May
8, 2017
Tint Tint
Myanmar Group of Companies has announced that it will prioritize working class
people residing along the Yangon River in hiring staff for its water bus service
which is expected to launch next month.
“When we launch
the Yangon Water Bus service we will hire the people and families living along
the banks of the river. We’ve put up flyers for job vacancies near where they
live and there have been a lot of applicants. Vacancies are now closed but we
will consider hiring them when we open new routes,” said C.E.O Daw Tint Tint
Lwin from Tint Tint Myanmar Group of Companies.
The vacancies
included positions for attendants on the water bus and near terminals as well
as for security and other jobs. She also mentioned that they will provide
proper training for the staff.
The water bus
service will begin in June and will have routes along the Hline river starting
from Insein Rope Bridge to Botahtaung Jetty. There will be 8 terminals and
sixteen buses in operation.
The water bus
service will have LED signs to signal departure for the buses and will have 20
minutes of interval between each bus. The entire trip will take one and a half
hour long and the bus service will run from 6 in the morning till 6 at night.
Additionally,
jetties are under construction on the route from Yangon River to Ngamoeyeik
Creek for another water bus route. The Ngamoeyeik Creek has a lot of bridges
and low water levels, and these are taken into consideration when building new
water buses.
Because Yangon
River, Hline River and Ngamoeyeik Creek have differing pathways, the Yangon
Water Bus service has 4 different types of water buses to ferry people. The
passenger capacity for the buses begins from 60 and increases to 80, 180 and
200 passengers.
Ko Moe
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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