kampung Baru Air Panas. - Bernama

SHOP assistant Hamidah Abdul Latif used to spend more than RM2,000 annually on school bus services for her three children to commute daily from home to school in Kuala Lumpur.

It did not include expenses for house rental, food items, school fees and so on. School bus fares take up more than 10% of the combined salaries of both Hamidah and her husband.