Driving home safety message

Butterworth,12 October 2012 : SOME 100 drivers from government agencies and the private sector went home equipped with better knowledge after attending a course on safe driving. The one-day course was jointly organised by the Bagan Barisan Nasional coordinator’s office and Social Security Organisation (Socso) with the co-operation of the Road Safety Department (JKJR), Puspakom Sdn Bhd and ISO Training Academy. It was held at the Safira Country Club in Seberang Jaya near Butterworth yesterday.

Educating drivers: Chua (left) handing over a certificate of participation to Tan (right) during the seminar in Butterworth. With him (from second left) are Jegan, Nurlaily and Hamizan

Bagan Barisan coordinator David Chua said the course would create awareness on safe driving. “Each day when you open the newspapers, you will find news on fatal accidents. “Such programmes meant to instil discipline on the road should be extended to the public,” Chua told a press conference after officiating the event. He hoped future similar courses would be conducted in other languages besides Bahasa Malaysia, as more people would understand better if conducted in their vernacular languages. Also present were Sungai Puyu Barisan coordinator Sum Yoo Keong, Chua’s personal assistant Mohd Nordin Saad, Socso executive officer Nurlaily Abd Latif, state JKJR director S. Jegan, Puspakom customers care advisor (northern region) Hamizan Zainal and ISO Training Academy chief executive Frank Tan. Chua said the seminar was conducted by experienced training personnel who carried out nationwide courses and trained many multinational companies’ drivers. He thanked Tan for conducting the training free under the academy’s social corporate responsibility programme. All participants received a certificate of attendance at the end of the seminar. Meanwhile, Jegan said about one million new vehicles were registered each year and about 300,000 new drivers were on the road. As such, road safety courses were vital.