Cabinet backpedalling in getting youths to earn more, says ex-deputy minister

Aziz Kaprawi says instead of introducing Gojek. Putrajaya should finance youths to venture into hi-tech agriculture fields and earn more. FMTNews

The Cabinet has given the green light for the introduction of the motorcycle e-hailing service.

“Official data from the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research state the risk of riding a motorcycle is 16 times more than driving a car,” he told FMT.Miros had been advising the government to look for alternatives to motorcycles and a way to reduce fatalities, he said. Due to that, he said the previous administration had spent billions of ringgit to build the LRT and MRT.Aziz further argued that Gojek will not solve employment issues as youths will be stuck in the lowest “segment of their profession” and it may also be dominated by foreign workers.

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