PROTON EDAR'S STRICT QUALITY CONTROL

1. There are now another layer of quality inspection and testing over and above the Quality Control (QC) check done at the Plant before distribution.

2. Every PROTON Exora and Saga have to undergo a strict inspection and testing before the vehicles are allowed to be delivered to customers. 

3. From the Shah Alam Plant, Konsortium Logistic Berhad was contracted to collect all vehicles from the plant and delivered to Sijankang. The Konsortium must observe a 3-points manual physical inspection before mobilising the vehicles up the trailer for delivery to the Central-Hub, Sijankang, Selangor.

4. The 3-Point inspections are: (1) DENTED (2) SCRATCHES (3) LOOSE ITEMS. All vehicles must passed the 3-point manual physical inspection before being transported to SIJANGKANG Central Hub.

HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY PROTON

We received PROTON Holdings Berhad invitation card early for the celebration of Proton 25 years silver jubilee on 9 July 2010.

The celebration was held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 9 July 2010 and 2500 guests were invited including former pioneer staff of Proton. Malaysia Prime Minister YAB Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak was the guest of Honor. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Ali as well as most dignitaries attended the historic event.

AMENDMENTS TO THE HIRE-PURCHASE ACT 1967

Most Recent write up:
(A) 1st day of Implementation Hire Purchase Act 1967 (amendments 2010)

(B) Implementation of HP Act amendments

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There are 26 amendments to the 43 years old Hire Purchase Act 1967 tabled in Parliament for second and third reading but the biggest concern to both the public as well as car dealers are clause 7,8,9 and 10 of the bill tabled.

Let us first see and understand those amendments. The followings are excerpts and extractions from the bill tabled in Parliament.

Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 16 of the Hire-Purchase Act 1967 to impose new conditions on the owner in relation to repossession under this Act. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by: 


(a) by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH MAYBANK BERHAD

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24 June 2010, Dataran Maybank Bangsar. PEDA executive committees had an official round-table meeting with Maybank Autofinance team at the Dataran Maybank in Bangsar.

Personally, I have a long 13 years good history with Maybank since 1997. Maybank was the first Bank that offered my first business facility during the inception of my Proton Edar Dealership after my merchank banking days with the Commerce International Merchank Bankers Berhad (Now known as CIMB Investment Bank).

The first Maybank Manager that attended to me was Murad whom was then the Maybank Branch Manager for Klang in 1997. Murad was the first Manager that introduces me to the Floor-stocking facilities. When Murad was transfered to Medan Pasar, Norhisham Hashim took over the Klang Branch. Through Norisham, I learn the automotive trade and very negligibly through by Proton Edar.

After Norisham, Musawir attended to me when my facility was transfered to Puchong. 13 years later, all of them are now a prominent banker with an office on the highest floor at the Dataran Maybank, Bangsar. Alhamdulillah, everybody are successful.

A DAY WITH YABhg TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMED

12 May 2010. PROTON EDAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION MALAYSIA (PEDA) was pleased to meet YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad (Tun Dr Mahathir's FACEBOOK) the Perdana Leadership Foundation . I was accompanied by my Deputy President/Southern Region Head Dato Yahya Jaafar, Vice-President/Northern Region Head Abu Lais Walli Mohamed, Vice President/Central Lee Lick Sai, Secretary General/Northern Jeff Lim Si Heong, Hon Treasurer/Central Adam Khan Omar Khan, AJK/Seremban Fadzil Bakar, East Coast Region Head Mohd Jasmin Ismail, AJK/Central Region Fathul Rahman, AJK/Seremban Dr Wan Ikmal Dato Seri Wan Ahmad, AJK/East Coast Mohd Zainuri Ab Halim.

PEDA APOLOGIZES TO PROTON BUYER FOR THE MINOR GLITCHES IN DELIVERIES

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Beginning on 1 April 2010, Proton Edar had adopted and implemented a new system that should enhance and benchmark Proton delivery qualities as well as STANDARDIZE the quality of Proton cars to be delivered to customers. Previous to the new system, dealers and showrooms PDI-ed (Pre-Delivery Inspection) the vehicles individually and there were no standard delivery quality of Proton Cars.

The new system, will enhanced and standardized the quality of vehicles to be delivered to the customer. However, there were some minor glitches that had caused some delay in the vehicle deliveries coupled by the unstable e-daftar and e-kastam online payment.

Although these are beyond the dealers, PEDA apologized for any inconveniences to the affected Proton buyer. Rest assure, counter-measures has been taken to rectify the delay.

Click Star paper and Malaysia Reserves for full stories.

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PROTON EDAR 2010 DEALERS CONVENTION & PEDA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010

12 APRIL 2010, One World Hotel. Proton Edar held its annual dealer's convention attended to by all Proton Edar dealers and sales branches throughout Malaysia (including East Malaysia). Guests arrived as early as 7am to avoid the morning horrendous traffic.

The Convention began with Proton Managing Director Yg Bhg Dato Syed Zainal Abidin's opening remark.. It was too long to be called a speech. When Dato Syed Zainal first came to Proton, Dato Syed called upon all dealers and stake-holders to support him. Dato Syed inherited a legacy of endless flaw with more than 40,000 units of unsold ex-stocks despite at least RM3000 overtrade/bulk discount per car thrown to the market.

Last year, Proton's sales increased by more than 10,000 units despite the recession. For the first time in my 13 years as a dealer, there were no car-dumping to dealers when Proton Edar Financial Year ended end of last month. So if anybody were to ask me how Proton performs? I will ask them to interpret that statement themselves.

During the convention and still very humble Dato Syed Zainal admitted Proton is far from where we should be and further plead to all dealers and everybody in the network to stand united against any complacency. Although Dato' Syed Zainal spoke for more than half an hour........ other messages have to be censored! But we are proud that Dato Syed Zainal is still humble, pro-active and open for any productive criticism as well as approachable. Dato Syed Zainal was very passionate and inspirational. PEDA and our network will strongly stand united with Proton and against any obstacles.

After the opening remark by Dato Syed Zainal, En Mohamad Shukor Ibrahim, Proton Edar Chief Executive Officer presented Proton Edar's current sales strategy and the direction forward. Again, I could not elaborate due to some confidentiality but Shukor's opening speech was an eye opener.

There were three other speakers by Kamsani Ahmad, Zahari Hussein and a German quality director. All details were sensitive but rest assure, Malaysia is in for a head-turning event.

The last speaker was Abdul Sidik Hamid, Proton Edar General Manager for Sales. Sidik.. sort of Proton's version of Obama first made us laugh with some jokes then suddenly... sort of having PMS, he started scolding us!! very typical of a Mamak but having walked his talk and rid the ocean pool of ex-stocks (without any discounting) when he first came to Proton Edar, whatever that he says did ended-up with good results. Of course, as per other details........ we cannot divulge any information of what transpired.

There were no entertainment, No music, no dancing, no jumping, no free T'shirt, no free cap and no complimentary gift except for one RM2 Proton PEN.. as in pen that we use to write.

Once, dealers convention was all about appreciating the dealers with some joget, dancing and stand-up comedian but now, dealers convention was all about speeches and scolding. Once, Dealers convention was all marketing and branding Proton with Proton Tshirts, caps, business card holders etc.... now we get RM2 pen which we seldom use with the advancement of Blackberry, Internet and computers.

After lunch, it was time for PEDA 11th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING..

PEDA Vice-President Abu Lais and Secretary General Jeff Lim Si Heong took the registration of attendance to ensure sufficient quorum for the AGM to convene. The quorum was more than enough and our meeting convened.

PEDA committee members. from left: Mr SB Siaw, Malkeet Singh, Fadzil, Adam Khan Omar Khan (Hon Treasurer), Lee Lick Sai (Vice-President), Jeff Lim Si Heong (Secretary General), Armin Baniaz Pahamin (President), Dato Yahya Jaafar (Deputy President),  Abu Lais Walli Mohamed (Vice-President), Jafry Samaaf, Mohd Jasmin Ismail, Fathul Rahman.

After all the speeches by other speakers........... it was time for my speech as PEDA President. When I was the Deputy President, I receive many complains from the dealers when the president then spoke in English... Some were very blunt that PEDA as an association that gathered all the dealers in Malaysia should be more member-friendly and converse in our mother tongue language Bahasa Malaysia. Now that I am the President, I have to listen to members demand.. and the whole week was spent translating and rehearsing my English speech into bahasa malaysia. Being a kelantanese that seldom converse in proper Bahasa Malaysia .. I have to also learn the correct pronunciation of certain words.

My speech is very important and I wanted everybody to understand and of course.. I cannot divulge whatever that was said here.

Despite not having any entertainment and a whole day of speeches and speeches. The convention ended with a strong message... PEDA AGM ended with an amendments to the Constitution that adopted Internal-Online-Web www.proton-dealers.com as a formal form of communication between members.

Now.............. let us stand united and strong to make Proton, Malaysia's No 1 choice!!

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LIFE IS ALL ABOUT TEST-DRIVING.....

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18 March 2010, Proton Edar Center Of Excellence. We proudly launched our latest Persona Elegance last weekend and it was more than just a make-up. Whilst I am killing myself at the Bootcamp to look good, the Elegance is looking better.

The new Persona Elegance was launched by Dato Syed Zainal Abidin, Proton Managing Director. 

There were more than 1000 guests that attended the launching. Most bankers, media and my committee members were there.

A week after the new Persona was launched, the network collected more than 1,500 bookings. When we checked with the Banks for the latest Persona NPL rate, is less than 0.6% which means we had attracted a stronger market segment.

If there is one major changes in Proton now... is the fact that any New Variance is launched when the vehicle is at the peak and not when the vehicle sales had plummeted.

As a dealer and the President for the Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia, my statement may be biased in favour of Proton... but don't take my word for it, call my sales team now, TEST-DRIVE THE CAR & JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF......




1 ABDUL RAZAK BIN ABD RAHIM 019-729 8442


2 HAZIZUL BIN HARUN 019-300 1605


3 HUSNI BIN HALIM 013-265 3788


4 KHAIRIL AZAHAM BIN ARIS 012-620 4622


5 LAW CHEE LIONG 012-312 9957


6 MAHADI BIN ABDUL AZIZ 017-362 3649


7 MOHD FARID ALDRIN 012-308 7410


8 MOHD FIZAN BIN MAT SAAD 013-251 5858


9 MOHD SHARIF BIN ABDUL 012-357 5341


10 MOO CHEE YOONG 019-336 1923


11 NIK MOHD AZAN BIN RAJA BERAHIM 019-271 3414


12 SHAHARUDDIN BIN SARINGAT 012-978 3964


13 SYAHRIL BIN MOHAMMAD 013-257 7317


14 TIUN TZE KHIONG 016-209 9821


15 WAN MAZELINA BINTI AHMAD 019-310 0096


16 ZAIMI BIN ZAKARIA 012-368 7455


17 ZULKIFLI BIN MOHAMED 019-351 9381


Do not worry about the logistic and location, our sales personnel will meet you wherever you are. You will only know the differences in Quality and Design once you have TEST-DRIVEN the car. Well.. not just in car, we should also test drive anything or anyone before pursuing it further.... err too much information.

If you have any problem with any of my sales representative or any cars that you buy from me, you know where to find me.

If only life is as simple as a car.... for a sportier look, replace the bumper, change the wheel, modified the engine etc..... and I had to kill myself at the Bootcamp to look sportier.

and while the Persona have the whole Lotus designing team to look after it, I have to go to the gym alone to look after myself.....


Until next time......... Stay tune

Maybe I should get Lotus team to redesign me too....? 


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PEDA MEETS AMBANK

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We recently wrote to the Heads of Auto Finance of 5 major Banks, namely Public Bank, AMbank, Maybank, RHB, EON Banks and AMbank was the first Bank to respond.

This morning at 9:00am, Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia (PEDA) met with AMBank Head of Auto Finance and his team at the Menara AMbank at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. My committee comprised of myself as PEDA President, Dato Yahya Jaafar (PEDA Deputy President), Abu Lais Walli Mohamed (PEDA Vice-President), Lee Lick Sai (PEDA Vice-President), Jeff Lim Si Heong (PEDA Secretary General), Adam Khan Omar Khan (PEDA Hon Treasurer), Fathul Rahman (PEDA Committee), Dr Wan Ikmal (PEDA Committee) and Malkeet Singh (PEDA Committee) and a special invitation to Yg Bhg Mohamad Shukor Ibrahim (Proton Edar Chief Executive Officer) and Abdul Sidik Hamid (Proton Edar General Manager).

AMbank was represented by the Head of Auto Finance Division Shaharuddin Ismail, Norzahid Mohd Zahudi (AMbank Project Director), Shahrul Hisham Tahir (AMbank Manager/Strategy & Marketing Div) and Ahmad Tifla Ahmad Badaruddin (Ambank Senior Manager) and Ali Mohamed (AMbank Senior Manager).

Shahrul Hisham, Ahmad Tifla and Norzahid presenting Ambank's products

From Left: Abu Lais Walli Mohamed (PEDA VP), Armin Baniaz Pahamin, Shukor Ibrahim (PESB CEO) and Sidik Hamid (PESB GM)

There were various issues discussed including the future direction of the bank towards automotive industry in particular Proton. The details and minutes of meeting is available for viewing at PEDA-PRIVATE-WEBSITE. PEDA internal website is only available for viewing by all PEDA committee members and selected dealers only. The Private-Website will be open to all proton dealers by July 2010.

AMbank treated us to a catered lunch.. Briyani!! which we discussed and worked through lunch...

 From Left: Shahrul, Ahmad Tifla, Norzahid, Adam Khan and Datuk Yahya Jaafar

The meeting which began at 9:30am was adjourned at 3pm. PEDA is grateful for this periodic platform to foster a good partnership with AMBank and look forward to a better business relationship.

PEDA is also pleased with the new scheme of financing offered to Proton buyer which will be made known soon and during PEDA's nationwide Roadshow. PEDA's next Roadshow is scheduled at Kota Kinabalu on 17 April 2010 to meet all Proton Dealers at East Malaysia.

Until then, Stay tune...

Thank you AMbank for the kind hospitality.

MOTOR INDUSTRY: Reinstate cash-for-clunkers

MOTOR INDUSTRY: Reinstate cash-for-clunkers
Submitted by Izat @ Malay Mail on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

THE Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia (PEDA) is positive about this year's outlook despite its many challenges.

Proton car sales will be affected this year by three government policies – spillover from the Second Financial Stimulus introduced last March; the revised National Automotive Policy announced last October; and Budget 2010.
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WALK THE TALK: Government needs to go the extra mile to help new car buyers — Filepic

This year will be tough without stimulus or direct policies to support Proton car sales despite the economy being not fully recovered.

However, PEDA is positive about car sales from support extended by Bank Negara and members of the Association of Banks in Malaysia.

Since last July, PEDA has had discussions with both bodies on the approval and disbursement period for car hire-purchase loans, and to alert the authority of any increase in rejection percentage or discrimination on buyers' loan applications.

Proton’s car sales were badly hit in the first quarter of 2009 when the rejection rate for buyers was at an alarming 70 per cent.

They improved after PEDA met with Bank Negara and the banks. Since then, car loan approval and disbursement are made within 36 hours. Proton car sales has been positive and encouraging, despite the recession.

With continued support from Bank Negara and the banks, PEDA is confident that 2010 will be a promising yet challenging year.

The Second Financial Stimulus helped to sustain car sales in 2009 despite the recession through a policy to scrap cars of 10 years or more with a RM5,000 voucher to buy a Proton car which attracted 32,000 applications.

However, funds for the scheme were exhausted by October, seven months after its launch, resulting in only about 15,000 applications being approved while the rest were given an alternative, less attractive offer, which led to a drop of 30 per cent in bookings, especially for Proton Saga.

On top of this, the RM5,000 vouchers for scrapped cars had only been partially disbursed by the government to dealers, further exhausting the latter's working capital.

Momentum gained from the scrapping programme will be lost without any continuity, especially with Malaysia's relatively high average vehicle age. There are two ways that may positively affect the Proton ecosystem from the revised National Automotive Policy.

Firstly, the phasing out of imported used parts and components, including the half-cut, will strengthen the automotive ecosystem. Though cheaper, they come without warranty and many customers have been cheated when the parts they bought did not work easily.

However, the phasing out mechanism is still unknown. The discontinued mandatory annual inspection for vehicles of 15 years and above would have become a platform to ensure a minimum safety standard for Malaysia's relatively high average vehicle age.

The public may have changed or upgraded their cars once they were made aware of their vehicle's condition via the mandatory checks.

This, in turn, would support new car sales.

Steps can also be taken to do away with various charges from becoming a burden to the public, such as allowing insurance or finance companies to pay for car inspections which is in their best interest to protect their exposure.

In the UK, independent workshops can register with the authority to conduct inspections. In Malaysia, Puspakom should not be made the only centre for inspection if mandatory checks are re-introduced.

PEDA urges the government to plough back some of the revenues collected from the automotive industry into the system by re-introducing the car scrapping policy.

With RM5,000 per car collected through sales tax and excise duty, the government would get about RM750 million annually from Proton domestic car sales.

With an average total industry volume of 500,000 passenger car sales a year, the gross revenue contributed by this sector is estimated at RM2.5billion (from sales tax and excise only assuming a RM5,000 average, excluding other indirect contributions).

Except for R&D grants, revenue collected is not ploughed back into the ecosystem to address our stagnant and saturated market.

Malaysia registered almost the same number of passenger car sales in Thailand although our population is four times smaller.

Our population is also smaller than Indonesia and the Philippines, but we registered higher sales than both countries.

If we do not address this issue now, we will not be able to sustain our future sales.

Armin Baniaz Datuk Pahamin
President
Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia (PEDA)

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Proton Edar Dealers Nationwide Tour 2 - Melaka & Negri Sembilan

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Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia (PEDA) continued with our Nationwide Tour after a successful gathering with the Northern Region dealers on 18 November 2009.

For the second stop of PEDA's first nationwide tour, we gathered all Proton Edar dealers in Melaka and Negri Sembilan at Senawang, Negeri Sembilan on 20 November 2009. PEDA committee Dr Wan Ikmal Dato Seri Wan Ahmad hosted our first gathering at his office Wanija Industries (M) Sdn Bhd.

The tour was chaired by PEDA President Armin Baniaz Pahamin together with PEDA Vice-President 1, Lee Lick Sai, PEDA Vice-President 2 Abu Lais Walli Mohamed, Secretary General Jeff Lim Si Heong, Assistant Secretary General Fadzil Bakar, Hon Treasurer Adam Khan bin Omar Khan, East Coast Region Assistant Head Mohd Zainuri Ab Halim, PEDA committee Fathul Rahman and Dr Wan Ikmal Dato Seri Wan Ahmad.

There are 18 Proton Edar dealers in Melaka and Negri Sembilan and except for one (1)  Dealer, we had 100% attendance.

			NEGERI SEMBILAN
No	DEALERS		REPRESENTATIVE	DESIGNATION
1	Inti Baru Sdn.Bhd		Pn. Ruzainun bt Abd Halim	Managing Director
2	Madani Millenium Auto S Bhd		En Zainal Abidin Hamzah	Sales Manager
3	Pakatan Sejahtera Sdn.Bhd		En Shahril Salleh	Sales Manager
4	Wanija Industries (M) S Bhd		Dr. Haji Wan Ikmal	Director
5	Deluxe Mark Sdn.Bhd		Not attend
6	M & F Maju Auto Sdn.Bhd		1. Datuk Hj Isa Ahmad Indot	Director
			2. En. Azan Ibrahim	Director
7	Art Nouveau Ent Sdn.Bhd		En. Azhar b Abd Aziz	Manager
8	Fadzil Enterprise S Bhd		En Fadzil A Bakar	Director
9	Perisai Wira Sdn.Bhd		Tn Hj Shamsudin
10	Sykt Darus Sdn.Bhd		Tn Hj Borhanuddin b Mohd Yunus	Director
10	Bin Lee Sdn.Bhd		Not attend
			MELAKA
No	DEALERS		REPRESENTATIVE	DESIGNATION
1	Bakat Automobile (M) S Bhd		Mr. Patrik Teo	Director cum Manager
2	Cruseiro Technology Sdn Bhd		En Md Yusop bin Jantan	Director
3	Dynamic Lure Sdn.Bhd		Mr.Lim Yoon Ben	Director
4	Motorhub Jaya Sdn.Bhd		Mr Lee Kek King	Director
5	Tahap Puncak Sdn.Bhd		Absent with apology
6	Sejuang Sdn.Bhd		Pn Hajjah Hamimah	Director
7	Bunga Raya Auto Credit		Mr. Teo Seng Hok	Director
8	Seong Hoe Motors Sdn.Bhd		Mr Vincent Ng Gut Cheong	Director

We championed the same Agenda to foster a stronger united network and discussed various legacy and arising issues which again, is too sensitive to be discussed here.

The meeting was adjourned at 6pm after a good 3 hours of discussion and as I was about to lose my voice. We drove and stopby our Assistant Secretary-General showroom at Fadzil Entreprise Sdn Bhd and was treated with a good mamak food for dinner.

Dr Wan Ikmal had some collections of past PEDA events which I am pleased to publish here:

(Past PEDA monthly meeting with PESB. From left: Fathul Rahman, Sidik, Armin Baniaz, Razak Aziz)

 

 (From Left: Armin Baniaz, Razak Aziz, Jasmin Ismail, Lee Lick Sai, Noreen)

 

  (PEDA past meetings with Proton Edar GM Abdul Sidik. From Left: Sidik, Abu Lais, Armin Baniaz, Fathul Rahman)

 

(PEDA monthly meeting, Armin Baniaz addresing the committee)

 

 (Press Conference @ KLGCC, From Left: Jafry Samah, Armin Baniaz, Wan Sepwan, Razak Aziz, Farizl Baharom, Che Ghazzali, Fathul Rahman, Malkeet Singh, Nurkhairin Norian)

 

(Past Press Conference: From Left: Abu Lais, Lee Lick Sai, Jafry Samaah, Armin Baniaz, Wan Sepwan, Razak Aziz, Farizul Baharom, Che Ghazzali, Fathul Rahman, Malkeet Singh, Nurkhairin Norian)

 

(From Left: Armin Baniaz, Wan Sepwan, Razak Aziz)

 

(From left: Wan Sepwan, Dato Syed Zainal Abidin, Armin Baniaz)

 

(Some of Proton dealers)

 

(Nurkhairin Nurian, Helen Sng, Susan Chew, Susan Khong)

 

 

 

We drove back to Kuala Lumpur the same day. Our next stop is scheduled on 24 November 2009 at the East Coast of Malaysia... subject to the flood condition

Stay Tune


See PEDA first Tour at: Tour 1.

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Temubual Bersama Akhbar Kosmo (un-edited version)

Wawancara bersama Hisham Idris Wartawan Meja Am Kosmo bertempat di kediaman Armin Baniaz di Sungai Penchala.

Pendahuluan Wartawan.

Secara mudah wawancara ini bakal dimuatkan di dalam kolum Kosmo! edisi harian yang disiarkan di dalam kolum wawancara berbentuk Q&A pada setiap Rabu. Sehubungan itu tujuan saya ingin mewawancara tuan ialah bagi mengupas isu berkaitan pemberian skim baucar RM5,000 ke atas kenderaan berusia 10 tahun ke atas.

Beberapa hari lepas Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Chor Chee Heung berkata, kerajaan bersedia mengkaji semula pemberian baucar tersebut sekiranya terdapat alasan kukuh mengenainya.

Sehubungan itu, saya memerlukan pihak tuan dalam memastikan tuntutan oleh timbalan menteri tersebut di samping ingin memaklumkan pendirian Persatuan Pengedar Proton Edar Malaysia yang diwakili pihak tuan sebagai Presiden. 

Di bawah saya sediakan beberapa soalan yang diharap dapat membantu pihak tuan. sekian.

(Armin Baniaz: Maafkan saya jika jawapan saya dicampur dalam kedua-dua bahasa iaitu bahasa malaysia dan juga bahasa Ingeris.)

1. Wajarkah pemberian skim baucar RM5,000 ke atas kenderaan berusia 10 tahun  diteruskan?

Untuk menjawab soalan ini, kita barus menilik kembali objektif asal Skim Pelupusan kereta yang menawarkan baucer RM5,000 untuk kenderaan berusia 10 tahun keatas. Objektif asalnya ialah untuk merangsangkan jualan kereta nasional pada kegawatan ekonomi sekarang yang perkenalkan dibawah bajet Rangsangan Kewangan 2 (“2^nd financial stimulus”). 

Objektif ini sedikit sebanyak telah dapat dicapai dengan sokongan yang padu dari pihak Bank yang meluluskan pinjaman sewa-beli pelanggan untuk membeli kereta baru Proton dengan cara menebus baucer tersebut.  

Skim ini telah dapat mengurangkan kesan akibat dari kegawatan ekonomi dan juga dapat mempertahankan jumlah jualan kereta dari terus jatuh. (The scheme was able to minimise the effect from the economic downturn and was able to sustain if not improve the national car sales).

Jika  objektif tersebut telah dicapai dan kerajaan juga yakin keadaan ekonomi Malaysia telah kembali pulih, skim tersebut boleh lah ditamatkan. Terutamanya jika kita berpandukan pada OBJEKTIF ASAL skim tersebut di perkenalkan. 

Walau bagaimanapun, objektif skim pelupusan ini tidak seharusnya terhad bagi  jangka masa pendek sebagai rangsangan ekonomi (semasa kegawatan ekonomi) sahaja tetapi harus dijadikan satu objektif jangka masa panjang bagi mengatasi :

1)       Masa depan pasaran kereta dan industri automotif yang tepu di Malaysia

2)      “Road-worthiness’ bagi kenderaan di Malaysia yang berumur 10 tahun keatas dan keselematan pengguna jalanraya yang lain  

Polisi pelupusan ini haruslah di perkenalkan sebagai satu polisi jangka masa panjang. 

Jadi, skim boucer ini patut diteruskan jika keadaan ekonomi kita masih belum pulih untuk mengelak dari kemelosotan jualan kereta.

2. Apa signifikan sekiranya ia diteruskan dan bagaimana ia membantu merangsang jualan kereta terutama membabitkan kereta buatan nasional?   

Jumlah kenderaan yang berusia lebih dari 10 tahun dianggarkan melebihi 2 juta kenderaan. Jika skim ini di teruskan, ianya akan menolong pemilik pemilik kenderaan untuk menukar ganti kereta mereka dan seterusnya mempertingkatkan jualan kereta nasional.

3. Jika perkara itu diteruskan kerajaan mungkin mengalami kecairan wang kerana membantu pemilik kenderaan lama, apa cadangan program atau kaedah lain untuk tidak membebankan mana-mana pihak tetapi tetap menguntungkan pengguna? 

Ianya bergantung kepada objektif Skim…. Objektif pertama dan utama baucer dan juga Skim Pelupusan kenderaan ini diperkenalkan ialah untuk merangsangkan jualan kereta nasional yang mendokong lebih dari 70% jumlah jualan kereta kesuluruhan (Total passenger car sales)  di Malaysia dan secara tidak langsung, ia membantu juga pemilik kenderaan lama (untuk memiliki kereta baru). 

Secara majority, pemilik kereta kereta yang berusia lebih dari 10 tahun sudah tidak mempunyai sebarang pinjaman. Pinjaman sewa beli kereta itu telah habis dibayar. Pada hakikatnya, penebusan baucer untuk membeli kereta baru akan lebih membebankan pembeli kereta yang kini terpaksa menanggung kos hidup tambahan untuk membayar pinjaman setiap bulan untuk kereta baru mereka. 

Jadi, sebenarnya, jika baucer ini diteruskan, bukan sahaja kerajaan akan kecairan wang, tetapi juga pembeli kereta yang menebus baucer tersebut akan kecairan ‘disposable income’ mereka kerana kini terpaksa menanggung pembayaran pinjaman bulanan sewa beli kereta baru itu (berbandigkan sebelum ini, tiada apa apa pinjaman). 

Tetapi jika Objektif skim dan baucer tersebut ialah untuk jangka-masa panjang demi keselamatan pengguna-pengguna jalan raya dan juga untuk mengatasi masa depan pasaran kereta yang tepu, program yang diperkenalkan (dan kemudiannya ditarik balik) di bawah Dasar Automotif Nasional untuk Pemeriksaan Mandatori Tahunan (untuk kereta berusia melebihi 15 tahun) akan memberi lebih kesan yang lebih berfaedah kepada pengguna secara keseluruhan. 

Apabila pemilik kenderaan (yang berusia melebihi 10 tahun atau 15 tahun) terpaksa melalui Pemeriksaan Mandatori Tahunan, kos kos membaik-pulih untuk mencapai tahap ‘road worthiness’ bagi mendapat kelulusan pembaharuan cukai jalan kereta akan mempastikan keselamatan (akibat dari keadaan kereta yang tidak terjaga) pengguna jalan raya lain terjaga. 

(Senarai atau semakan untuk "Road-Worthiness" ini tidak pernah diumumkan. Senarai dan semakan inilah yang patut dikaji sepenuhnya atau dibahaskan oleh pihak-pihak yang membangkang akan pemeriksaan mandatori ini) 

Pada satu tahap, kos untuk membaik-pulih kereta ini akan membebankan pemilik kereta (tetapi penting untuk keselamatan mereka & pengguna jalan raya) dan dengan adanya pilihan untuk melupuskan kenderaan (melalui skim berasingan dari pembuat kereta nasional), beban pemilik kereta akan dapat dikurangkan. 

Terdapat pelbagai cara yang boleh diperkenalkan supaya tidak membebankan pemilik kereta untuk menjalani Pemeriksaan Mandatori Tahunan. Contohnya, kos ataupun yuran Pemeriksaan itu boleh dibiayai oleh syarikat-syarikat insurans am kerana, syarikat insuran juga akan mendapat faedah dari kekurangan kadar kemalangan (akibat dari kereta yang tidak terjaga). Lagipun, pembaharuan insuran juga adalah mandatori dan perlu sebelum pembaharuan cukai jalan. 

Syarikat yang melupuskan kenderaan tersebut juga boleh membayar pampasan kepada pemilik kereta lama (sebagai boucer) untuk pelupuskan kereta mengikut harga pasaran besi buruk atau pendapatan dari ‘recycle’.  
Di negara-negara maju, pemilik kereta terpaksa membayar syarikat swasta untuk melupuskan kereta mereka. Pemilik kereta dengan relanya menyerahkan kereta mereka untuk dilupuskan kerana kos penyelengaraan kereta yang tinggi.(Car owners voluntarily surrender and pay for their car to be scrapped due to higher cost of maintenance).

Jadi kaedah yang lebih berkesan ialah melalui Pemeriksaan Mandatori Tahunan (yuran yang ditanggung oleh samada syarikat insuran atau sebaliknya) yang juga akan menjaga keselamatan pengguna-pengguna jalan raya lain. Pemilik pemilik kereta boleh membuat pilihan untuk melupuskan kereta lama mereka dan mendapat bayaran yang setimpal dari Syarikat yang di iktirafkan oleh kerajaan untuk melupuskan kereta atau membeli kereta baru yang ditawarkan oleh pembuat kereta seperti Proton dan kerajaan tidak perlu menanggung kos baucer. Dengan cara ini, tiada pihak yang dibebankan. 

5. Jika sebelum ini Persatuan Automobil Malaysia pernah mencadangkan skim tersebut turut diberikan kepada kenderaan impot, apa pandangan tuan mengenai perkara tersebut? 

Saya tidak bersetuju. Kenapa kerajaan kita patut membelanjakan wang rakyat untuk dengan menawarkan baucer kepada syarikat asing yang tidak pernah melaburkan keuntungan mereka dalam melahirkan kereta mereka melalui infrastruktur tempatan seperti dalam teknologi tempatan, R&D tempatan dan tidak juga manjadikan Malaysia sebagai HUB untuk mengimpot kereta mereka? 

Ya, saya tidak menafikan masih terdapat banyak kekurangan dalam proton.. tetapi perubahan telah dapat kita rasai dan nikmati.. ini terbukti dengan pengurangan komplen dari 5 komplen setiap kereta kepada sekarang hanya 0.6 komplen setiap kereta. Ini bermakna tidak semua kereta yang mempunyai masalah kerana  kualiti kereta proton telah banyak diperbaik pulih. 

6. Sampai bila kerajaan perlu memberikan skim baucar ini dan sejauh mana sambutan para pemilik kenderaan pada perlaksaan skim tersebut yang telah berakhir pada 1 November lalu? 

Baucer ini harus diteruskan sehingga keadaan ekonomi kita terutamanya industri automotif telah pulih. Rakyat kita hanya baru memahami sepenuhnya polisi ini semenjak ianya di perkenalkan dahulu. Semasa polisi ini diperkenalkan, ramai yang tidak berapa faham, jadi sambutannya kurang memberangsangkan. Tetapi semenjak kebelakangan ini, sambutan polisi ini menjadi amat menggalakkan. Jika kerajaan yakin, keadaan ekonomi kita telah pulih, baucer ini boleh ditamatkan.  

Tetapi jika skim ini ditamatkan semasa keadaan ekonomi belum stabil, kita akan rugi dari segi momentum yang telah ada dan akibatnya, jualan kereta mungkin akan kembali merosot. 

7. Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Chor Chee Heung berkata, jika ada sebab yang kukuh, baru kajian akan dibuat oleh  pihaknya, apa alasan pihak tuan jika mahu ia diteruskan jika tidak kenapa? 

Kenyataan terbuka beginilah yang akan lebih membebankan para pengedar dan juga rakyat. Setiap polisi baru Proton atau kerajaan yang diperkenalkan akan membabitkan para pengedar sebagai pihak pertama yang akan diserbu oleh pembeli yang tidak puas hati atau marah. 

Sebelum program ini ditamatkan, sepatutnya kajian yang mendalam telah dibuat terlebih dahulu. Berdasarkan kajian yang mendalam itu, kerajaan sepatutnya membuat pengumuman kepada rakyat dengan penjelasan terperinci kenapa polisi ini ditamatkan dan juga pencapaian yang telah dicapai.

Bukan hanya dengan cara membuat kenyataan: jika ada alasan yang kukuh baru kerajaan akan buat kajian dan memberi Harapan Palsu kepada rakyat. Ramai pembeli berpendapat dengan cara mengamuk di Pusat jualan pengedar, pihak pengedar dan juga Proton akan lebih cepat bertindak dan memaklumkan kepada kerajaan. Apabila kerajaan tidak mengambil apa-apa tindakan, pengedarlah yang akan menjadi mangsa dan akan mengalami kerugian.

Seperti yang saya maklum, buat masa ini momentum terhadap Baucer & skim pelupusan berada ditahap yang sungguh menggalakkan. Tetapi samada objektif skim tersebut telah dicapai dan jualan kereta nasional tidak lagi memerlukan skim ini, maka skim ini boleh ditamatkan. 

Tetapi pada pendapat PEDA, keadaan jualan kereta kita masih belum pulih dan belum stabil. Dengan menamatkan baucer ini, kita akan kerugian momentum yang telah ada dan seterusnya akan mengakibatkan kerugian jualan.

8. Kenapa di negara kita kenderaan lama seperti dimanjakan dengan pemberian skim baucar bagi menggalakkan pemilik untuk menukar kenderaan baru? 

Pemilik kenderaan lama tidak dimanjakan tetapi keadaan kereta lama yang bernilai kurang dari RM5,000 ini bukan sahaja membahayakan pengguna jalan raya lain tetapi juga membebankan pemilik dengan perbelanjaan penyelenggaraan (repair & maintenance) yang tinggi.

Inilah sebenarnya sasaran pasaran skim baucer ini.

9. Ada suara-suara kecil menyatakan, pemilik kenderaan enggan terlibat dengan skim tukaran baucar kerana memikirkan nilai kenderaan mereka di pasaran lebih tinggi dari jumlah wang yang ditukar ganti, kenapa ada pandangan sedemikian?

 
Ini pendapat peribadi setiap pemilik kereta. Skim tukaran baucer atau skim pelupusan adalah sebagai pilihan yang ditawarkan oleh kerajaan. Jika pemilik kereta berpendapat kereta mereka bernilai lebih dari nilai baucer, mereka tidak perlu memohon untuk melupuskan kereta mereka. Skim ini bukanlah skim mandatori.

Kebiasaannya, pemilik kereta yang yang menilai harga kereta mereka dengan harga yang lebih tinggi (dari harga baucer) itu menjaga kereta mereka dengan lebih baik dan kereta tersebut juga berkeadaan lebih baik. Ini bukan lah sasaran pasaran bagi skim ini.

Skim ini juga sepatutnya melupuskan kenderaan yang tidak dijaga yang membahayakan pengguna jalan raya yang lain dan mengurangkan beban pemilik yang terpaksa berbelanja tinggi untuk membayar kos penyelenggaraan kereta lama mereka

10. Jika diteruskan, berapa banyak kenderaan yang masih belum ditukar ganti yang berusia 10 tahun ke atas dan jangkaan berapa jumlah dana bakal dikeluarkan selepas ini?

Kerajaan kita lebih mengetahui keadaan sebenar ekonomi di negara kita. Jumlah dana yang patut dibekalkan terpulang kepada keadaan ekonomi kita sekarang. Jika industri automotif masih berada dalam tahap kritikal, mungkin lebih banyak dana diperlukan, tetapi jika industri automotif kita telah lebih stabil, dana yang diperlukan mungkin hanya sebahagan dari dana yang dibajetkan dibawah Ransangan Kewangan 2 (2nd Financial Stimulus).

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Proton Edar Dealers Nationwide Tour- Northern Region

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Proton Edar Dealers Association Malaysia (PEDA) began our nationwide tour on 18 November 2009 as part of the newly elected committee's resolution  to foster and strengthened the bridge between the dealers and Proton Edar as well to strongly unite the Dealer's network. The new committee was elected on 3 October 2009 during PEDA's 10th Annual General Meeting (see: AGM).

The nationwide tour that began with the Northern region Dealers was driven by PEDA President, Armin Baniaz and was accompanied by PEDA Vice-President 1, Mr Lee Lick Sai, PEDA Vice President 2, Abu Lais Walli Mohamed, Secretary General Jeff Lim Si Heong, Assistant Secretary-General Fadzil Bakar, PEDA East Cost Region Head Jasmin Ismail, PEDA East Coast assistant Region Head Mohd Zainuri Abdul Halim. 


The Northern region comprised of Proton Edar Dealers from Perak, Perlis, Penang and Kedah. There are 36 Dealers in the Northern Region and we had almost 100% attendance with the majority attended by the business owners.

KEDAH & PERLIS

No	DEALERS	REPRESENTATIVE	DESIGNATION
1	Aspirasi Utara Sdn.Bhd	En.Abu Lais Waili Mohamed	Director
2	Dinasti Agresif (M) Sdn.Bhd	En. Mohammad Nizam Nadzir	Managing Director
3	Edaran  Idaman Suri S Bhd	En.Annuar bin Ahmad	Managing Director
4	Idaman Suri Sdn.Bhd	En Annuar bin Ahmad	MD cum Manager
5	Mazra Edar Sdn.Bhd	En Zuri bin Abd Rahman	Sales Manager
6	Pengangkutan Sedar Sdn.Bhd	Mr.Khiu Phong Kiat	Sales Manager
7	Shubila Automobil Sdn.Bhd	En. Mohamad Zamri b Khalid	Sales Manager
8	Lee Motors (Alor Star) S.Bhd	En Dzivani Ismanu b Ismail	General Manager
9	Mercu Usaha Mersra Corp	Mr. Allan Wong Keng Seng	Managing Director
10	Medan Sepakat Sdn.Bhd	Mr. Wong Khai Loon	Director cum Manager
		PENANG
No	DEALERS	REPRESENTATIVE	DESIGNATION
1	Alio Automobile Sdn.Bhd
2	Didi Resources Sdn.Bhd	Mr. Goh Kian Chuan	Director
3	Autobinee Oriental (M) S.Bhd	Mr. Yeap Teow Teong	Managing Director
4	Roadstar Automobile S.Bhd	En. Mohamad Hazree Abdul Hamid	Director
5	Aktiviti Mutiara Sdn.Bhd	Mr Tan Boon  Ping	Director/Manager
6	Erakami Edaran Sdn.Bhd
7	Hasfas Auto Sdn.Bhd	En.Romzi b Hassan	Sales Manager
8	Jelita Menawan Sdn.Bhd	Ms. Sheryn Wong	Sales Manager
9	Julang Auto Sdn.Bhd	Mr Loh Aik Hwa	Sales Manager
10	Million Zone Sdn.Bhd	En. Mohd Taupik b Hj Mohd Nor	Director cum Manager
11	Zoomteknik Automobile S.Bhd	En. Abdul Latif b Abdullah	Director cum GM
12	Autofin Ass (PG) SDn.Bhd	Ms Teresa Yeo	Managing Director
13	Edaran Saga (PP) Sdn.Bhd
14	JECG SDN.BHD	Ms June Lim	Sales Manager
15	S.M NUSANTARA SDN.BHD	Mad Awi	Sales Manager
16	SABER MOTOR SDN.BHD	Mr. Tan Kean Hoe	Director cum SM
		PERAK
No	DEALERS	REPRESENTATIVE	DESIGNATION
1	GERAK RODA SDN.BHD	MR JEFF LIM SI HEONG	Director cum Manager
2	JKS MOTORS SDN.BHD	Mr. Kannasen a/l Govindaraju	Managing Director
3	MERCURY DELUXE SDN.BHD	MR OOI KEAN HUAT	Sales Manager
4	MULIA PERSONA SDN.BHD	Mr Lee Mun Hong	Manager
5	WARNA BESTARI SDN.BHD	Mr. Aw  Chiew Soon	Managing Director
6	ZAMAN MOTORS SDN.BHD	DATO HAJI KHADRI BIN KHALID	Director
7	BUDIRAYA SDN.BHD	Mr.Cheong Tat Seng	Sales Manager
8	GAGAH MURNI SDN.BHD	En Mohamed Ramli Mohd Alias	Director
9	C.S AUTO SDN.BHD
10	BUMITAGE SDN.BHD

We drove from Kuala Lumpur at 10am and arrived at the Proton Edar Northern Region office located at Sungai Pinang, Pulau Penang in time for lunch before the commencement of the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 6pm and we drove back to Kuala Lumpur the same day.

Amongst the important issues discussed durint the tour was Proton Exchange programme or the scrapping policy. The details of other discussions are quite sensitive, confidential and cannot be disclosed in this blog.

PEDA is pleased with the topic of discussions although there are some hot issues debated. A nationwide tour will be made a quarterly agenda.

Our next stop will be Negri Sembilan and Melaka.

Stay Tune

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