Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the governor of riyadh region, patronized here today the inaugural ceremony of the project of management and surveillance of buses of the Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company (saptco) through satellites. He was welcomed by minister of transport Dr Jubara al-Sireisiri and a number of officials. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, ENG. ABDULLAH AL-MUGBIL,THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAPTCO, SAID SAPTCO HAS INTRODUCED THE MOST SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY FOR EXTENDING THE BEST possible services to its passengers. He noted that more than 4500 drivers and employees are working at saptco. Eng al-Mugbil pointed out that more than 43 percent of saptco's workers are Saudis. Eng al-Mugbil said 1000 buses of saptco out of its total 3115 buses are working internally.. 'In 2005 saptco's buses transported more than 16 million', he said noting that about ten million passengers were transported inside the Saudi cities.
