It’s common in Malaysia for the prices of automobiles to go up a few months after launch for numerous reasons such as revised tax rates. With the coming new automotive policy coming into effect in September (assuming the government does not delay it again) it’s possible that the Perodua Myvi’s price will be going [...]
→ Click to read the complete storyProton Holdings Bhd is holding an emergency board meeting today (June 30th 2005) over it’s CEO’s criticisms against the government’s automotice policy in the Oriental Daily newspaper. Details here and here.
Is this the end of Tengku’s career at Proton?
The results of the meeting is yet to be known but we may see the potential [...]
Naza signed an agreement with French automobile company Peugeot S.A. yesterday (29/6/2005) for the rights to assemble and distribute the Peugeot 206 model in Malaysia and possibly South-east Asia.
Update: Naza has launched the Naza 206 Bestari. Click here for an in-depth coverage.
The Peugeot 206
→ Click to read the complete story Perodua used to have an order tracking lookup page here. What you do is you put in your VSO (Vehicle Sales Order) number and you can check out the status of your order. This VSO is available if you made your Perodua vehicle booking through a Perodua branch instead of a Perodua dealer.
But as [...]
Petrol prices in Malaysia are expected to go up again because of the hike in crude oil prices worldwide. One barrel of crude oil went up to an all time high of USD$60 (roughly RM228) per barrel on June 20th 2005.
The Star published an article today warning us of our wallet’s impending doom.
Rumours are [...]
Mambo is quickly becoming the defacto CMS because of it’s extremely easy to use interface, wealth of add-ons and templates and also because of the security issues that plagues the Nuke series of CMSes.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat launched it’s new website yesterday. I was suprised that they actually used a proper CMS for the site. [...]
“I wouldn’t have to create Linux if there wasn’t any lawsuit against BSD in the early 90`s. It wouldn’t be necesary”. - Linux Torvalds. [ Source ]
I predict this line would be quoted by FreeBSD evangelists in any Linux vs. FreeBSD flamewars
An article in The Edge Daily on 28th June 2005…
Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz has told Proton Holdings Bhd not to point fingers at others for its own shortcomings, but to look inwards for solutions and find its own market segment to remain competitive.
This is probably in response to [...]
A forumer dawn at the Perodua Myvi Forums has alerted us of a problem with the Perodua Myvi rear drum brakes. Apparently something is wrong with the left rear drum brake, causing the handbrake to have not much gripping power when parked on a slope.
He recounts his experience:
VERY IMPORTANT! Please be very careful when [...]
The latest version of Wordpress is out. It’s recommended that everyone upgrade to the latest version because of a vulnerability on the xmlrpc.php file in the distribution. Or as a temporary fix, you can delete the xmlrpc.php file temporarily.
For upgrade instructions, go here.
Original announcement here.
