The government has no plans at the moment to extend the services of the monorail or the Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems to other towns except Penang, the Dewan Negara sitting was told today.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin said as for the proposal on the construction of the monorail system for Penang, the government was still making further study on the matter.

“But there are also other states which have requested for the monorail and LRT systems such as Sabah, Melaka and Johor. These are also being studied. If these studies meet the requirement, the project would then be privatised,” he said when replying to Senator Mumtaz Md Nawi.