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  Proton-Volkswagen Talks Continue

  2 August 2005 / 12 comments

  Proton’s talks with Volkswagen are still on-going while analysts ponder over the possible outcomes. The Government will not give up the 42.7% stake that it has in Proton through it’s investment arm Khazanah Nasional Bhd. […]

  
  

   

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  Volkswagen wants 50% plus 1 share

  31 July 2005 / 43 comments

  Proton seems to be a hot item right now. News is that Volkswagen now wants 50% plus 1 share stake in Proton Holdings Bhd, and wants management control. This would make it the majority shareholder […]

  
  

   

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  More AP Updates

  31 July 2005 / 5 comments

  Rafidah says she is too hurt to reply. But the cabinet wants to hear her side of the story. The ball is in her court. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak says she might be asked […]

  
  

   

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  Fuel prices are UP again

  31 July 2005 / 40 comments

  Fuel prices went up again, effected 12:00AM 31st July 2005. Petrol is up 10 cents, diesel up 20 cents and Liquified Petroleum Gas is up 5 cents.

  
  

   

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  No Lotus Involvement in Proton New Engine?

  30 July 2005 / 21 comments

  The piece of news was about something else, but I noticed something strange… The possible change of owner is bound to create uncertainty at Lotus, which has just embarked on a 10-year plan to transform […]

  
  

   

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  Ford Malaysia to launch new Ford Focus

  30 July 2005 / 18 comments

  I remember the previous Focus was launched back in 1999. It won a grand total of 78 automotive awards and was brought into Malaysia by Ford Malaysia in CBU form. I first saw the hot […]

  
  

   

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  Volkswagen still keen to buy Proton

  29 July 2005 / 31 comments

  Volkswagen and Proton are still in talks and it could end up with Volkswagen AG buying as much as 30% stake in Proton, or nothing at all. Volkswagen and Khazanah Nasional officials met at the […]

  
  

   

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  Kleemann APs

  29 July 2005 / 16 comments

  The government says that the number of Franchise APs given to recipients are only as much as car makes of the car franchise they can sell.

  
  

   

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  The 2004 AP List

  28 July 2005 / 26 comments

  The 2004 AP list is out. Khairy says he did not get any APs. Someone connected to Rafidah is pissed off. The government denies the Naza Ria was given national car status.

  
  

   

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  Badawi: “Okay, publish all!”

  28 July 2005 / 16 comments

  MITI Minister Rafidah Aziz will publish the full list of AP recipients, after our prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi instructed her to publish the full list while he was in South Africa for a 3-day […]

  
  

   

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