Gojek Green Light Can Pave In Malaysia

JAKARTA - Go-Jek expansion to Malaysia bore fruit. The plan is for Gojek to immediately pave in the neighboring country at the beginning of next year, namely January 2020.

Quoting from Tech in Asia, the Malaysian Government through the Minister of Transportation, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, has given Gojek permission to operate in his country. Loke explained that the Gojek service trial will last for six months.

"Motorbikes will be an important component in providing a comprehensive public transportation system, as a mode for first and last connectivity," said Loke, as quoted by Voi, Thursday (7/11/2019).

It is planned that operational tests will also be limited to the Klang Valley area, Kuala Lumpur. In addition, the Malaysian government is also drafting regulations governing online motorcycle taxi operations.

"Bike-hailing will be subject to the same regulations as those for e-hailing," said Loke.

Until now, Gojek has paved in at least three Southeast Asian countries, namely Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. Gojek's struggle to expand these countries was also not easy, because it had experienced rejection.

Prior to this, Gojek permits in Malaysia had stalled because the local government had banned two-wheeled vehicles from being used as a mode of public transportation. The reason is related to the high accident rate.

Not only in Malaysia, Gojek also got stuck in the Philippines due to local share ownership regulations. At least 60 percent of foreign company investment to obtain operating permits must be owned by Filipinos.

Now Gojek has grown rapidly since this application was launched in June 2016. Since then, the number of transactions processed on the platform has shot up to 1,100 percent, or 12 times, to become the first Decacorn in Indonesia.

According to him, this significant growth was driven by increased consumer demand for integrated services from Gojek. When it debuted, this application was started with 20 driver partners. To date, Gojek has partnered with more than 2 million driver partners, 400 thousand merchant partners and 60 thousand service providers in Southeast Asia.