Malaysia to ride the school bus students insured up by 200,000 compensation

Malaysia for nearly one-third of the pupils at the school, take the school bus to learn, for increased security to about 1.5 million students, the Malaysian government intends to start next year for them to buy insurance .
Malaysia overland public transport Commission Chairman Hamid Albar said 27 students take the school bus in Malaysia overland public transport Commission registered automatically insured, if the car during the accident will receive up to 10 million ringgit (U.S. $ 20. 40,000 yuan) compensation.
Hamid hope to complete the purchase of insurance related matters before the new semester begins in early January next year. Wei Jiaxiang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, said he hoped the new measures would promote school bus operators to put more emphasis on the protection of vehicle condition.
Malaysia National Parents and Teachers Association President Hassan believes that government insurance for students to make parents more confidence. But he also believes that the government should continue to strengthen the supervision of the school bus driver and vehicle condition, and at the same time considering the introduction of every school bus configuration system of two drivers.