In the report, Uber (Malaysia) general manager Leon Foong said that the company planned to create 100,000 new opportunities.
He said this would help many Malaysians increase their incomes and decrease the public’s reliance on their personal cars.
Leon said that at the moment, 60,000 people had been activated as Uber driver partners though not all of them were active.
He also said Uber was planning to launch new products to maximise time and efficiency.
Ride-sharing services have in the past two years led to protests by taxi drivers, who argued that these services severely affected their income.
However, a Land and Public Transport Commission (SPAD) survey last year found that 76.4 per cent of 9,026 respondents preferred Uber and GrabCar over regular taxis in the country.
On December 30, the Klang Valley Taxi Drivers Action Committee filed an application for a court injunction at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to “prevent” the government’s alleged plans to legalise Uber and GrabCar services.
The committee’s chairman Zailani Isa Usuluddin said his members have suffered a 60 per cent drop in business ever since Uber and GrabCar emerged in the market two years ago and that the government’s failure to intervene could potentially drive regular taxi drivers out of business eventually.