SPAD: School bus fares to be deregulated from January


Mixed reaction: The new 'flexible' school bus fare structure would be decided based on 'negotiations' between parents and bus operators.

PETALING JAYA: School bus fares are likely to rise in January following a decision by the Land Transport Commission (SPAD) to deregulate fares due to rising costs.

Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, who announced this yesterday, said that the new “flexible” fare structure would be decided based on “negotiations” that would take place between parents and bus operators.

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