Ticket prices from KL to Manila cheaper than to Kota Kinabalu, says Sabah assemblyman
ASYIKIN ASMIN28 Nov 2022 04:54pm
Limbahau assemblyman Datuk Juil Nuatim has urged state government to look into giving discounts to students
Juil while attending the Sabah state assembly session in Kota Kinabalu today.
Limbahau assemblyman Datuk Juil Nuatim added the government should consider easing burden of underprivileged students flying to and fro Peninsula to Borneo and vice versa.
"I appeal to the government to make it easier for them to return home especially during the festive season and semester holidays to ease the burden of families," he said, adding that airfares sometimes hit RM1,000.
"It is even better to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Manila," he said during the 2023 Sabah Budget debate at the state assembly, here, today.
He said those with student pass should be given discounts.
"For the sake of our people, and their children who want to go home two or three times a year for celebrations and school holidays, we are doing our best to ask the government to push airlines to consider giving some leeway to students," he said.
