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Liow: Asean determined to cut deaths by half in the next five years
Liow (center) posing for a group picture after the signing ceremony for the Ninth Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services
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Liow (center) posing for a group picture after the signing ceremony for the Ninth Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services. (The Star/ANN) (center) posing for a group picture after the signing ceremony for the Ninth Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services. (The Star/ANN)
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span class="inline inline-center">Liow (center) posing for a group picture after the signing ceremony for the Ninth Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services. (The Star/ANN)
Asean countries are determined to reduce road fatalities by half in the next five years.
'It is a big target. We have outlined a lot of details on how to reduce accidents in all member states,' Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told reporters at the end of the 21st Asean Transport Ministers Meeting yesterday.
The goal was part of the Asean Strategic Transport plan, also known as the Kuala Lumpur Strategic Transport Action Plan (KLSTP), which was adopted during the two-day meeting.
Spearheading the initiative would be the Institute of Road Safety Research, which would help the region adopt good road-safety management practices, Liow said.
He added that the institute, which was appointed as the Road Safety Centre for South-East Asia last year, would be promoting and educating Asean nations on road safety.
The KLSTP, Liow said, had outlined 30 specific goals, 78 action plans and 221 milestones over the next decade in the areas of air, land, maritime, sustainable transports and transport facilitation.
During his winding-up speech, Liow added that the plan would serve as a successor to the Brunei Action Plan 2011-2015, which saw more than 90% of its measures successfully implemented.
With the new plan in place, the region also planned to see a 'single and unified' aviation market in the region, he said.
Liow revealed that member countries had reviewed and signed three Open Skies agreements.
'We hope all Asean member states could follow the timeline and rectify their protocol (to comply with the agreement) by the end of this year,' he said.
The agreements served to liberalise the aviation sector in the region and improve the competitiveness and resilience of Asean, Liow said.
As for the maritime transport, Liow pointed out that they planned to establish a cruise-corridor by 2019, which would link 47 ports in member nations.
He pointed out that apart from ports in Malacca and Kuantan, Asean countries were in the midst of forming port-alliances with China.
The meeting was attended by transport ministers from all Asean member states and partner nations including China, Japan and South Korea.
It concluded with a signing ceremony for the Protocol of the Ninth Package of Commitments on Air Transport Services. (kes)
