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  Oil Prices And Subsidies (An Explanation)

  15 December 2005 / 39 comments

  I found this article on the National Economic Action Council’s website on why the oil prices have been increasing and why the government cannot continue subsidising our fuel, as well as why Petronas cannot take […]

   

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  Dr. M: Proton losses a mystery

  13 December 2005 / 37 comments

  Dr. M has spoken up again on the issue of his brainchild Proton’s recent two quarterly losses in a row. “I am surprised that a company which was doing well suddenly reports losses (RM158 million […]

   

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  Team Proton mindset overhaul

  12 December 2005 / 67 comments

  Proton Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir gave some insights on his first steps to turn around loss-making Proton when his appointment as Proton MD takes effect on January 1 2006 for a […]

   

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  Jom Kembara adventure 2005, Sungkai

  6 December 2005 / 18 comments

  An announcement from Peter for Perodua Kembara owners. Should be quite fun to have a get-together for the family.

   

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  2006 Toyota VIOS Facelift in Malaysia

  1 December 2005 / 69 comments

  If you surf to UMW Toyota’s Toyota Vios website, you will see that the new facelifted Toyota Vios is now available for sale. The updated prices are RM88,880.00 for the 1.5G high spec model, and […]

   

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  Proton new head – Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir

  30 November 2005 / 55 comments

  Proton has named the successor to Tengku Mahaleel. With the title of Managing Director, Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir, 43 years old this year, will take over the helm of Proton and steer it into the […]

   

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  Proton Q2 2006 loss

  28 November 2005 / 48 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd may post a second quarter loss of RM700 million due to MV Agusta, it’s unprofitable motorcycle unit. It previously posted a first quarter loss of RM 12.4 million, and attributed those to […]

   

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  Perodua hopes to reduce waiting time

  25 November 2005 / 46 comments

  Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd hopes to cut down the waiting list time for its vehicles to two to three months from the current five months by Q2 2006. Perodua currently produces 280-300 cars a day […]

   

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  Perodua man for Proton CEO?

  22 November 2005 / 85 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd may appoint Syed Zainal Abidin Mohamed Tahir as the new chief executive officer of the company, replacing former CEO Tengku Mahaleel Ariff. Zainal Abidin is currently the deputy managing director of Perusahaan […]

   

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  Proton Chancellor 2.0 V6

  22 November 2005 / 316 comments

  Proton has announced the availability of the Proton Chancellor beginning 15th December 2005. It will debut during the ASEAN Summit from 12-14 December. What is the Proton Chancellor? It’s basically a Proton Waja chassis with […]

   

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  Proton to use Bosch diesel injection systems

  21 November 2005 / 61 comments

  Robert Bosch is in talks with Proton Holdings Bhd on supplying diesel fuel injection systems. Bosch currently supplies Proton with engine mnagement system parts, brakes, brake calipers, ABS systems, actuation systems, wiper washer systems and […]

   

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  A1GP PROTON Pro Celebrity Race Results

  21 November 2005 / 22 comments

  The A1 Grand Prix PROTON Pro Celebrity Race went on without a hitch on the last day of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations. We saw an exciting battle between 11 cars driven by local […]

   

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  Renault to assemble ASEAN cars in Malaysia

  20 November 2005 / 20 comments

  Looks like the government’s National Automotive Policy bag of carrots is effective. Renault has chosen Malaysia for it’s ASEAN manufacturing hub, instead of Thailand. Renault’s Asia-Pacific vice president Patrick Debrot attributed the decision to Malaysia’s […]

   

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  A1GP PROTON Pro Celebrity Race Qualifiers

  19 November 2005 / 38 comments

  The qualifying session of the A1GP PROTON Pro Celebrity Race was completed without a hitch today. All 12 cars have qualified, and times were consistently faster compared to the practice session yesterday.

   

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  RM391 million for Sepang

  19 November 2005 / 14 comments

  Due to a restructuring exercise, Malaysia Airport Holdings, the current owner of the Sepang F1 circuit is trying to sell off the circuit. The Ministry of Finance agreed in 2003 to buy the circuit for […]

   

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