Puspakom will no longer be the only agency providing vehicle inspection services from next year, with the government announcing that it will open up the field to other qualified service providers once the company’s current concession comes to an end on August 31, 2024.
The announcement was made by transport minister Anthony Loke, who said that while Puspakom’s concession will be renewed, it will no longer have the exclusive rights. Presently, Puspakom is the only company handling all mandatory inspections for both commercial and private vehicles in the country.
Loke said that any party that is qualified to handle vehicle inspections and meets the conditions can be appointed to do so. He added that process of inviting interested parties is expected to start in the first quarter of 2024.
In a post on his Facebook page, Loke said the matter was decided in a cabinet meeting on March 17, He added that the decision to do so was because the government wanted to promote a competitive vehicle inspection industry as well as increase efficiency.
Loke said that while the cabinet agreed to extend Puspakom’s concession for another 15 years from Sept 1, 2024, the company – which was appointed in 1994 by the government to carry out mandatory vehicle inspections – will have to make improvements defined by the government, requirements that will also apply to any parties appointed to provide vehicle inspection services.
These include providing services in full compliance with the scope, standards and procedures of motor inspection as well as hiring employees who meet the prescribed qualification requirements and using computerised inspection equipment that is regulated and approved by the road transport department (JPJ), the New Straits Times reports.
One of the major gripes about vehicle inspections is the long lead time usually needed to carry out the process – the opening up of the segment with more players should hopefully improve the situation.
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how about spanc0, dare to touch?
spanco already expired several years ago. govt did an open tender, and berjaya group secured the project. however, due to lacking in infrastructre, personnel and process knowhow, that project was given back to spanco.
i am not sure though whether its sold to spanco or berjaya is subletting the jobs to spanco instead.
but this is what going on now.
Ahlokekor….no need go undercover for Spanco.
Just chop it into pieces.U want bumi companies?
There r thousands of them ,waiting ,to be given a chance.
He gets things done and moving… While Wee keeps on barking… Hahaha
Wee wee tengah sibuk pasal telur sebab telur sendiri sudah kena masak.
Telur wee ka siong tumbuh lepas hilang jawatan menteri. Sekarang pembangkang wannabe
Weewee is good at barking.His favorite talkshow “Kami akan memantau”. Today,being the stepchild of BN,he is a toothless tiger barking even at Unity germen’s many proposals during parliament debates.
Time for his party to join the greenies or simply be like the pejuang dudes,to disband.
Guess some people will plan to pull a sheraton before 2024.
Good job, but y need to wait till 2024? Cannot make it faster meh? Cannot open up b4 the concession end?
No.
Unless you are willing to pay the penalty on behalf of the govt
I think the current concession ends then. Until them it remains a one-company show.
the first agreement was signed in 1994 between government and puspakom (which is a subsidiary of DRB) and part of the it not allowing govt to breach (which includes allowing any other party to be involved as well along with puspakom)
Hahaha. Percaya ye. Cuba tanya berapa tahun konsesi tak revise? Inilah masanya harga naik. Ada ke company nak masuk tender. Macam mana dgn infra? Kalau government support modal utk infra sedapla. Hajaja
Ramai mahu saudara. Tunggu dan lihat
Baik lah bosskuuur vincent ang, HPI PUSPAKOM 2018 pon KPDNHEP dah open tender, Tan Chong and Perodua nak masuk, and charge RM200 per inspection. Bandingkan lah bosskuur.
People enjoying ice cream, honey, cake, chocolate. u just Don’t cut off so sudden like this give sometime.
Yeah, Puspakom is one hell of a privatised entity that openly solicits bribes from owners who sent their vehicles for inspections for ownership transfer. Without doing so, they would incur extra expenses of fixing the car tint which would otherwise be stripped naked. The same thing happened to commercial vehicles owners who want to renewal their licenses. This corrupt practice must be stopped.
It takes two to tango bro. Mana mana bro tau kes suspected, report, provide details where and when. All computerised records, photos inspection and roadworthiness test semua ada. But I dont deny, some cases may purely intentionally or unitentionally. Eg visual inspection items.
Wait for it. After this, what will happen is:
1. Inspection rates will rise
2. Periodic inspection for all vehicles will be mandatory
3. Inspection areas in a vehicle will increase
The public ends up paying the price.
And this is bad why?
Its common sense to allow authorise service centres to do the vehicle inspection while vehicle is undergoing service saving time and money.
2 times a year for inspection means vehicle out of business not esrning for several. This makes cost of transport more expensive.
Fantastic news!!! Anyone who have ever delt with puspakom will know how terrible their service has been. Some of the staff there are so very rude because they know that we don’t have a choice! Soon we will have a choice! I hope more monopolies will be dismantled (bernas comes into mind). Well done Anthony Loke!
in just 6 months Anthony loke already dismantle the monopoly of both TnGo, and puspakom
loke for PM!
How frequent we will need to use puspakom? Rare am i right? Why focus on something that we rakyat rarely use?
I will have more respect towards the government if they stop Astro’s and Genting’s monopoly. Focus on that instead so that rakyat can get their value for money.
private owner only need to deal with puspakom during ownership transfer. but commercial vehicles, which are the lifeblood of the physical economy, need to inspect regularly . most everyone will be impacted indirectly by this change. loke jurisdiction does not extend to astro nor genting
give the PM ship to anthony loke then you will see more results