The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) would like to refer to the issues raised by the public on the mandatory annual inspection as a requirement for road tax renewal for all vehicles aged 15 years or above and the gradual phase-out of imported used parts and components under the National Automotive Policy (NAP) Review announced on 28 October 2009.
2. On the mandatory annual inspection, the Government, through the Ministry of Transport (MOT), will formulate a roadmap for the implementation of Vehicle End-of-Life Policy (ELV) by taking into consideration the views of all parties through consultations with consumer associations and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs).
3. MITI’s Secretary General, Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Mamat reiterated that “the effective date for the implementation of the mandatory annual inspection is not on 1 January 2010 as reported in some media. The Government will announce the effective date of the mandatory annual inspection once the roadmap for the implementation of ELV is completed”. He added that “the main objective for the introduction of the mandatory annual inspection is to ensure that vehicles are safe and road-worthy”.
4. The implementation of the mandatory inspection is not meant to phase-out old vehicles that are more than 15 years. The vehicles are allowed to be on the road should they passed the inspection and road-worthy tests. Even now, the mandatory inspection is being implemented for the transfer of ownership of personal vehicles and road tax renewals for commercial vehicles.
5. At present , there are 2.7 million or 14.5 per cent passenger vehicles aged more than 10 years on the road. Compared with countries such as Australia, United States, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and India, Malaysia has a very low vehicle scrap rate and relatively high average vehicle age.
6. The gradual phase-out of imported used parts and components will be effective in June 2011. This measure is only applicable for imported used parts and components. It is in line with the long term objective of the Government to prohibit the importation of used automotive products which are sub-standard and unsafe.
–Media Statement by MITI, released on 30th October 2009
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i have to agree with all the replies above.. i drive an 19yrs old corrolla that has given me less problems that my former 3yrs proton.
there are no spare parts available for sale by toyota for my car…
so my question is when i need to change a part what happens ?
no import available and original maker doesn’t have it in stock anymore ? do i throw away my car just because there are no spare parts due to poor forsight on your part..
i am not a minister or deputy minister so i don’t have the option to change my car when i feel like it..!!!
even in australia which is a country you r using to compare m’sia with.. they have chop shops…
and b4 u start comparing about low vehicle scrap rate and relatively high average vehicle age remember m’sia has a very high car tax that makes it impossible to own a car without being in debt for a long time…
Saya lebih mementingkan Kajian Terperinci Kesesuaian dilaksanakan segera bagi memperkenalkan semula Polisi ELV (JHK) di Malaysia dalam jangkamasa terdekat memandangkan:-
1. Populasi kenderaan semakin meningkat dengan pesat sejak Proton dipasarkan pada 1985. Diikuti dengan Perodua pada 1996 yang telah mendapat sambutan pengguna. Industri Pengilangan/Penjualan Kenderaan di Malaysia telah berkembang pesat dari inisiatif ini, yang telah memanafa’atkan Rakyat dan Negara. Oleh itu sebagai Kerajaan yang Mengutamakan Rakyat sekarang, seharusnya juga mengambil langkah positif kearah memelihara Kesejahteraan Kesihatan dan Lingkungan Hidup Rakyat dimasa hadapan. Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar yang terjejas, akibat dari besarnya jumlah populasi kenderaan adalah amat penting diambilkira. Sewajarnya setiap individu di Malaysia bertanggungjawab dalam usaha memelihara Lingkungan Hidup kita dipinjamkan hari ini untuk diwarisi kepada jenerasi akan datang. Tidak semata-mata mementingkan diri hari ini yang mengakibatkan jenerasi akan datang mengalami risiko yang tidak terbela lagi.
2. Kajian keatas kejayaan dan perlaksanaan di Negara-Negara Maju Dunia, harus diteliti untuk diambil iktibar dan kesesuaian yang dapat dipadankan dengan selera/kehendak Rakyat Malaysia hari ini berbanding dengan Keperluan Jenerasi Rakyat Malaysia akan datang.
3. Agensi-Agensi Kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab menangani dan menguruskan populasi kenderaan dijalanraya, sewajarnya peka dengan karenah keselamatan kenderaan dan pengguna jalanraya semasa untuk mengusahakan kaedah-kaedah bagi menguruskan kenderaan yang pesat bertambah.
4. Industri Automobil di Negara-Negara Maju telah memulakan aktiviti-aktiviti kebertanggungjawaban mereka secara menyeluruh terhadap usaha Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar. Berbagai-bagai kaedah dan usaha dilakukan dengan Teknologi Hijau, Kawalan Emisi, Kenderaan Hybrid/Eletrik, Kawalan ‘SoC Free dan lain-lain. 1Malaysia yang mengatur langkah ke status Negara Maju pada 2020, perlukan meletakan Industri Automobil Malaysia selari dengan mereka dari sekarang.
5. Kebertanggungjawaban Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar meliputi semua industri di Malaysia. Industri Automotif kita sewajarnya dijadikan platform asas bagi menyelaraskan semua aktiviti dan perundangan berkaitan Kitar Semula di Malaysia. Saya merasakan Perlaksanaan Undang-Undang/Peraturan Kitar Semula di Malaysia hari ini tidak terurus dengan sistematik. Ini menyumbang kepada permasalahan lain termasuk karenah Pelupusan Sisa Pepejal.
Terima Kasih diatas perhatian tuan/puan.
Pemeriksaan PUSPAKOM keatas kenderaan komersial juga tidak dapat menyelesaikan masalah kenderaan yang tidak selamat dijalanraya. Banyak lagi kenderaan komersial yang dah hampir roboh serta mengeluarkan asap hitam yang teruk dijalanraya, jelas sekali PUSPAKOM tidak berfungsi dengan betul. Pengalaman saya sendiri di puspakom, 3 kali tidak lulus selepas pelbagai pembaikan brek dibuat tetapi kali ke 4, selepas dibayar RM80 kepada runner, terus lulus tanpa sebarang pembaikan.
Alternatif kepada perkhidmatan Puspakom juga perlu ada untuk mengekang masalah rasuah dan menjamin competitiveness dan menghalang monopoli sepertimana berlaku kini. Saya sendiri tidak faham mengapa kerajaan membenarkan monopoli seperti ini berlaku.
Halangan bagi alatganti terpakai juga tidak praktikal kerana kebanjiran alatganti tiruan dan gred rendah yang mahal, barangan tulin juga terlalu mahal dan tidak mungkin mampu bagi golongan berpendapatan rendah yang hanya menggunakan kereta yang sudah lama.
Kerajaan perlu sensitif dengan perkara ini kerana
majoriti pengguna kenderaan lebih 15 tahun adalah penduduk luar bandar yang merupakan kumpulan terbesar penyokong kerajaan BN, jangan berumah di tepi laut kalau takut dilambung ombak
secara asas nya untuk tujuan keselamatn saya bersetuju (pemeriksaan berkala - tahunan puspakom)
tapi sebalik nya saya amat merasa tidak senang kerana perlu membuang masa yang lama untuk tujuan pemeriksaan tersebut
tidak cukup kah sekadar pemeriksaan puspakon untuk tujuan penukaran hak milik sahaja?
1. Why do you need an inspection EVERY YEAR after your car reaches 15 years old? Cant you make it once every 3 years?
2. What test is being done to ensure the car is “ROAD WORTHY”? Are these tests objective or subjective? Will the cars be approved by some testers and failed by other testers (pending bribes?)
Note : In USA there is no road worthy test. They only test your car exhaust emission. If above a certain number = fail; below = pass. No bribery, very objective test. Test only takes 5 minutes.
3. How much time is wasted by how many people bringing their car in for testing? Can Puspakom ensure people only wait 10 minutes? If puspakom cannot complete the test within 10 minutes they have to automatically pass your car (like Domino’s Pizza – if they are late the pizza is free).
4. Have you analysed why Malaysia has such a high number of old cars? Perhaps you should compare the average per-capita income around the world compared to the car prices. In USA the per-capita income is US$37,500 while their cheapest new car is US$10,000 (Hyundai Accent). In Malaysia our per-capita income is US$8,940 and a Hyundai Accent cost US$17,000 (RM60,000). Source : CIA Fact Book. Perhaps you should bring down the price of cars?
5. You plan to phase out imports of used parts because it is unsafe. Has any research been done to determine how many accidents are the fault of unsafe used parts or is this just an assumption? I have personally experienced quality used parts which are better than genuine new Proton parts. If used parts are so unsafe, the people know how to decide for themselves. They won’t buy it. We are not so stupid as to save a few Ringgit but risk our lives. If you feel like controlling something, perhaps you should go around catching the people trying to pass off used parts as new genuine parts. If people are aware they are buying used parts, they understand the risk involved. E.g. I would buy a used fuel pump because it is not risky. The worst thing that can happen is my car breaks down. But I will not buy a used brake pad because it is dangerous. This is common sense.
I think it is quite a wrong thing to implement the phase out of imported used parts as it is going to kill old car owners and 2nd hand spare part shops. I hope MITI will look into this matter and restructure this point. Thank You
the worse policy ever introduced.. not to help rakyat but to make it worsen.. where you slogan 1 malaysia.. rakyat didahulukan pencapaian diutamakan..
hello,…
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terdapat beberapa runggutan mengenai ELV ni sila beri perhatian.
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I hope gov can review what rakyat need. You may refer here
http://paultan.org/2009/11/02/import-of-used-parts-to-end-june-2011/
that malaysian dont agree on this
http://paultan.org/2009/11/02/import-of-used-parts-to-end-june-2011/#comments
I think you should consider all these comments..
“5. At present , there are 2.7 million or 14.5 per cent passenger vehicles aged more than 10 years on the road. Compared with countries such as Australia, United States, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and India, Malaysia has a very low vehicle scrap rate and relatively high average vehicle age.”
At present, the relative price of a car for Malaysia is 10-50 percent of their monthly income. And, in Malaysia, the typical loan scheme is between 7 to 9 years. The countries mentioned above have relatively cheaper cars compared to their income, and can service the loans within 3-5 years. Therefore, having an additional 5-7 years to enjoy owning a car without loan installments. For an average Malaysian to enjoy 5-7 years of no-loan car ownership, we need to extend the service of our cars for 12-16 years. I cannot believe MITI is so narrow in their views on doing research about car ownership. Why not have government employees and officials voluntarily scrap their cars after 10 years. See how many can afford to do that.
-Saya berpendapat yang polisi ini akan membebankan & mengundang kemarahan rakyat terutama rakyat yang berpendapatan rendah & sederhana.
- Sedarkah pihak kerajaan yang mempunyai kereta yang lebih 10 tahun adalah dari golongan di peringkat sederhana & rendah? Golongan ini yang akan tertekan terutama yang sudah berkeluarga. Saya cadangkan supaya pihak kerajaan masuk ke kampung kampung atau luar bandar & lihat sendiri keadaan hidup mereka & pendapatan perkapita mereka sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan berkenaan perkara ini. Jangan lupa tinjau tinjau rakyat yang duduk di Sabah & Sarawak.
-Kebanyakkan mereka bekerja sendiri seperti berniaga kecil kecilan, orang panggil kerja kampung. Kebiasaan mereka beli kereta tunai disebabkan dengan ketiadaan slip gaji atau bukti pendapatan tetap agak mustahil pihak institusi keewangan akan memberi mereka pinjaman. Kereta mampu beli kebanyakkan kereta yang menjangkau lebih 15 tahun.
-Bagi golongan sederhana yang mampu beli kereta baru atau terpakai yang bawah dari 10 tahun, bayaran bulanan cukup memeritkan terutama yang duduk dibandar bandar besar & sudah berkeluarga. Alat ganti terpakai memang jadi pilihan bagi mereka menjimatkan kos, contohnya jika kompreser aircond rosak kalau nak beli yang baru yang berharga atas RM1000 belum masuk upah & lain lain dah tentu pada bulan itu ada yang mengikat perut, dapur tak berasap, silap silap tabung pendidikan anak akan menjadi mangsa atau gelang emas isteri ke pajak gadai..hahaha tentu pihak Miti tahu berapa purata pendapat rakyat Malaysia. Ini belum lagi jika kotak gear yang rosak, yang baru boleh cecah belasan malah puluhan ribu harganya! Saya pasti ramai yang tidak mampu membelinya sebab itu sebagai rakyat beralih ke kedai potong untuk mendapatkan harga yang mereka mampu.
- Pihak kerajaan perlu sedar yang banyaknya kereta yang lebih dari 10 tahun di Malaysia adalah di sebabkan oleh harga kereta tempatan & import terlalu tinggi di pasaran tempatan. Jika seseorang membeli Perodu Myvi, kebiasaannya untuk mendapatkan bayaran di bulanan yang mampu di keluarkan, pembeli akan mengambil pinjaman selama 7 tahun, bermakna hanya 3 tahun selepas selesai bayaran balik, kereta tersebut telah pun berumur 10 tahun & sudah layak di masukkan ke stastistik pihak MITI.
-Sedarkah pihak kerajaan yang harga alat ganti baru berharga jauh lebih mahal dari yang terpakai? Cuba ambil & kaji quotation dari pembekal alat ganti baru & bandingkan dengan harga terpakai? Persoalannya, mampukah mereka yang berpendapatan rendah membeli alat ganti yang baru? malah sesetengah alat ganti tersebut seperti kotak gear mungkin lebih mahal dari harga kereta mereka.
-Untuk pengetahuan pihak kerajaan di negara maju seperti di Amerika, UK atau Australia mereka masih membenarkan penjualan alat ganti terpakai tempatan atau imports. Sekurang kurangnya rakyat ada pilihan, yang mampu boleh beli yang baru & pada yang tak mampu boleh guna yang terpakai. Sila google atau yahoo tentang junk yard di negara yang saya sebutkan di atas.
- Saya pasti yang pihak MITI tentu tahu tentang kenapa Malaysia has a very low vehicle scrap rate berbanding dengan Australia, United States, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and India. Tak payah la saya beri bandingan harga kereta mereka dengan harga yang di jual di Malaysia satu per satu. Kadang kadang walaupun telah di tukarkan dari USD ke matawang ke RM, harga kereta di Malaysia masih 1 atau 2 kali lagi mahal dari negara yang disebut di atas. Cuba juga ambil kira ratio jumlah pendapatan perkapita mereka setahun dengan harga kereta di negara mereka & bandingkan dengan negara kita.
-Mampukan pihak Puspakom menjalankan tugas ini dengan baik? Adakah cukup cawangan & kaki tangan mereka untuk menjalankan tugas ini? Jumlah kereta yang ingin di periksa bukannya kecil tapi berjuta & akan ratusan ribu akan meningkat setiap tahun, ini belum termasuk kereta baru & terpakai yang memang wajib dapat kelulusan Puspakom.
- Bagaimana pula dengan mereka yang duduk di pendalaman yang tiada pusat pemeriksaan puspakom yang berdekatan? Seperti di Sabah & Sarawak?
- Dengan ekonomi dunia yang masih lagi gawat, saya sangat berharap yang pihak kerajaan mengkaji semula lebih terinci sebab ini membabitkan periuk nasi rakyat yang berpendaptan rendah & sederhana. Sudah lah sekarang premium Insurance sangat tinggi untuk kereta atas 15 tahun, kena pulak berbelanja di Puspakom & alat ganti terpakai pula bakal di berhentikan. Seperti jatuh di timpa tangga rasanya.
Dari pemerhatian kasar saya seperti di internet, di pejabat atau di kedai kopi rakyat membantah keras berkenaan dengan perkara ini. Mereka merasakan yang kereta mereka bakal menjadi tukun sebab tak mampu untuk maintain kereta mereka di sebabkan tidak mampu beli alat ganti yang baru.
-Saya juga berpendapat sokongan rakyat terutama dari golongan berpendapatan rendah & sederhana yang merupakan penyokong setia kerajaan akan terjejas jika polisi ni diteruskan juga.
Pandangan Ikhlas Dari Rakyat Biasa
First of all the NAP that was announced earlier is not fair to the rakyat. I do agree that the road-worthiness of a car and the safety of the rakyat is the foremost important issue here. Not all 15 years+++ cars are in bad condition. I therefore would like to suggest that the car examination before tax renewal is done once in 5 years. No point having the cars being reviewed yearly as cars that were produced 15 years ago is not as bad as those manufactured 30-50 years ago. Some of these cars are meant to be driven further than what 15 years of driving.
Secondly, regarding the Second hand parts for vehicles. It is important to make the parts available to the rakyat. NOT all the rakyat have the money to buy new parts. It is better to make the parts available to the public than to make it hard to get and even harder for the owners to maintain their car which would then cause more ill-maintained cars on the roads.
With the stoppage of second hand parts, the rate of crime on stealing cars and the components will increase. this will cause more problem to already problematic crime rate.
Another issue that the government should consider is that second hand parts are not bad parts. The parts were taken from cars abroad which are 5 years old or less. I am sure that if the parts are spoiled the consumer will not buy it and use it. These parts are original parts and ORIGINAL IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NEW BUT FAKE PARTS.
Please remember that not all the rakyat is rich enough to buy new parts. The more rules the government applies to the community, the more stressful the community will be. The more they will HATE the government, The public was already beginning to realise the hope given by our Prime minister. OUT of SUDDEN, everything is dashed. MORE RULES= LESS FREEDOM= MORE STRESSFUL LIFE. DO NOT SUPRESS the rakyat anymore. We are dying here
Assalamualaikum Dato Mustapa & Dato Mukhriz,
I am very disappointed with the recent NAP announcement as with millions of other Malaysians. I am a humble salary earner and the main breadwinner of the family. I have a wife who is not working and a 2 year old daughter. The reason I am writing on this blog is to voice my dissatisfaction on 2 main announcements by MITI which is the requirement to inspect the vehicle after 15 years old annually and the scrapping of imported used parts.
I have a 15 year old Honda Civic which has served the family faithfully since 2003 and never faced a major problem or breakdown. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same about my other car, a Gen.2 which was purchased during year 2005. The car has wiring problems, 3 times power windows failure, spark plug defect, unalign doors, leaking front windows, defective absorbers and finally steering failure which almost cost me my life. The Gen.2 was sold after 8 months and since then, I have a phobia of driving national cars due to poor quality and poor after sales service from proton.
With the implementation of the NAP, it would be a big burden for small town people like me and many other rural areas. We have to fork out extra money and face problems finding new spare parts which are hard to find and expensive.
With this, I hope that the ministry will reconsider implementing this 2 new policies which will burden many low salary earners.
Thank you. Wasalam
In case some of you in the government still couldn’t figure this out, allow me to enlighten you guys - “Malaysia has a very low vehicle scrap rate and relatively high average vehicle age” because -
a) vehicles are very expensive here, in our country, for reasons the government knows best (proof: we have 9 year hire-purchase plans available here. Malaysia Boleh.).
b) our public transport system is not well established. The government can’t even make those samseng taxi drivers to pakai meter (go to Johor or Penang, you’ll be enlightened).
c) our average per capita income is waaaaaayyyy lower than most of the countries listed in the article above.
There.
And if the government is so dead serious about the road-worthiness of our old cars, why don’t you guys provide free inspections solely for that purpose? I’m sure some plans can be worked out… since the government is encompassed of sooooo many talented and intelligent individuals….
Dear Minister,
The main concerns are Puspakom and cost.
Firstly, Puspakom have been well known to be extremely slow and corrupted. Many people resort to giving bribes to motivate them to get things done quickly, and I mean too quickly. If you want the people to go through the hassle, what guarantee can you give that Puspakom will be swift and efficient like what you can expect from developed countries? At current rate, Puspakom is a massive waste of time and money to visit. PUH-LEEZ, will you practice what you preach with regards to “rakyat didahulukan, pencapaian diutamakan”?
Secondly, the annual inspection may incur additional costs, or you’re suggesting that it’s a charity work by Puspakom? Most of these old car owners are pensioners, why must you burden them with this?
On another note, I wish to direct you to a blog which is currently hot with debates with regard to your plan to phase-out imported used parts: http://paultan.org/2009/11/02/import-of-used-parts-to-end-june-2011
I hope you can be objective and rational to the issues I have pointed out. You’ve raised Fadzril well, I hope you can do the same for the Malaysian motoring communities.
Wassalam
The hot topic for last week was the new National Automotive Policy Review, a so-called ‘facelift’ for the National Automotive Policy that was first born on the 22nd of March 2006.
The NAP review is a disappointing one, with the prices of cars to be pretty much the status quo for a long time to come. In fact, the prices of hybrid cars are sure to go up once the 50% excise duty rebate ends. But there are parts of the NAP that have significant negative impact on us as motorists, one of which is the announcement that the import of used parts will be prohibited from June 2011 onwards.
Car companies and parts manufacturers do not survive on just selling you your car, which is a sum of parts from various OEMs. They also earn a significant portion from the sale of replacement parts, which you will inevitably need as parts are not designed to last forever. Not sure if the word greedy is justifiable but sometimes these new parts can be priced quite exhorbitantly. Which means used parts are very popular and are pretty much key to the sustainability and/or viability of keeping an old car running.
Banning the imports of used parts and the halfcuts which contain them would mean if your City’s CVT transmission dies, you are unable to source a good condition used one from a Honda Fit Aria halfcut that had been scrapped in Japan due to the country’s scrap policies. It means that when my Proton Perdana transmission finally dies and is beyond a refurbishment, a used one sourced from a Mitsubishi Eterna will not be an option – I will have to buy a 2nd hand Proton one or a NEW one, which I probably will not be able to afford as I am not the Perak or Terengganu Mentri Besar(s).
Of course, these situations will not happen right after June 2011 as there is bound to be existing stock in the country, but that will run out sooner or later. And then what? We cannibalise each other’s cars for used parts, whether willingly (scrap) or not (theft)?
And then there is the total disregard for the livelihoods of the chop shop businesses which have been run for decades and suddenly have their main source of income taken away from them. I visited a few chop shops and interviewed their owners over the weekend, curious to see how they were reacting to this piece of bad news.
One chop shop did not even know that such an announcement had been made. Danny of Soon Loi Sdn Bhd in Batu 11 1/2 Cheras said that he had been unaware that the government was planning such a thing and he and his wife was clearly in shock. I felt really bad watching their reaction. At first they were talking normally and keeping their cool but after awhile you could see they were quite emotional about it.
Their chop shop is a family business and has been running since the 70s. Danny is now the 2nd generation, taking over from his parents. He said chop shops have been around since before he was born and did not understand why the government suddenly wanted to stop the import of used parts.
The government’s justifications for this move are ’safety and environmental’ concerns. From my view I see it more as yet another way to discourage us from using our old and hardy classics, instead driving us to buy new budget cars instead of that RM20k Toyota Corolla AE101 which alot of people are much more comfortable driving as a daily driver than a new car. The common sentiment is that old cars tend to last longer and have better plastics than new cars today and in many cases I find that to be true.
According to Danny, the parts in his stock consist of over 80% overseas imports and only about 20% local parts. I asked him what was he going to do when the new rule is implemented. He said he could not do anything but to look for local cars to ‘cut’ instead of getting halfcuts from overseas.
From a consumer perspective this means certain ‘upgrades’ such as fitting a Cortina 4-speed with a 5-speed manual from a Ford Sierra would be impossible as the Sierra was never really sold here. From the chop shop owner’s perspective, business will be A LOT tougher than usual. To quote his wife’s exact words, “Mati loh!”
I tried looking for a more premium chop shop and found Happy Auto Parts in Sungai Besi which specialises in continental parts. This is near the Auto Bavaria Sungai Besi showroom. There were plenty of BMW E34 front clips there, and there was even an E39 pre-facelift front clip. The owner CM Tan also operates a workshop in the same premise so at least he has something to fall back on when his chop shop business runs dry. Being a specialist BMW used parts center, 100% of his inventory are from overseas.
CM Tan says that the business of a chop shop is not easy to do. You have to build your relationship with your overseas suppliers over a long time – this can be years and years. According to Tan, sometimes even when you find some good cars to be clipped, it doesn’t mean the overseas supplier will sell them to you. There are so many chop shops from so many countries fighting for these cars.
You also need to have a trained sharp eye to judge what cars are suitable to be clipped and he claims that with the 1 week warranty that most used parts have, the return rate for a lemon clip can be so high that you can potentially even lose money on it, or just break even.
He likened the government’s new rule to telling medical students that have given their life to training to be a doctor for many many years that they suddenly are banned from practicing medicine. He has been in this business all his life, what else can he do?
It’s really quite unfair, when you consider that in another segment of the industry, Open AP holders have gotten hints of the system being scrapped for many years now. Only when this NAP review was released have the government somewhat put their foot down and said the system will be terminated by 31st December 2015.
That’s over 5 years of lead time for them on top of the many ‘hints’ that they’ve been getting for quite sometime now, and the RM10k per AP to be charged from 2010 onwards was to go to a special Entrepreneurship Fund that will help these ex-Open AP holders diversify into other businesses.
So much lead time for these Open AP holders to move on to other things, and so much help for them to start new businesses (on top of the money they’ve been earning from the APs so far), but on the other side of the spectrum, used parts dealers only get less than 2 years! I asked both CM Tan and Danny what they would be doing now that they’ve learned about the news – would they bring in more inventory so that stocks would last longer while they figure out what to do with their lives?
They feel it is hard for them to make a decision like that as the government and/or relevant ministry has not released any hard details on how and when exactly this used parts import ban would take place.
It remains a small paragraph in a long document for now, but one that will cause them sleepless nights until the picture is made clearer for them.
:quote: “At present , there are 2.7 million or 14.5 per cent passenger vehicles aged more than 10 years on the road. Compared with countries such as Australia, United States, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and India, Malaysia has a very low vehicle scrap rate and relatively high average vehicle age.” :quote:
we cant afford to buy new cars and pay debts to banks for 9years,
we have low income rates, we have small income which wont allow us to live properly with new cars,we cant afford to buy new spare parts which is very costly, imagine a new gearbox is about half the price of the car, which means we have to start making loans to buy spare parts now are we? not every car have new parts..even merc’s or bm’s owners have to order from overseas for new spare parts…weather is for the better future i do not knw, but this is seriously not helping us…dont turn the important thing in our lives against us…even pakcik2 in the rural areas uses vehicles more than 15years, whom cant afford to buy new spare parts…this is truly frustrating the people…burden may i say so….there is no fact saying used spare parts sold by half cuts are not safe and are the main cause of accidents, its not the spareparts that cause this accidents, its the drivers who is responsible….