5922) PPIM AGIH SUMBANGAN INFAQ REZEKI BAGI PEMANDU TEKSI -UTUSANTV - 28/08/2021

 

PERSATUAN Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) mengambil inisiatif berganding bahu bersama beberapa rakan sinerginya menjayakan misi kemanusiaan agihan sumbangan Infaq Rezeki kepada pemandu teksi.

Ketua Aktivis PPIM, Datuk Nadzim Johan berkata, agihan itu turut melibatkan kerjasama dengan beberapa organisasi lain termasuk Gerbang Sumbangan Sdn. Bhd, Yayasan Patriot Negara Malaysia, Icon Production Sdn. Bhd. dan Satria Intelligence Agency Sdn. Bhd.

Kata beliau, misi kemanusiaan itu bagi membantu orang ramai terutama pemandu teksi dan limosin yang berhadapan impak besar akibat penularan COVID-19.

“Agihan Infaq Rezeki Jelajah Utara Prihatin telah bermula mulai semalam hingga Isnin ini melibatkan sumbangan di beberapa kawasan yang telah dikenal pasti adanya pemandu teksi dan limosin.

Ketua Operasi Unit Kebajikan PPIM, Siti Khadijah Hassan Berseri (Tengah) bersama Wakil Perkeso Mohd Razmi Khalid (kiri) dan Pengasas Kingz MG Azul Hairi Berkhanuddin (Kanan) menyerahkan sumbangan kepada salah seorang pemandu limo Pulau Pinang yang terjejas hari ini

“Ini termasuk Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang; Jeti Pasukan Polis Marin Pulau Pinang; Jeti Pulau Langkawi; Kompleks Terminal Bas dan Teksi Kangar, Perlis dan Terminal Bas Shahab Perdana, Kedah.

“Sumbangan ini melibatkan lebih 400 pemandu teksi dan limosin yang rata-rata terkesan dengan impak pandemik COVID-19,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.

Program tersebut merupakan lanjutan daripada Program Prihatin Sinergi Infaq Rezeki kepada 200 pemandu teksi di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA), Julai lalu.

Agihan di bahagian Utara tanah air itu juga melibatkan beberapa pihak dan agensi termasuk Pertubuhan Kebajikan Sosial (Perkeso), Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM), Langkawi Development Authority (Lada), Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (MAIWP) dan pihak-pihak lain.

Sementara itu, Ketua Pesuruhjaya APM, Datuk Roslan Wahab berkata, agensi tersebut turut menyediakan kemudahan logistik bagi program Infaq Rezeki kali ini.

“Kita telah berkolaborasi dengan menyediakan kemudahan logistik agar proses menyalurkan sumbangan bagi kempen Infaq Rezeki sebanyak 500 kotak barangan asas keperluan dapur bernilai RM40,000 ini dapat disampaikan sebaiknya.

“Ia juga bagi menzahirkan keprihatinan kita semua kepada penerima manfaat Infaq Rezeki di saat pandemik COVID-19 dan menyemarakkan semangat patriotik kepada semua yang terlibat,” jelas beliau.

Artikel oleh: UtusanTV

PPIM AGIH SUMBANGAN INFAQ REZEKI BAGI PEMANDU TEKSI

https://utusantv.com/2021/08/28/ppim-agih-sumbangan-infaq-rezeki-bagi-pemandu-teksi/

5919) HELP LEAD TAXI DRIVERS OUT OF THE LOW-INCOME TRAP - FOCUS MALAYSIA - 02/09/2021

 

THE Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) ought to be applauded for initiating its Golden Jubilee Caring Tour to distribute 900 food baskets nationwide to tourism industry players, especially those who contribute to it.

After handing out 200 food baskets to limousine and taxi drivers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on July 24, SOCSO made a similar visit to Penang International Airport (PIA) on August 27.

The Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) and the Civil Defence Force were roped in for the distribution of food baskets, worth RM100 each, to members of the PIA Limousine and Taxi Association.

Its chairman Hafizi Ahmad told reporters that some of the 300 limousine taxi drivers at PIA have had their vehicles repossessed for failure to pay their monthly instalments due to severe reduction of income since the COVID-19 outbreak.

He disclosed that each driver could collect about RM200 in fares a day prior to the pandemic.

Now, some drivers could only get one or two trips a month, while others have had none for many months.

He urged representatives from the Transport Ministry to look into their plight and to engage with them soon.

He lamented that the authorities are oblivious to their sufferings and demanded for solutions as he believed that issues affecting them could be resolved.

But what can the Government do to help?

The answer is little or nothing as taxi drivers are not the only ones losing their livelihoods under prolonged lockdowns.

Unashamedly, they have been cry-babies for many years and politicians using them as pawns should also be blamed.

In February 2013, for example, Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin and Kuala Langat MP Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid were at KL Sentral to lend support after the Movement to Demand for Taxi Permits Malaysia announced plans to distribute 100,000 “We Want Permits” A3-size stickers.

This was because the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) had not issued any taxi permits since it began operations in January 2011 because the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP) had earlier flooded the market with too many taxi permits.

There were 38,000 taxis operating in the Klang Valley alone when the optimum number should be 20,000.

Issuing more permits would further affect the livelihood of existing cabbies as they were without passengers most of the time due to the oversupply of taxis.

After Uber entered the Malaysian market in 2014 and forced MyTeksi to morph into Grab by adding private cars to taxis in its offering, I have been pointing out that traditional taxi drivers are fighting a losing battle against private cars that offer better service at lower fares.

Then, smart taxi drivers switched to e-hailing service, and they get to pick up passengers as long as there were no complaints, unlike many cab drivers that prefer to choose trips or fix fares, such as those at the Kelana Jaya LRT station and the Batu Tiga KTM Komuter station.

Taxi passengers switched over in droves to private cars resulting in repeated protests by groups of cabbies calling for action against e-hailing services but received few sympathies from the public while the authorities were laughing up their sleeves at the turn of events.

While training and enforcement on taxi drivers have little or no effect in changing their behaviours over the past decades, success was achieved virtually overnight using technology that keeps drivers on their toes as they are monitored and rated at the end of every trip.

Naturally, recalcitrant cabbies would have none of this, although they could earn much more by running many trips than just waiting indefinitely for passengers, which was already bad before this COVID-19 outbreak.

During prolonged lockdowns, taxi service is as good as dead.

Some taxi drivers refused to accept that the world does not owe them a living and they should just move on.

In the past, politicians gave them empty promises and false hopes. It may seem cruel to say no but leading them out of a low-income trap would have been better and kinder.

If they enjoy working seated behind the wheel, they could have upgraded their driving licence to heavy vehicles and easily find a job driving trailers that provide good and stable income, as most trailer drivers earn between RM5,000 to RM8,000 per month.

But too many taxi drivers are either too stubborn, lazy or undisciplined, and prefer to work whenever or wherever they like.

Sadly, the attitude of underemployed graduates is no better – they would rather work for a pittance instead of driving trailers and earning a decent income.

Article by: Focus Malaysia

HELP LEAD TAXI DRIVERS OUT OF THE LOW-INCOME TRAP

https://focusmalaysia.my/lead-taxi-drivers-out-of-low-income-trap/

5913) DREBAR DAH RESAH - HARIAN METRO - 29/08/2021

 

Artikel oleh: Harian Metro

DREBAR DAH RESAH

5912) PENANG AIRPORT LIMOUSINE TAXI DRVERS FACING HARD TIMES - NEW SUNDAY TIMES - 29/08/2021

 

Article by: New Sunday Times

PENANG AIRPORT LIMOUSINE TAXI DRVERS FACING HARD TIMES

5908) PPIM AGIH SUMBANGAN INFAQ REZEKI KEPADA PEMANDU TEKSI DAN LIMO PULAU PINANG - SUARA.TV - 28/08/2021

 

Kuala Lumpur –  Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) mengagihkan sumbangan ‘Infaq Rezeki’ kepada pemandu teksi dan LIMO di Pulau Pinang kepada yang terkesan akibat pandemik Covid-19 yang melanda negara dan dunia sempena bulan kemerdekaan pada bulan Ogos.

Menurut Ketua Operasi Unit Kebajikan PPIM, Siti Khadijah Hassan Berseri, dana bagi agihan INFAQ REZEKI ini juga merupakan sumbangan dari para penyumbang melalui platform atas talian iaitu sumbangan.com.

Agihan ini di gerakkan oleh Unit Kebajikan PPIM (UKPPIM) kepada sekitar 100,000 penerima manfaat ‘Infaq Rezeki’ bermula Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP 1.0). Kami berharap selepas ini lebih ramai pihak yang akan tampil untuk bersama-sama bagi agihan bantuan ‘Infaq Rezeki’, katanya lagi.

Jelasnya lagi, sumbangaan ini adalah lanjutan daripada Program Prihatin Sinergi Infaq Rezeki kepada 200 pemandu teksi pada 24 Julai 2021 di KLIA lalu yang telah berkerjasama dengan Gabungan Teksi SeMalaysia (GTSM).

Agihan ini turut melibatkan jalinan kerjasama beberapa organisasi seperti sumbangan.com (Gerbang Sumbangan Sdn Bhd), Yayasan PATRIOT Negara Malaysia (YPNM), Icon Production Sdn Bhd dan SATRIA Intelligence Agency Sdn Bhd, ujarnya.

Dalam pada itu, Ketua Aktivis PPIM, Datuk Nadzim Johan berkata, “Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) akan mengadakan Agihan ‘Infaq Rezeki’ Jelajah Utara Prihatin bermula 27 hingga 30 Ogos 2021 melibatkan agihan sumbangan di beberapa kawasan yang telah dikenal pasti iaitu Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Jeti Pasukan Polis Marin Pulau Pinang, Jeti Pulau Langkawi, Kompleks Terminal Bas dan Teksi Kangar Perlis dan Terminal Bas Shahab Perdana, Kedah kepada lebih 400 pemandu Teksi dan Limo yang rata-rata terkesan dengan impak pandemik Covid-19.

Sementara itu, Inisiatif ini turut mendapat sokongan dan kerjasama Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (MAIWP) di mana sebahagian sumbangan merupakan wakalah yang dikembalikan kepada PERKESO hasil Potongan Zakat Berjadual (PZB) anggota setiap bulan.

“PERKESO menyeru pemandu teksi yang seharusnya mencarum di bawah Skim Keselamatan Sosial Pekerjaan Sendiri (SKSPS) PERKESO agar kekal mencarum demi maslahah perlindungan mereka dan keluarga. Saya turut difahamkan bahawa seramai enam (6) pemandu teksi di Perlis yang didapati positif Covid-19 akibat jangkitan daripada penumpang mereka bakal menerima faedah Hilang Upaya Sementara di bawah SKSPS, jelasnya.” kata Ketua Eksekutif PERKESO, Dato Sri Dr. Mohammed Azman Bin Dato Aziz Mohammed.

Agihan ini turut melibatkan jalinan kerjasama beberapa organisasi seperti sumbangan.com (Gerbang Sumbangan Sdn Bhd), Yayasan PATRIOT Negara Malaysia (YPNM), Icon Production Sdn Bhd dan SATRIA Intelligence Agency Sdn Bhd.

Artikel oleh: Suara.TV

PPIM AGIH SUMBANGAN INFAQ REZEKI KEPADA PEMANDU TEKSI DAN LIMO PULAU PINANG

https://suara.tv/28/08/2021/ppim-agih-sumbangan-infaq-rezeki-kepada-pemandu-teksi-dan-limo-pulau-pinang/

5904) PEMANDU TEKSI LIMO LTAPP TERPAKSA TUKAR KERJAYA - HARIAN METRO - 28/08/2021

 

Bayan Lepas: Sebahagian daripada 300 pemandu teksi limosin Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang (LTAPP) di sini, berdepan dengan situasi kenderaan mereka ditarik balik kerana gagal melunaskan bayaran ansuran bulan.

Ia berikutan golongan itu yang tidak mampu membayar sewa kenderaan kerana tidak dapat meraih pendapatan dan kehilangan pelanggan sejak pandemik Covid-19.

Pengerusi Persatuan Pemandu Limo dan Teksi LTAPP Hafizi Ahmad berkata, kebanyakan mereka kini terpaksa tukar kerjaya demi kelangsungan hidup.

Katanya, kebanyakan golongan itu terpaksa bekerja sebagai penghantar makanan, pengawal keselamatan serta pemandu lori selepas operasi LTAPP terjejas sekali gus menyebabkan mereka tidak mempunyai pelanggan.

"Kini sebulan pun belum tentu ada pendapatan daripada hasil teksi limosin berbanding sebelum ini yang mana setiap ahli mampu meraih pendapatan anggaran RM200 sehari.

"Adakalanya hanya dapat seorang atau dua penumpang sebulan malah ada pemandu yang langsung tidak dapat pelanggan pada bulan tertentu, " katanya kepada media di sini, semalam.

Mengulas lanjut Hafizi berkata, dia kini turut melakukan kerja sambilan sebagai pengawal keselamatan pada waktu malam bagi mencari pendapatan tambahan.

Katanya, dia berharap wakil daripada Kementerian Pengangkutan dapat turun padang bersemuka dan berbincang bagi mengatasi masalah yang membelenggu mereka.

"Orang tak nampak keperitan yang dialami oleh pemandu teksi limosin, mujurlah pengumuman moratorium kerajaan sedikit sebanyak meringankan beban.

"Kami mengalu-alukan sumbangan agensi kerajaan serta orang ramai kepada ahli persatuan namun tetap meminta kerajaan memberi perhatian kepada mereka yang terjejas teruk.

"Orang bagi (bantuan) kami terima dan agihkan kepada ahli yang betul-betul memerlukan tetapi dalam masa sama, sampai bila bantuan akan disumbangkan jadi kami mahu ada satu jalan penyelesaian supaya isu ini dapat diselesaikan," katanya lagi.

Terdahulu, Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (Perkeso) dengan kerjasama Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) serta Angkatan Pertahanan Awam menyampaikan sumbangan bakul makanan kepada pemandu limosin dan teksi LTAPP.

Sementara itu, Ketua Cawangan Sumber Manusia Ibu Pejabat Perkeso Mohd Razmi Khalid berkata, sumbangan barangan makanan bernilai RM100 itu adalah inisiatif agensi berkenaan dalam meringankan beban kumpulan penggiat dalam sektor pelancongan sempena Jelajah Prihatin Jubli Emas Perkeso.

"Pulau Pinang adalah negeri kedua yang disinggahi konvoi Perkeso itu selepas menghulurkan 200 bakul makanan kepada pemandu limosin dan teksi di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) pada 24 Julai lalu.

"Secara keseluruhan sebanyak 900 bakul makanan akan diagihkan khususnya kepada pemandu limosin, teksi yang mencarum dengan Perkeso berikutan terkesan akibat pandemik Covid-19," katanya.

Artikel oleh: Harian Metro

PEMANDU TEKSI LIMO LTAPP TERPAKSA TUKAR KERJAYA

https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2021/08/747908/pemandu-teksi-limo-ltapp-terpaksa-tukar-kerjaya

5900) VEHICLES OF SOME AIRPORT LIMOUSINE DRIVERS REPOSSESSED - NEW STRAITS TIMES - 28/08/2021

 

BAYAN LEPAS: Some of the 300 limousine taxi drivers at the Penang International Airport (PIA) have had their vehicles repossessed for failure to pay their monthly instalments.

PIA Limousine and Taxi Association chairman Hafizi Ahmad said this was due to losses of income since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, and most of the drivers opted to switch careers to survive.

He said some association members now work as food delivery riders, security guards and lorry drivers since the airport's operations were gravely affected by Covid-19.

"Prior to Covid-19 times, each driver could earn about RM200 a day. Now, some drivers only get one or two customers a month, while others have had no customers for many months," said Hafizi, who now works as a part-time security guard at night to earn income.

PIA Limousine and Taxi Association chairman Hafizi Ahmad. - NSTP/ FOTO ZUHAINY ZULKIFFLI

He urged representatives from the Transport Ministry to look into issues involving airport limousine taxi drivers, and to engage with them soon.

"People do not see our suffering. The government's previous announcement on moratoriums had somewhat eased our burdens. However, we need help now.

"Until when will we have to depend on the assistance? We want solutions so this issue can be resolved."

On Friday, the Social Security Organisation (Socso), Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) and the Civil Defence Force distributed food baskets worth RM100 each to association members.

Socso human resources department head Mohd Razmi Khalid said the initiative was for tourism industry players in conjunction with Socso's Golden Jubilee Caring Tour.

"Penang is the second state visited by Socso's convoy after we handed out 200 food baskets to limousine and taxi drivers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on July 24.

"A total of 900 food baskets will be distributed, especially to limousine and taxi drivers who contribute to Socso," said Razmi.

Article by: New Straits Times

VEHICLES OF SOME AIRPORT LIMOUSINE DRIVERS REPOSSESSED

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/08/722136/vehicles-some-airport-limousine-drivers-repossessed

5889) 100 PEMANDU TEKSI, KERETA SEWA TERIMA KOTAK MAKANAN - SINAR HARIAN - 29/08/2021

 

ALOR SETAR - Seramai 100 pemandu teksi dan kereta sewa di daerah ini menerima sumbangan kotak makanan di bawah program Jelajah Sumbangan Infaq Rezeki Utara 2021.

Ketua Unit Cawangan Bahagian Sumber Manusia Ibu Pejabat Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (Perkeso), Mohd Razmi Khalid berkata, sumbangan itu adalah hasil kerjasama beberapa agensi antaranya Persatuan Penguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM), Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM), Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM) dan Pasukan Polis Marin.

Beliau berkata, program yang dianjurkan sempena sambutan Jubli Emas ke- 50 tahun Perkeso itu telah menjelajah ke tiga lokasi sebelum ini iaitu di Georgetown,Pulau Pinang; Kangar,Perlis dan Langkawi.

"Fokus kita adalah kepada pemandu teksi dan kereta sewa kerana mereka adalah golongan yang mencarum dengan Perkeso dan terkesan akibat pandemik Covid-19," katanya ketika ditemui selepas penyerahan sumbangan berkenaan di Shahab Perdana di sini pada Ahad.

Turut hadir, Pengarah Perkeso Negeri Kedah, Mohamad Haron Othman.

Menurutnya, pihaknya sudah mengagihkan sebanyak 600 kotak makanan sepanjang program jelajah di utara ini dan akan meneruskan program terbabit ke negeri- negeri di selatan pada bulan hadapan.

Dalam pada itu, Mohd Razmi menasihatkan semua golongan yang bekerja sendiri termasuk pemandu teksi dan kereta sewa agar terus mencarum dengan Perkeso di bawah Skim Keselamatan Sosial Pekerjaan Sendiri (SKSPS).

"Ini untuk memastikan agar mereka serta orang tanggungan mendapat manfaat oleh Perkeso sekiranya berlaku bencana kerja," katanya.

Artikel oleh: Sinar Harian

100 PEMANDU TEKSI, KERETA SEWA TERIMA KOTAK MAKANAN

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/158358/EDISI/100-pemandu-teksi-kereta-sewa-terima-kotak-makanan

5888) PPIM AGIH BANTUAN KEPADA PEMANDU TEKSI, LIMO TERJEJAS - SINAR HARIAN - 28/08/2021

 

SHAH ALAM - Impak pandemik Covid-19 membuatkan ramai kalangan rakyat negara ini yang terjejas pendapatan, termasuk pemandu teksi dan limo.

Simpati dengan nasib mereka, Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) bersama rakan sinergi PPIM turun padang bagi membantu memberikan bantuan kepada golongan berkenaan.

Ketua Aktivis PPIM, Datuk Nadzim Johan berkata, agihan bantuan itu melibatkan pemandu teksi dan limo di sekitar Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Perlis.

"Agihan Infaq Rezeki Jelajah Utara Prihatin yang bermula dari 27 hingga 30 Ogos depan melibatkan agihan sumbangan di beberapa kawasan yang telah dikenal pasti iaitu Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang dan Jeti Pasukan Polis Marin Pulau Pinang, Jeti Pulau Langkawi.

"Selain itu, ia turut melibatkan pemandu di Kompleks Terminal Bas dan Teksi Kangar, Perlis dan Terminal Bas Shahab Perdana, Kedah. Secara keseluruhan, ia melibatkan 400 pemandu yang rata-rata terkesan dengan impak pandemik Covid-19," katanya dalam satu kenyataan pada Sabtu.

Program agihan itu kata beliau, turut mendapat kerjasama beberapa organisasi seperti sumbangan.com (Gerbang Sumbangan Sdn Bhd), Yayasan Patriot Negara Malaysia (YPNM), Icon Production Sdn Bhd dan Satria Intelligence Agency Sdn Bhd.

Bantuan itu katanya, diharap akan meringankan beban mereka kerana pendapatan berkurangan disebabkan pandemik Covid-19.

Selain itu, ia diharap dapat menceriakan penerima tatkala negara akan menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan tidak lama lagi.

Artikel oleh: Sinar Harian

PPIM AGIH BANTUAN KEPADA PEMANDU TEKSI, LIMO TERJEJAS

https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/158156/EDISI/PPIM-agih-bantuan-kepada-pemandu-teksi-limo-terjejas