NAP disappointing for some, promising for others

comments     Chan Quan Min     Published     Updated

KINIBIZ In a presentation yesterday, International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed unveiled the third edition of the National Automotive Policy (NAP) in eight years.

Today, automotive industry stakeholders and analysts weigh in on the NAP. Some notable views and comments from a diversity of voices are presented:

Aminar Rashid Salleh, Perodua president and CEO

On the new competitive environment:

Yes, there will be challenges, there will be competition, but there will also be opportunities.

The government has set some targets. Our aspiration is to be part of that target. Just at this point in time we are not as aggressive as we would like to be.

On new models meeting energy efficient vehicle (EEV) standards:

The new model that we are going to introduce sometime this year, we are trying our very best to meet as much as possible the EEV definition – and for future models.

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