MAS told to cut fares

MAS told to cut fares

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The government has ordered Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to cut fares between the peninsula and the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak, parliament was told Thursday.

Transport Ministry parliamentary secretary Donald Lim said the aim was to encourage people from the peninsula and the states on Borneo island to visit each other more often.

He said it would be difficult to charge foreigners and Malaysians different fares even though many such proposals had been received. No details were given of the reduction.

The national carrier reported a group net loss of about 700 million ringgit (US$184 million) in the year ending March 1999.