[sustran] Re: FW: [msia-plan-transp] CAP/SAM National Transport Seminar

[Esiah Levine]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Barter" <geobpa at nus.edu.sg>
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: [sustran] FW: [msia-plan-transp] CAP/SAM National Transport Seminar


> -----Original Message-----
> From: niktahirah at yahoo.com [mailto:niktahirah at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, 11 May 2001 1:18
> To: msia-plan-transp at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [msia-plan-transp] CAP/SAM National Transport Seminar
>
>
> Dear Everyone,
>
> NATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
>
> I would like to inform you that the Consumers' Association of Penang
> (CAP) and Friends of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) are organizing a
> National Seminar on the theme Sustainable Transport Issues and
> Challenges to be held from 7th to 11th of September 2001, in the
> Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM) in
> Penang, Malaysia.
>
> Given the current pace of development in Malaysia, we believe that a
> national seminar on the aforementioned theme is necessary to strongly
> influence policy and legislation on the issues concerned.
>
> We hope to produce a resolution of sorts that will be used to push
> for the creation of a National Transport Policy for Malaysia.
>
> To get a balanced perspective of the problems and weaknesses plaguing
> transport in Malaysia, we are assembling a meeting of government, non-
> government, academia and general public for the seminar.
>
> The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia will be officiating the
> seminar, and we have invited representatives from the 6 Ministries
> involved in Transport Planning and Management in the country.
>
> We have also invited NGOs like URU, SILA, AIG, STEP, TRG, and several
> private consultants.
>
> The seminar will discuss the following sub-themes,
>
> 1.      Land Use/Transport Planning
> 2.      Traffic Planning
> 3.      Public Transport
> 4.      Haulage
> 5.      Transport and the Environment
> 6.      The Economics of Transport
> 7.      Road Safety
> 8.      Accessibility - Disabled, Children, Elderly
> 9.      Women
> 10.      The Social Impacts of Transport
> 11.      Alternatives / Sustainable Transport
>
> We welcome any comments, suggestions, ideas, criticisms and as such
> from all members of the forum. Please feel free to suggest any issue
> or topic that should be discussed in a seminar such as this.
>
> We also welcome anyone interested to participate in the seminar.
>
> Please forward any queries to
>
> Nik Tahirah at niktahirah at yahoo.com, or at
>
> Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP)
> 228, Jalan Macalister
> 10400 Penang
> Tel: 604 - 2293511
> Fax: 604 - 2298106