“Only Toyota is truely Japs.”

Really? So in addition to being racist, you are xenophobic as well. That’s a fascinating condition, sort of like a mental version of leprosy. Good luck with the world.

I’ve worked in Asia most of my adult life, and based on my own first-hand experience with Toyota, I can happily attest to the fact you haven’t got a clue as to what the company is really like. But to be honest that doesn’t really surprise me.

If Malaysia is populated but many more of your ilk and – God forbid – they take control of the place, we can all can look forward to this wonderful country turning into the Zimbabwe of Asia.

But I am sure that will please you no end. After all, you’ll be rid of the oren putih.

Why don’t you continue to bask in your own ignorance and xenophobia? You’re pretty damn good at it – it’s something you do really, really well.

As for Datuk Frank working at PROTON, if it makes the company more competitive, what’s wrong with it? Why should it matter what colour/nationality/religion he is unless you are a moronic, inbred and mouth-breathing poltroon.

After all, God doesn’t care.

MS

I say abolish the taxes for cars and let petrol be sold at market prices… that way those who can afford the cost of running cars are those that will buy cares in the first place. Enough of this subsidy mentality. Banks should increase down-payments to a minimum of 50%, at 10% now we have too many cars on the road, and our roads suck.

We’ll solve all our traffic problems and we’ll have better cars running on the roads. At least I won’t have the wannabe races in their “souped-up” Proton Wira’s tail-gating my Golf GTI….

Anyways, i have more malay friends then of any other races, so really, i own them an apology only if they tell me so.

yes proton is a glc but its also a big corporate company, if it wants to be a local market powerhouse (which it already did) it has to appoint some foreign expertise. if not, in what other way can they go further.

proton itself wants to go global. but without foreign expertise how can it achieve that?

firstly,the man is not orang putih (english), he’s german

second, he MAY BE engaged, but NOT APPOINTED yet

third, he’s engaged as a CONSULTANT or HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, NOT CEO.

Campro 1.8 CPS is real ..

“KUALA LUMPUR 22 April – Sebuah syarikat tempatan, Gig Technology Holdings Sdn. Bhd. berjaya mencuri perhatian pengunjung Pameran dan Persidangan Perkhidmatan Pertahanan Asia (DSA) 2008 melalui hoverkraf rekaannya yang mampu terbang setinggi dua meter dari permukaan air.

Lebih menarik, hoverkraf yang diberi nama Hover Plane itu menggunakan enjin Campro 1.8 CPS yang belum digunakan oleh kereta keluaran Proton.

Pengarah Urusan Gig Holdings, Zaharudin Mohd. Ali berkata, Hover Plane itu mampu mencapai kelajuan maksimum antara 70 hingga 80 knot sewaktu terbang.”

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0423&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_10.htm

If Proton keen to have a change, experienced, talented candidate shall be selected despite color of skin, age, sex, and religion. I sincerely hope that Proton will grow strong and makes us Malaysian proud!

Use your mind to think not your butt !!!! Proton need new blood man !!

Its true that the dividend money is brought back to Norway, but keep in mind that in terms of capital gain (shares), Malaysians investors took a lot of benefit from the company’s sterling performance. Its one of the sought-after blue chips, and its share value rose to heights despite it failed to win the 3G spectrum. Despite being the smallest telco compared to the big two, its ROE and profit margin is very good. OK, stop talking about DiGi.

For me, the % of foreigners CEO in this country is still low compared to Singapore. Trust me, their presence is needed, as what 4G63T DSM said, they think differently, and this is what we need. These foreigners (not necessarily Mat Sallehs) possess world class working culture, and this is where Malaysians should learn from them, regardless of their race/culture.

but to somehow connect his comments to bumi/non bumi issues, shows totally racist pigs out there (minority) ready to incite hatred in our multi-ethnic country. That is not fairness, but totally irresponsible.

But still, what happen to Bob Hall? He was the man who is identified as the ‘father of the Mazda MX5′. Proton hired him as Senior Product Planner. What have they benefit from him? I believe he is capable of bringing changes to Proton. But why haven’t we seen any? What obstacle did he has to go through? (Or maybe it’s the new SAGA. Anyone knows?) And then, say if Steinleitner got hired, would his proposal sees the light?

For me, the very person that Proton has to replace in order to get the desired result, is the chairman-cum-non-exec board members. Don’t that raise any questions?

mystvearn, totally agree with you. The consultation may yield new options which may require capex. The whole point to note here is, it’s the new unexplored options/ideas that matters. This may result in strategical and/or tactical points that needs to be and can explored. Once options and ideas are available, then it is up to the management to decide whether it is viable and feasible to adopt.

I say, hire the right person, with the right experience, with the right knowledge, with the right tools and the right attitude. Where the person comes from is secondary.

The same can be said if Pele would want to coach the samba football (wrong generation), Gullit with his sexy football (hmmm wrong audience) or Beckham with his curve football but, hey!, they ain’t Malaysian either.

At the end of the point, the local candidate have tried and the results are for all to see. Time to hustle or be swallowed whole.