Deputy Transport Minister Kamarudin Jaafar says there is no plan to extend the July 12 deadline.
E-hailing drivers want the government to give them six more months to comply with the new ruling.
This follows a call by e-hailing drivers to the government to extend the deadline by six months, citing such factors as steep fees and a difficult PSV test. “This decision was made a year ago. July is still two months away. I am calling on the drivers to comply with the deadline,” he told FMT. Earlier, Grab Drivers Malaysia Association president Arif Asyraf Ali said less than 10% of the estimated 200,000 drivers had applied for the licence.Arif said that among the problems faced by his members were steep fees and a difficult test.
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