Dear Tun, Respectfully, I believe that there is a legitimate argument that Malaysians are making against the unjustifiable persistence of maintaining high car prices. 1. The underlying problem of why gridlock is a common sight in KL and every other major capital city in Malaysia is again due to the failure of the State and Federal Governments when planning the cities back in the day. (Most crucially during your administration). The amount of cars on the road, even though most are excruciating expensive is due to it being deemed as a necessity by most Malaysians. This is a legitimate argument as KL has 2 fundamental problems; the lack of proper city planning where development has been allowed to run rampant and the disastrous state of our public transportation system. Mobility is essential to the livelihood of every citizen and by failing to provide an efficiently integrated system, you’ve forced Malaysians to purchase private vehicles. This is like getting slapped in the face, twice. (One for the lack of your integrated planning and the second for high prices) 2. If you wish to argue environmental preservation, then allow fuel prices to reflect global prices but at the same time, allow car prices to reflect its global counterparts. This will allow consumers to determine what and how they drive based on their hard earned income. Subsidies should be targeted at only those whom clearly need this assistance such as the lower income population. 3. Arguing job loss is also futile as I believe that auto manufacturers in Malaysia through their local collaborations namely UMW Toyota, Naza Kia, Honda Malaysia, TCM Nissan, DRB HICOM etc. has the necessary capacity to take up these skilled talents. By eradicating the over-stretching role of the Government, more jobs and more opportunities will be sought after by these giants thus resulting in potential growth not only on the domestic front, but also at a regional level against the likes of Thailand. These players are now being held back by ineffective auto policies set during your administration which has outgrown its useful life and should be abolished so that they can maximize their capacities in Malaysia to truly position our country as an automotive hub in SEA. 4. You can now safely abolish AP’s and not have to continuously defend it if the industry is allowed to independently pursue the vast opportunities on a regional scale. Malaysians will then have to truly become competitive if they are to remain relevant and should they be successful, grow into become a merit based regional player targeting emerging markets such as the 60 million population of Myanmar due to their superior know how at home. 5. The private sector is ready. The people are ready. Is the Government now ready to join us ? Regardless, I still respect the legacy that youve left us with Tun ! Salam.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:41:46 +0000
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