Friday, June 6, 2008

When do we start paying "real market price" for cars ?

That was the question posed by MalaysianInsider to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister, Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad. And the answer was ;





Q: Now that we're slowly moving towards paying "real" market prices for fuel, when can we expect to pay "real" market prices for cars?



Shahrir: Real market prices for cars ... that's very interesting. We'll certainly have to look at that because I think, as you well know, we have to operate under Afta (the Asean Free Trade Area is a trade agreement whereby all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations promise to support local manufacturing in the region) so certainly there are realities we have to confront and accept.

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