Beliau berkata, dengan menambah baik perkhidmatan bas dan keretapi antara bandar dengan kos berpatutan, penggunaan perkhidmatan awam akan meningkat sekaligus mengurangkan penggunaan kenderaan persendirian dan bahan api.
“Penstrukturan
semula Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) akan dilakukan bagi
memastikan perkhidmatan itu baik dan menawarkan harga yang murah kepada
pengguna,” katanya ketika membentangkan kerangka DAN itu di Ibu Pejabat
KEADILAN di sini hari ini.
Anwar berkata, dasar yang dirangka itu turut menekankan peningkatan pendapatan rakyat bagi mengimbangi pembiayaan kenderaan dengan jumlah pendapatan bulanan rakyat di negara ini.
Pakatan juga katanya, akan menyemak kembali kadar pinjaman kereta yang dikenakan institusi kewangan bagi memastikan pembiayaan munasabah.
Jamin nilai kereta tidak jatuh merudum
Anwar yang disebut-sebut bakal Perdana Menteri ketujuh berkata, penghapusan cukai eksais dan penurunan harga kereta akan dilakukan secara berperingkat-peringkat supaya nilai kereta baru dan terpakai tidak turun mendadak.
“Penurunan cukai eksais akan diumum setiap tahun dalam Belanjawan Negara setelah mengambil kira pandangan institusi kewangan dan semua pihak yang terlibat dalam perusahaan automotif.
“Ini bertujuan susut nilai kereta dan aset pinjaman yang dipegang institusi kewangan selari dengan penurunan harga baru,” katanya optimis Pakatan mampu melaksanakannya jika berjaya mengambil alih Putrajaya.
Beliau juga menjamin, pengumuman insentif dalam Belanjawan Negara akan dibuat setiap tahun untuk menggalakkan industri pengeksportan kereta terpakai ke pasaran baru selain memberi insentif kepada pengusaha kemudahan baik pulih kenderaan.
Bidaan AP imbangi keperluan hasil negara
Menurut Ketua Umum KEADILAN itu, pengenalan sistem bidaan permit import (AP) mengikut kategori kenderaan dijangka memberi hasil hingga RM3 bilion setiap tahun apabila AP dimansuhkan sepenuhnya menjelang 2015.
Kata beliau, penurunan cukai eksais secara berperingkat dalam tempoh lima tahun akan memastikan hasil negara tidak merudum seperti yang didakwa Umno BN.
Tambah Anwar, suntikan RM8 bilion (anggaran cukai eksais yang dikurangkan) ke dalam ekonomi domestik dijangka dapat merancakkan ekonomi negara dan meningkatkan hasil cukai pendapatan dan cukai jualan kerajaan bermula dari tahun kedua selepas pengenalan dasar baru.
“Peningkatan hasil cukai pendapatan dan jualan dianggar akan
bertambah RM1 bilion hingga RM1.5 bilion kepada pendapatan negara setiap
tahun. Industri baru iaitu pengeksportan kereta terpakai ke pasaran
baru dijangka mewujudkan pendapatan baru kepada kerajaan,” katanya.
Banyak peluang pekerjaan
Anwar berkata, sasaran Pakatan Rakyat melalui DAN yang baru adalah untuk merancakkan industri automotif, bukan hanya menjamin pemilikan industri itu ke tangan pihak-pihak tertentu.
Katanya, perkara itu penting supaya peluang pekerjaan dan nilai tambah sektor ini terus meningkat dengan penyertaan lebih banyak firma automotif antarabangsa.
“Syarikat-syarikat tempatan juga akan diberikan sepenuh kebebasan
melaksanakan strategi kerjasama dan pembangunan automotif yang menjamin
peluang pekerjaan dan peningkatan kapasiti sedia ada.
“Insentif khas akan ditumpukan kepada usaha meningkatkan kualiti kereta yang dikeluarkan di Malaysia agar boleh bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa. Apabila eksport kereta buatan Malaysia meningkat, lebih banyak peluang pekerjaan dapat dibuka kepada rakyat,” katanya. - keadilandaily.com
PKR: Our car policy will benefit existing owners...
PKR's
proposed automotive policy will also be beneficial to existing car
owners who are still servicing their vehicle loans, as they can upgrade
to a better car while paying the same amount in installments.
However, PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli said existing car owners can only benefit from the proposed policy if they upgrade to a new car.
This is because the proposed automotive policy would cause a depression in the second hand car market once excise duties are removed.
To illustrate how the scheme may be beneficial, Rafizi uses the example of a person paying RM600 in installments and still owes a bank RM40,000 for a car.
Once excise duties are removed, the hypothetical car value would be reduced to RM25,000 and thus, by selling it in the second hand market, the owner will suffer a loss of RM15,000.
However, if the owner trades in his vehicle and upgrades to a better vehicle, lower market prices would mean that he can purchase a much better car for RM40,000 at the same monthly installment of RM600.
"So rather than paying RM600 a month for a Proton Saga, I'd rather pay RM600 for a Honda," he told Malaysiakini after a press conference to detail the nuts and bolts of the proposed automotive policy.
The second hand cars will later be exported, said PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in a press conference earlier.
"The export of second hand cars to new markets is expected to create new income for the government," he said.
To encourage a second-hand export industry, Anwar said that incentives will be given to those who set up reconditioning and upgrading facilities for used cars for the purpose of export.
Plugging RM8 bil revenue loss
Besides the second hand export market, he said loss of RM8 bil a year in revenue from the scrapping of the excise tax can be recouped through:
1. Implementing a three tier bidding system for approved permits to import cars, expected to return RM2 to 3 billion a year until the 2015 deadline;
2.A rise in sales and income tax of about RM1 to RM1.5 billion a year, as consumers now have RM8 bil more in their pockets through cheaper car prices; and,
3.Reduction in ad hoc expenditure and allocation for the Prime Minister's Department.
Anwar also gave the assurance that the proposed policy will not render automotive sector workers jobless.
“The policy does not guarantee advantage for any quarter. This is important to ensure that the job opportunities for the sector grow through the entrance of more international automotive firms,” he said.
He added that local car manufacturers will ,however, be offered a special incentive to upgrade the quality of the cars in order to compete with the international carmakers locally and abroad.
He added that the policy also considers the need for a comprehensive public transport, with the focus on making Malaysia the most public transport friendly nation in south east asia in 10 years.
This includes restructuring Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd and the rail systems in the long run, while upgrading the bus systems in the short run.
He said that Pakatan does not intend to review all existing agreements on transport, including the MRT and LRT, unless found to not be in the public interest.
Incentives will also be accorded companies which manufacture environmentally friendly vehicles in Malaysia.
Anwar also explained that this is PKR's policy to be presented to its Pakatan partners.- malaysiakini
cheers.
However, PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli said existing car owners can only benefit from the proposed policy if they upgrade to a new car.
This is because the proposed automotive policy would cause a depression in the second hand car market once excise duties are removed.
To illustrate how the scheme may be beneficial, Rafizi uses the example of a person paying RM600 in installments and still owes a bank RM40,000 for a car.
Once excise duties are removed, the hypothetical car value would be reduced to RM25,000 and thus, by selling it in the second hand market, the owner will suffer a loss of RM15,000.
However, if the owner trades in his vehicle and upgrades to a better vehicle, lower market prices would mean that he can purchase a much better car for RM40,000 at the same monthly installment of RM600.
"So rather than paying RM600 a month for a Proton Saga, I'd rather pay RM600 for a Honda," he told Malaysiakini after a press conference to detail the nuts and bolts of the proposed automotive policy.
The second hand cars will later be exported, said PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in a press conference earlier.
"The export of second hand cars to new markets is expected to create new income for the government," he said.
To encourage a second-hand export industry, Anwar said that incentives will be given to those who set up reconditioning and upgrading facilities for used cars for the purpose of export.
Plugging RM8 bil revenue loss
Besides the second hand export market, he said loss of RM8 bil a year in revenue from the scrapping of the excise tax can be recouped through:
1. Implementing a three tier bidding system for approved permits to import cars, expected to return RM2 to 3 billion a year until the 2015 deadline;
2.A rise in sales and income tax of about RM1 to RM1.5 billion a year, as consumers now have RM8 bil more in their pockets through cheaper car prices; and,
3.Reduction in ad hoc expenditure and allocation for the Prime Minister's Department.
Anwar also gave the assurance that the proposed policy will not render automotive sector workers jobless.
“The policy does not guarantee advantage for any quarter. This is important to ensure that the job opportunities for the sector grow through the entrance of more international automotive firms,” he said.
He added that local car manufacturers will ,however, be offered a special incentive to upgrade the quality of the cars in order to compete with the international carmakers locally and abroad.
He added that the policy also considers the need for a comprehensive public transport, with the focus on making Malaysia the most public transport friendly nation in south east asia in 10 years.
This includes restructuring Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd and the rail systems in the long run, while upgrading the bus systems in the short run.
He said that Pakatan does not intend to review all existing agreements on transport, including the MRT and LRT, unless found to not be in the public interest.
Incentives will also be accorded companies which manufacture environmentally friendly vehicles in Malaysia.
Anwar also explained that this is PKR's policy to be presented to its Pakatan partners.- malaysiakini
cheers.
PKR should make it a policy also that everyone who bought the Honda Hybrid (shown in the pic) will get the chick as well...
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