‘Certain context’ not considered in report on MRT’s low ridership, says Loke

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The transport minister says the audit department did not take into account the Covid-19 pandemic when highlighting the issue.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/10/certain-context-not-considered-in-report-on-mrts-low-ridership-says-loke/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/07/10/penumpang-mrt-rendah-kerana-konteks-tertentu-tak-ambil-kira-kata-loke/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LokeSiewFook #MRT1 #MRT2

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00:00Transport Minister Lok Siu Fook said the report by the National Audit Department highlighting

00:18the failure by MRT-1 and MRT-2 to meet their targets in terms of daily ridership, among

00:24others, was inaccurate.

00:26He cited the comparisons made by the Audit Department on the average daily ridership

00:31in 2019 and 2021.

00:46Referring to graphs, Lok said the average daily ridership for MRT-1 was over 200,000

00:52but in 2020 and 2021, it dropped to 60,000.

00:57However, after COVID-19, the average daily ridership has increased again.

01:02In 2022, the average daily ridership was 139,000.

01:06In 2023, the average daily ridership was 204,000.

01:10And at this time, in this year, the average daily ridership was almost 240,000.

01:16So, we see that compared to last year, this year has seen an increase of 18%.

01:22So, if we predict that by 2026, the usage or ridership for MRT-1 will increase and will

01:32reach almost 300,000 people every day.

01:37Lok added that for MRT-2, which was completed in March last year, saw an average ridership

01:42increase to 140,000 from the initial 93,000.

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