My Comment's on the PM's blog.

[ALBundy]

I think some of us may have forgotten that Proton get hundreds of millions from our government under R&D fund. That itself is a subsidy, otherwise Proton could have been in the red.

Having travel to some countries, all I can say is Malaysia is one of the best countries to live in. We may have our weaknesses of which I need not elaborate, but at "present moment", this is the country to be in. Let's hope this country will continue to prosper and everyone to have their freedom to practise their religion and speech.

One point I would like to make.

Having cheaper cars may initially cause the number of cars on the road to swell, this is pretty much normal as the lower income group will upgrade from a 2 wheeler. From then on, I doubt there will be more cars and it will only be a good thing as newer cars are more fuel efficient and friendlier to the environment. A household may have 3-4 cars, but there will be only two drivers, the husband and wife...so only two cars will be on the road at any given time!

Cheers

 

[Hellraiser]

Prez, what if the husband has more than 1 wife?...hehe!

 

[glock_8]

Car ownership per capita is certainly not an issue here , now is a matter of "quality", :wink:

2007 Number of Motor Vehicle per capita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita
Malaysia ranked 23 at 273 cars / 1000 people

2009 Number of Motor Vehicle per capita: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/tra_mot_veh-transportation-motor-vehicles
Malaysia ranked 3 at 641 cars / 1000 people

yup..and number reflected on the amount of road accident/fatality during the ops sikap. too many people driving sub-standard cars that caused the statistic...not the people attitude actually

 

[glock_8]

interesting....

no mention tho about the current income and cost of living as compared to that 10 years ago. better yet, why not just abolish duty and taxes like what they have in singapore, or why not also compare the prices of cars and fuel in singapore or the U.S for that matter or name me one country that does not practice protectionist policy in any form for any type of trade or name me one agreement that is "win-win" and not "win-win less" (if lucky) situation. (refer to NAFTA). Why is ASEAN not a powerhouse like the EEC?

to trade the cost of cars to a vote is equilavent to trading the civil liberties and the future of our children. is that what our rights are worth these days, the prices of cars?

if cars are so expensive why are there many households with min 2 cars? why are there still many conti cars on the road? why is everyone not driving protons or the equivalents? why not also compare the high income taxes in western countries (50%)

Why are the govenments of the world subsidizing the world airlines and motor industry? Is this not unfair to others who are operating without the governments support and risk overnight bankruptcy and loss of jobs?

I think if some or not all of the above questions are addressed, it will give the comment a more well rounded opinion worthy of an A+ assignment.

thinking again, if cars are gonna be cheaper, i wonder how the highways will fare? as it is, it's taking me longer and longer to get to work and back home. guess, i'll just skateboard to work one day...sigh.

so you prefer the price of car go higher so that less people can afford it..so that u can get to work faster....brilliant.

 

[erica34]

yup..and number reflected on the amount of road accident/fatality during the ops sikap. too many people driving sub-standard cars that caused the statistic...not the people attitude actually

i think its more driver problem rather than vehicle problem. sure there are cases of the latter but i'm thinking the state of vehicles would be relatively unchanged from normal times so that would hardly explain the rate increase during festive season. people tend to go a bit siao during holiday season. maybe its the extra food we eat or the rush to get home or whatever. knn traffic jam when balik kampung, high number of road fatalities, every year same old dem story. just like banjir. same dem longkang same place every dem bloody year. somebody is not doing their job or they haven't realised whatever they've been doing is just not farking good enough. bodoh.

 

[erica34]

so you prefer the price of car go higher so that less people can afford it..so that u can get to work faster....brilliant.

thats just mean... we should get better public transportation and roads instead.

 

[loafer]

A very nicely written article from Art Harun. http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2009/10/1-duck.html

Too many cronies are benefiting from this protectionist policy so don't ever hope for it to be scrapped.

thats just mean... we should get better public transportation and roads instead.

I remember a while ago when Abdullah announced the increase in petrol price, claiming it was a burden that needed to be passed on to the rakyat to save the government up to RM4 billion a year on subsidies. It was later announced that the savings would be used to upgrade the sorry state of our public transportation to a better, if not, less sorry state.

I've yet to see any improvements till this day.

There are so many areas that need improvement in our country. No doubt it's one of the better countries to live in Asia but seriously I think we'd be better off without all these tax payer funded money sinks the cronies are sucking us off.

PKFZ, crooked bridge, submarines and the ever expanding tolled highways just to name a few. Have you even noticed the sorry state of our public roads are these days? I'll be damned if I can find 1 stretch of road in the CBD that wouldn't kill your cars suspension. Don't even get me started on the education system here....it's in shambles.

 

[Hellraiser]

so you prefer the price of car go higher so that less people can afford it..so that u can get to work faster....brilliant.

eh? when did i say that....?? i never said anything of that sort. don't put words in my mouth!

what i advocate is this, for you to enjoy something less or better, something will have to be added or taken away

to have cheaper cars is good, but can you really say our public transport system can handle it? as it is now we have so many highways and traffic jam are still the norm with no real solution in sight. in japan cars are cheap and parking is expensive but the public transport system is world class. people travel from their homes 400 km away using the bullet trains daily to work

in jakarta and bangkok people spend more time in traffic jams than anywhere else. in indonesia, duty and taxes for conti cars are 200% as compared to our 300%. end of the day the choice is yours to settle for a proton or a conti car. where its like comparing apple to oranges.

support your comments with facts....not lame one liner remarks...brilliant of you

frankly, i'm a sales exec with a logistics MNC company. i sometimes work from home and need not follow normal office hours. What i shared earlier are just for illustration purposes which is not very far away from the mad house reality of working in KL city center

 

[buzzlie]

Not so sure about that. First say the price of RON 95 cheaper to save the rakyat money as RON 97 is a 'luxury' product. When RON 95 came out, price same as 'luxury' fuel......:top:

Well said bro. In the end the hole in our pockets got bigger ....

 

[ci54]

Firstly, I agree car prices are too expensive in Malaysia vis-a-vis our average income. Secondly, I also agree our cost of living is actually a lot higher compared to most developed countries based on Purchasing Power Parity. Thirdly, I must point out that the easiest way to slash the price down for cars and be assured of some semblance of free competition is to eliminate AP system. Fourthly, the only way to make the gomen listen is to ensure they keep losing all by elections and future elections until the rakyat is satisfied with whatever the Cabinet and the MPs are doing. Fifthly (ada ke?), why are Malaysians so eager to vote for corrupted politicians? No. 6, are there any 'clean' politician left in our midst? No. 7, are there any smart and 'clean' politician left in our midst? No. 8, are there any smart and 'clean' Malaysians left in our midst?