Anti-robber
His admission (Malaysia Chronicle, Sunday 29 July) that the revenue of RM7 billion netted from the excise duty imposed on cars will be lost if Opposition parties abolish the excessive duties is a revelation that will irk the citizens even more having suffered for decades with ridiculously over-priced vehicles.
On closer reflection, where is the BN government netting such a whopping sum of money from? From the pockets of its own citizens mate!
How much far better off would the Alis, Samys and Ah Kows be if they did not have to be burdened with the RM7 billion that they have to squeeze from their toiled merger incomes? Does the minister not sense this logic?
And mind you the argument he dishes out is a veiled threat that second-hand car dealers would go bust and many turned jobless. Now, Yang Amat Berhormat who put them in such a vulnerable state in the first place?
He threatens of bankruptcy. Hello Joe, even without the abolishing of the rob-from-Peter-to-enrich-Paul taxes, we already have thousands of Malaysians axed with bankruptcy every year.
Further, if the robbed money from the citizens is used to pay for the rural development, then who is going to rob from where to pay for the urban folks who are seeing nightmares every day making ends meet?
Price of the crime must be paid in full
In fact, your very BN government leaders who have started giving ‘ang-pow’ handouts to citizens under the pretext of caring for the financially strapped is also an admission that even without the scarping of excise duties the citizens are already caving in under the pressures of national financial mismanagement.
And what kind of financial / economic management is it that BN is practicing by squeezing RM7 billion from its citizens to bring seeming development to rural sectors?
In the first place, do we all not buy cars simply because the public transport system is a total failure after five decades of BN rule?
Then of course there was another head in BN who argued that Proton will shut down and all the bumiputra workers will be begging on the street if the duties were done away with.
Again, that argument is also consistent with the line of thought with Nor Mohamed. It is also about robbing from the citizens to upkeep the un-productive, non-competitive Proton operations. Is it not?
Enough. The victims of Malaysia’s greatest car robbery scam are decisive. No amount of billowing threats is going to change the truth. The greatest robbery must be ended and the price of the crime paid in full. That too will eventually take care of the second-hand car dealers.
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Comment by Trik Bisnis — January 12, 2013 @ 2:52 PM |
… I bought d PROTON ISWARA when Dr.M said it was a car worth buying … I have drove it around the country … we are still using the car … its only a car and thus I don’t expect it to fly like a plane nor sail like a submarine too … in fact it was better than Honda Quintet CBU … at least it don’t breakdown half-way that often …
Comment by Cap Tain Richh — September 18, 2012 @ 7:35 PM |
Well at least Malaysians has Proton to be proud of. For Indonesians, we do not have a national automobile manufacturer with a worldwide operations and sales. Well we once have Timor, but this company was not as business savvy like Proton, and vanished into the abyss along with the New Order regime in 1998.
Comment by Vivere Pericoloso — August 14, 2012 @ 4:08 PM |
BN could have started to reduce the excise and sale duties for vehicles gradually immediate after losing its 2/3 majority in Parliament in 2008.
BN could have started to give to Sarawak, Sabah , Trengganu and Kelantan 20% petroleum royalty immediately after losing five states to Pakatan Rakyat in 2008.
BN could have granted free tertiary education by managing our revenues and resources better immediately after GE 12 in 2008.
Instead , BN continue to treat us by bloody fools by doing absolutely nothing about all the above and continue to use taxpayers money to line up the pockets of its ministers and cronies and writing off all bad debts owed by their cronies.
Instead BN continue to be arrogant and making use of the EC, MACC, PDRM and AG to play dirty and resort to gutter politics and be a traitor to all Malaysians by granting instant citizenship to aliens and imported labourers.so that they can vote and BN hopes to win and stay in power at all cost.
SAVE our Nation and safe guard our future now by kicking out BN in GE13.
Comment by Sabestian Jacob — July 31, 2012 @ 7:02 PM |
We buy expensive car rather than let those bastard controling and gorek $ from Proton !!! like shit !!! Look at the face of Nor Mohamed, like China Pandan Cat, black ring around his eye !!! Will die very soon, remember to bring along your conrrupted $ together inside the coffin !!!
Comment by Mike- Johor — July 31, 2012 @ 6:58 PM |
Aiyaaaaa !!! You buy car then buy your car 4 digits number with Magnum, Toto, Big Sweep, Cash Sweep etc etc…. you kena and you get your car FREE. If not , sorry brother more shit…
Comment by gagojackman — July 31, 2012 @ 10:52 AM |
Dr Mamak said buying Proton is a good Charity Amal Jariah…HE HE HE
Yes yes let rakyat buy overpriced, under-spec, overtaxed, outdated cars…great policy by BN…
Car a necessity become luxury burden to pay…Bravo BN Bravo….
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Dr M: Tak benar kereta lain mahal kerana Proton
Dakwaan Harga Kereta Lain Mahal Disebabkan Proton Tidak Benar: Tun Mahathir
Dr M: Membeli kereta Proton Adalah Satu Amal Jariah
Bernama 10 Mei 2011
Penasihat Proton Holdings Bhd Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata dakwaan sesetengah pihak bahawa harga kereta yang dijual di negara ini mahal kerana pengeluar kereta nasional itu adalah tidak benar.
“Dari dulu lagi, kerajaan telah mengenakan cukai yang tinggi supaya negara tidak melihat pengaliran wang kita (dalam penjualan kereta) terlalu banyak ke luar negeri,” kata beliau semasa berucap pada pelancaran Pusat Logistik Proton di Sijangkang dan Tanjung Malim, semalam.
Dr Mahathir berkata mereka yang membeli kereta Proton adalah satu perbuatan amal jariah kerana apabila Proton maju, ramai yang mendapat kerja dan dapat menyara keluarga mereka.
“Kita ingin melihat Proton memainkan peranan sebagai satu jentera sosio ekonomi yang menolong menjayakan dan membahagiakan kehidupan rakyat kita di Malaysia,” kata beliau.
Beliau yakin Proton akan kembali sebagai penjual kereta nombor satu di Malaysia tidak lama lagi.
Melalui pusat-pusat logistik itu, kereta Proton yang siap dipasang di kilang di Shah Alam akan dihantar ke pusat berkenaan di Sijangkang dan proses serupa juga berlaku di kilang pemasangan Proton di Tanjung Malim.
Di pusat logistik itu, kereta-kereta akan diperiksa dan diuji bagi menentukan kualitinya memenuhi piawaian yang ditetapkan sebelum diedarkan kepada pengedar ataupun dieksport ke luar negara.
Dr Mahathir berkata penjualan Proton biasanya mencecah 80 peratus daripada kereta yang dijual tetapi dengan adanya Perodua dan kereta import dari Korea Selatan dan negara lain, maka penjualan Proton susut sedikit.
Penjualan kereta di Malaysia meningkat sehingga 570,000 unit dalam satu tahun yang merupakan angka tertinggi di Asia Tenggara kerana negara lain mungkin menjual lebih daripada jumlah itu tetapi rakyat mereka adalah 10 kali ganda daripada jumlah rakyat Malaysia.
Pada masa yang sama, Dr Mahathir berkata Proton perlu menumpukan kepada kualiti buatan keretanya kerana dalam perniagaan, imej adalah penting. Jika ada yang mengadu tidak puas hati, biarpun seorang, ia akan memberi gambaran seolah-olah semua kereta buatan Proton bermasalah, katanya.
Mengenai dakwaan seorang penulis blog yang mengatakan tingkap kereta Proton tidak boleh diturunkan sehingga pemilik kenderaan itu terpaksa membuka pintu dan turun daripada keretanya untuk membayar tol, beliau berkata dakwaaan itu keterlaluan.
“Saya juga bawa kereta melalui tol dan saya belum lagi ternampak orang yang bawa kereta Proton (terpaksa) turun daripada kereta kerana nak bayar tol.
“Namun demikian ramai yang percaya inilah sebenarnya yang berlaku,” kata beliau, sambil menjelaskan bahawa dakwaan sebegitu walaupun kecil, perlu mendapat layanan yang baik daripada syarikat. – Bernama
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Our cars are costing us our homes
Food for thought
By DATUK ALAN TONG, The Star, Saturday July 14, 2012
Our cars are costing us our homes
Car and home costs relative to fresh gradautes’ salary
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WHEN I first started my job as an architect in the 1960s, I was on a three-year contract with a monthly salary of RM628. I bought my first car, a Peugeot which cost RM7,724, equivalent to approximately one year of my salary. The car became my reliable companion for 14 years. Those were the good old days, when a car could be bought with just one year of a fresh graduate’s salary.
Circumstances have since changed. Today, for a fresh graduate to own a car in Malaysia, it will easily cost him four years of his salary to purchase a foreign car, and even a local car costs around two years of his salary. If we take into consideration his living expenses and other commitments, it may take him even longer to settle his car loan. Hence, it has left him with very little option but to take the maximum car loan financing tenure of nine years.
In the table illustration below, a fresh graduate in the Washington D.C. earning about RM11,000 (about US$3,500) per month can easily buy a Japanese Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla worth RM50,000 as it is only 0.4 times of his yearly salary.
On the other hand, a fresh graduate in Malaysia earning about RM2,500 per month needs to pay RM120,000 if he would like to buy the same type of car. It costs him four times his gross yearly salary. This ratio is 10 times higher than his US counterpart.
For youths in Malaysia, buying a car is more expensive both in real terms, and in terms of debt-to-income ratio. In reality, it means they have to either purchase a car with lower price tag or commit to a longer term loan to own a car, which cost them the opportunity of owning a home.
This situation requires our youth to choose between buying a car or a house first, and many have committed to own a car first, considering our public transportation system is still in the process of being improved.
Many fresh graduates in Malaysia who start to serve their car loan tend to delay their plan of purchasing a home.
Unfortunately by the time they can afford to purchase a home, be it three, five or nine years later, the price of a property would have escalated due to among other things, inflation, higher construction cost and higher land prices.
While it may be safe to say that their salary would also increase, generally speaking the increment may not aligned to the rate of inflation. In most cases, owning a home will be a huge debt lasting 30 to 40 years of housing loan repayment.
What can be done differently to change the circumstances? Is there a better way for them to financially plan their future? These are questions that Malaysian youths ought to consider before purchasing any big-ticket items.
Let’s look at the table again. It also lists the median price for three-bedroom apartments in the suburbs of these cities. The median price of an apartment in the Klang Valley is around RM300,000, equivalent to 10-year gross income of our fresh graduates. The affordability level is more favourable compared to other Asian countries, such as Indonesia and Thailand. The prices of same size apartments in Jakarta and Bangkok range from RM350,000 to RM400,000, and costing their fresh graduates 13 to 18 years of gross yearly income to purchase a house.
Therefore, when it comes to the question of home affordability in Malaysia, we are blessed compared to our regional peers.
However, there are many factors that contribute to the challenge for our youths to own a house. Two primary factors are the additional financial commitment of purchasing a car, and the relatively lower income level in our country compared to our Western counterparts.
When fresh graduates spend a substantial amount of their salary paying for a car, they are left with little savings to own a house, and their house affordability level decreases over the years as prices rise due to inflation.
Clearly the income level of our graduates has to rise, to enable better quality of living and higher affordability level, which is the current government’s focus to make Malaysia a high income nation by 2020.
Perhaps it is also time to re-look at our national car policy and how it has affected the house affordability level in Malaysia. From the numbers above, it is clear that our cars are costing us our homes.
> FIABCI Asia Pacific chairman Datuk Alan Tong has over 50 years of experience in property development. He was FIABCI World president in 2005/06 and was named Property Man of The Year 2010. He is also the group chairman of Bukit Kiara Properties. (email at feedback @bukitkiara .com)
Comment by Teddy Gumbang — July 31, 2012 @ 9:09 AM |
Look how Dr Mamak fooled car buyers to buy Proton Preve as “The extra Ringgit you have to spend will be WORTH IT”…
He He He…Preve still the same old Proton…Rosak here, Rosak there, never ending repair lah…not worth it at all…
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PROTON CARS
Feb07 2012 Written by chedet
1. I stopped using Proton cars after I stepped down. I wanted to enjoy the superior quality of the high-end European and Japanese cars.
2. Proton was known for its cheap cars. The assumption is that it can never produce cars of quality as represented by European, Japanese and even Korean cars.
3. The people at Proton are unhappy over this reputation. They feel it is wrong to think that they cannot produce high end cars. It is just that the company policy was to produce run-of-the-mill cars. The Malaysian public expect Malaysian cars to be cheap. Cheap cars just cannot have the quality and the features of the more costly imports.
4. Proton people want to show that given the support they can produce quality cars.
5. The other day I test drove their latest model on the test track at Shah Alam. I can verify and assure Proton customers and Malaysians generally that this new model can match any of the Japanese or European quality cars. It was such a pleasure to drive. A foreign friend who knows cars, tested the car and says it is up to the standard of the up-market cars from Europe.
6. This car uses hot press steel body which is stronger than cold press. It has a 1.6 liter turbocharged engine equal to a 2.0 liter engine power. The engine complies with Euro-five standards.
7. A whole list of feature has been incorporated. This includes Vehicle Seek Lamp, Wiper Auto Speed, Auto side door folding mirror, Push Button Start / Stop, Sensors for Automatic Wiper and Headlamp and GPS Antenna for Navigation System.
8. Additionally it has Impact Sensing Door Lock, Continuous Variable Transmission, Security Alarm System, Immobiliser and Central Locking.
9. The automatic version has Shift Lever with Tiptronic Mode and Paddle Shifter on Steering Wheel for seven gear changes. ABS to prevent skidding and BA (Brake Assist) to increase brake pedal force.
10. There are many others features which enhances the performance of the engine and driveability of the car.
11. There will be several models with less features than I describe. But they are all superior to the other Proton cars.
12. Naturally the price would be higher though probable cheaper than imports with similar features and quality.
13. I believe this is a great car and Proton can be proud of it. Malaysians can be proud of it too. The extra Ringgit you have to spend will be worth it.
14. The car will be available in three months time.
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Enjin Proton Preve bocor kurang sebulan
Aduan Rakyat, July 2nd, 2012
http://www.aduanrakyat.com.my/enjin-proton-preve-bocor-kurang-sebulan
Saya merupakan seorang pemilik kereta Proton Preve. Kereta saya baru berusia kurang dari 1 bulan. Saya rasa tertipu bila membeli kereta buatan negara kerana kereta yang diserahkan kepada saya mengalami kebocoran di bahagian engine.
Sepatutnya perkara ini tidak patut berlaku sekiranya ada pengawasan yang lebih terliti dari pihak proton dan sepatutnya ianya tidak diserahkan kepada saya jikalau mengalami kerosakan. Lebih dikesalkan lagi ketika proses pembaikan dilakukan pihak service center menyatakan ada kecuaian ketika proses pemasangan dilakukan dikilang.
Engine saya terpaksa dikeluarkan perkara ini boleh disifatkan ianya sudah tiada nilai jikalau perkara ini berlaku, dan sekiranya proses pembaikan selesai engine saya tidak boleh diuji seperti mana ianya diuji dikilang. Malah mereka menyatakan “kalau ada apa apa encik datang balik sini”
Sepanjang perkara ini berlaku tiada mana mana pihak dari proton menghubungi saya untuk membantu saya dan menyelesaikan masalah saya,saya terpaksa bersusah ketika ketiadaan kereta,terpaksa mengambil cuti untuk tujuan tersebut saya juga telah tawar hari dimana saya telah berbelanja besar dan menanggung beban hutang yg panjang sedangkan pada hakikatnya kereta saya dah rosak dan sudah tidak elok lagi.
Saya mengharapkan agar proton menghubungi saya dan mencari jalan penyelesaian kepada permasalahan saya ini. Janganlah bersikap lepas tangan dan melepaskan batuk ditangga. Saya mengikut seruan mengunakan barang tempatan sedangkan kualiti dan khidmat diabaikan.
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Masalah Proton Preve tiada kesudahan
Aduan Rakyat, July 18th, 2012
http://www.aduanrakyat.com.my/masalah-proton-preve-tiada-kesudahan
Saya membeli sebuah kereta Proton Preve CFE premium dan menerimanya pada 12 Jun 2012, namun ketika saya mengambil kereta tersebut, didapati kereta tersebut tidak dapat bergerak walaupun telah gear telah ditukar kepada mode “D”,”R”,”S” kerana masalah pada TCU dia. Setelah diganti TCU yang baru, saya mengambil dari SC semula pada 15 Jun 2012
Masalah baru pula telah dikenal pasti pada 21 Jun 2012. Kali ini kereta tersebut didapati terdapat kebocoran pada enjinnya. Sekali lagi Proton Preve kereta Global ini terpaksa dihantar ke SC. setelah seminggu lebih pihak proton mencari masalah dan menunggu alat ganti, kereta Global saya tadi akhirnya disahkan pulih dari masalah kebocoran dan diambil keluar dari pusat servis pada 5 Julai 2012.
Apa yang dikesalkan di sini adalah, pada 6 Julai 2012 sekali lagi Kereta Global ini mengalami masalah, enjin didapati bergegar dan terdapat lagi kebocoran pada kereta global ini..dan sehingga sekarang kereta global tersebut masih lagi terdampar di pusat servis proton, menunggu alat ganti…haish..
Apakah kesudahan bagi kereta “Global?” saya ini..?ansuran pertama telah dibayar namun kebanyakkan hari kereta tersebut hanya tersadai di pusat servis..tiada kepuasan bagi saya sebagai seorang pengguna seumpama pihak proton tidak wujud unit bagi mengawasi kualiti setiap kereta yang keluar dari kilang.???
Proton owh proton…diharap benar-benar komited untuk jadi lebih baik…
Comment by Teddy Gumbang — July 31, 2012 @ 9:07 AM |
7 to 9 years to pay a single car, and in the end it’s cost turn no value.Wah, that’s really hurt be a Malaysian!
Comment by magnum5583 — July 31, 2012 @ 6:05 AM |
Mahathief is the greatest robber, and should be punished under Hudud law .. chop … chop … chop …
Comment by tigeryk — July 31, 2012 @ 5:58 AM |
An Australian told me in 2000 in Sibu, Sarawak, that “YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SCREWING ALL THe MALAYSIANS IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD” when he confirmed that the same vehicle, Proton Saga, was sold in Australia at a price lower than that in Malaysia, despite taking into account the freight charge. This is due to Mamakleen, who loved to bilk his own people under the pretext of a so-called NATIONAL CAR and pride. Mamakleen is a daylight robber, a corrupt leader and a devious leader. That is why he earned the title ”DR 20%”.
Comment by Egbert Lau — July 31, 2012 @ 5:07 AM |