The Peninsular Bus Drivers Association today welcomed the study being undertaken by the Human Resource Ministry on the wages

of express bus drivers which it describes as "too low."

Association secretary Sa'adan Man said that express bus drivers now had to depend on commissions for trips made because of their very low pay.

In a statement, he suggested that the salaries of all express bus drivers in the peninsula be fixed at RM1,200 a month, excluding travelling allowances.

Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri had told the Dewan Rakyat during a debate on Nov 29 that the Human Resource Ministry was studying in detail the salaries of express bus drivers which many deemed inadequate.

- Bernama