Malaysia’s investment, trade and industry (MITI) minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani reiterated during Friday’s Proton eMas 7 PHEV CKD line-off ceremony that the ministry wants foreign carmakers to coexist and complement the local ecosystem, instead of just coming here to sell cars.
“Proton is something to be proud of because the localisation rates of certain models reach 80%, some of them 70%, and the industry’s SMEs (small and medium enterprises) and component manufacturers benefit from Proton’s growth.
“Proton today is not like it was 30-40 years ago, it also has its own IP (intellectual property) with Geely. Geely is one of the partners working together with Proton to build the industry, and now there are almost 10,000 employees – about 9,700 to be exact – with production in excess of 150,000 units a year,” he said, adding that Proton’s national tax contribution has exceeded RM806 million, including corporate tax, sales tax, and excise and import duties.
“This is one of the examples, I stress upon carmakers, when they come here, don’t just sell cars, but coexist with our existing ecosystem and build this ecosystem together with our entrepreneurs and component manufacturers. We will all benefit in terms of jobs, profits – even the government will benefit.
“Proton (in the past) didn’t have the opportunity to ramp up production from a technological perspective. Geely had the technology, shared it with Proton, registered certain IPs in Malaysia. This kind of partnership is called a true partnership, not just coming here to sell cars,” Johari said.
“Cars are actually not necessity items, but if we are going to do this, something that benefits the rakyat and jobs, I will facilitate it,” he added.
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You can’t grow shit with Proton. Ironic as that statement is, since shit is very good fertilizer. Almost a decade with Geely and still struggling to be #1 AT HOME. No wonder Geely took back the foreign RHD markets.
At this point Geely is a bigger name than Proton globally, why would they need a Proton badge to sell cars overseas anymore? The fact that Geely doesn’t even allow Proton to localize their designs for the local market anymore is telling.
Geely said “Screw it, the Msians like and buy our cars anyway. Why waste money?” Pretty soon, they won’t even need the ‘grill’ engineers/designers anymore. When Geely gets anything close to their initial investment, they’ll drop Proton entirely. They only wanted Lotus, DRB had to strong-arm them into taking Proton as well. It is known.
gomen will again force people to buy these local trash. The way is as usual, impose high tariff on non-national brands. Gee, thanks Proton.
partnership my a55. basically tongkat for useless local suppliers and cronies to thrive.
kroni
failed
Durian runtuh, nice.
10+ billion of ringgit in tax incentives/capital injection/loans, and generated maybe half that amount. Its like a value diminisher.
Your 80% local part is only Proton Saga la.
Your 80% local part is only Saga la.
“cars are actually not necessity item” as quoted by Dato Johari from MITI. seriously, how disconnected can he be from the real struggles of the Rakyat???
Go check what car he driving. He really talked cock!
is it mandatory that MITI say nonsense garbage every month?
Why Geely Indonesia car price cheaper than local Proton car price here?
Good Job… Government cars must be Proton and no longer expensive Mercedes and BMWs..The cheapest the better to save Rakyat Money.
Nevermind Rakyat also need different cheap imported Cars for ” Different Flavours”. Cannot everyday eat Roti Canai Proton everyday… Breakfast Riti Cabai Proton, Lunch Roti Canai Proton and Dinner Roti Canai Proton. For the padt 40 years still Roti Canai Proton.
Give Rakyat different Flavor lah…
Nasi Lemak Chery, Murtabak Jetour,
Nasi Kandar BYD….
Malaysia like Komunis dealing with cars …One type Only
“but coexist with our existing ecosystem and build this ecosystem together with our entrepreneurs and component manufacturers. We will all benefit in terms of jobs, profits – even the government will benefit……..but if we are going to do this, something that benefits the rakyat and jobs”
what wrong with this statement? rakyat mentioned the last, what does that mean?
Malaysia automotive industry produces less car than the domestic market consumes, how can price be cheap and benefit the country when the production capacity is in deficit?
look at country with successful automotive industry, they have manufacturing surplus that export much more than their domestic consumption.
Japan, China, Korea, etc so many examples.
What is their industry model compared to Malaysia?
the current Malaysia automotive industry model does not work, however those in power dont admit this while keep issuing statement think their narrative can continue make the rakyat ignorance.