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The Star Online > Nation
Published: Sunday November 15, 2009 MYT 2:00:00 PM
Updated: Sunday November 15, 2009 MYT 2:02:18 PM
Job losses from New Automotive Policy compensated in long term: Mustapa
By NELSON BENJAMIN
SINGAPORE: International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamad feels that jobs lost in the short term due to the implementation of the New Automotive Policy (NAP) will be compensated in the medium and long term.
feels? don't tell us how you feel until you learn to understand how the people feels. and be more specific of your short, medium and long term. how long is short is short and how long is long? 5 years? 10 years? 50 years?
He said that policy was being implemented to ensure the safety of lives and also to develop the country’s own automotive component industry.
firstly, it is idiotic to say that the import of OEM parts (although it is used) affects the safety of people. if the govt is truly concerned, setup a guideline so that spare parts of a 'certain' condition will be allowed to be imported. total ban is just stupid.
secondly, developing the country's component industry has got nothing to do with spare parts unless they are saying that we have manufacturers here who can produce spare parts for all types of cars. we all know this is impossible.
thirdly, if the locally produced parts has similar quality as the OEM but at a cheaper price, then it is good for the people. otherwise, this is also stupid. who will buy a non-OEM part that is inferior and expensive?
fourthly, does the govt think SIRIM's standards are better than international standards? our Proton cant even penetrate the USA market. i remember that the first Proton Saga had 25 major defects listed when it was examined by the USA customs 2 decades ago. that is why we couldn't penetrate the USA market. 2 decades later, we still can't penetrate the market. from here, we can conclude either SIRIM standards are crap our Proton never improved at all. of course, it can be both.
“We are aware of the business interest but all this was explained when we discussed the matter with industry members.
business interests? they finally admitted that the NAP is geared for business rather than the people. this is a total opposite from 'Rakyat Didahulukan'.
stop hiding behind vague descriptions such as industry members. and if it is a real discussion, where aren't there any representatives from the car owners? why were ONLY commercial entities invited?
“Anyway this policy does not take effect immediately and there is still room for people to improve,” he said, adding that to develop the automotive component industry, the country needed more companies to set up base in Malaysia and export.
if the govt is really sincere to develop the industry, cut the red tape and the 'invisible' quota system. allow all malaysians to enter the business and not just select their own cronies and hide those cronies under the 'help Malay businessmen' banner.
Mustapa added that while Malaysia was already exporting components to other countries, there was plenty of room for further improvement.“Once the local component industry develops, all the short term job losses will be compensated in the long run.
of course there is plenty of room for improvement but how can there be improvement when everything isn't transparent and anyone can just point fingers at anyone else? this is like a company director telling his employees that he has a plan but never tells them the details of the plan. when something happens, an unlucky employee gets the blame.
wanna talk about KPI? give us the details of the plan so we can judge how successful you are in making sure 'short term job losses will be compensated in the long run'. otherwise, everyone can say statements like this if there is no transparency and accountability.
“Yes, there will be glitches here and there but with some adjustments, this will benefit the country,” he said, adding that he did not believe that 100,000 jobs would be lost when the NAP ruling comes into effect in 2011 when there would be a ban on the import of used car spare parts.
what sort of adjustments? what are the benefits? why is mustapa so sure that the job loss is not 100,000? what info does he have that he isn't sharing with the public? this isn't some movie or novel where you keep certain details to create a mood of suspense. you are talking about the livelihood of real people here. they lose their jobs, you feed them? you pay their rentals and bills? you pay for their children's studies? you pay for their medical bills?
right now, you are just taking their tax monies to pay your own salary, claims and expenses and god-knows-what-else.
“Asked whether the government might reconsider the decision, he said that the policy was in place but it would be done gradually. Mustapa was speaking to The Star in the sidelines of the Apec Summit in Singapore.
policy in place but done gradually? what the heck does that mean? this is why i think our local politicians are full of crap. everyone wants to be in charge of something but when they are asked to comment about it, they never give details and pray that people won't continue asking or totally forget about it. it has been like this for more than 50 years. if you are proud of your own work, then tell it to all. if you don't know what is happening or don't wish to comment, DONT SPEAK. you are wasting the reporters' time for listening to you talk about nothing and you are doing harm to the environment by forcing the newspapers to waste A LOT of paper to write about you talking about nothing. how much paper have you wasted in the past 51 years by talking about nothing?
On Saturday, during a protest, Johor Used Car Spare-Part Dealers Association committee Ng Keng Heng said the ban would cause major problems not only for many dealers but also for owners of old cars. He claimed that there were more than 5,000 used car spare-part dealers around the country and the ban would probably kill the industry completely, with about 100,000 jobs lost. Ng added that the Government should have done proper studies before deciding to implement the ruling.
why were this group of 'industry members' not invited for discussion? aren't they the ones who are directly affected by this new policy? where is the transparency?
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority director-general Datuk Jalilah Baba said that at this point it was still too premature to talk about job losses as the main reason for the NAP was to improve services.
“We want industry players to upgrade their facilities and standards as well,” she said.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/15/nation/20091115140140&sec=nation
if the main reason for the NAP is to improve services, WHY are spare parts involved? the automotive sector IS NOT a service industry unless you're saying that the car manufacturers and dealers and parts suppliers are operating as a transport provider by charging the people for traveling. :stupid:
to encourage industry players to upgrade their facilities and standards, it is illogical to destroy competition. competition encourages innovation. no competition = no innovation so a business entity is less likely to upgrade their facilities and standards when there is no one for them to 'be ahead' of.
