School bus operators in a fix after SPAD halts processing permits

Buses in a jam: Amali Munif speaking to reporters after the AGM as his deputy Wu Chee Leong looks on.

BATU CAVES: School bus operators are at a loss after the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) ceased accepting and processing new permit applications from Dec 1.

This complicated matters for some 12,000 school bus operators nationwide as SPAD will only be replaced by APAD (Agensi Pengang­kutan Awam Darat) on Jan 14, said the Federation of Malaysian School Bus Operators Associations.