The government says that is looking into the possibility of opening up vehicle inspection services to other providers beyond Puspakom, which is currently the sole car inspection services provider in the country, Bernama reports.
According to deputy transport minister Kamarudin Jaffar, a decision on the matter will be made by year end. He added that the government was also reviewing the Puspakom concession agreement, which is set to expire on August 31, 2024.
“If its plan is implemented, vehicle inspection service companies need to comply with the high standards and rules that have been imposed on Puspakom. They will also have to take into account factors like the small market and government-controlled rates on fees,” he said at the Dewan Rakyat.
Kamarudin was responding to a question from Labis MP Pang Hok Liong, who asked if the ministry was ready to grant more licences to other companies to compete with Puspakom.
Profitability will be one of the issues taken into consideration. Kamaruddin said the market for customers or vehicles that were required to undergo inspection was low, and was estimated to be only 8% of the total number of four-wheeled vehicles in the country.
“In addition to the small market, vehicle inspections carried out by Puspakom required high development and operation costs and for 2018, Puspakom spent RM2 billion in operating expenses and RM550 million on development,” he said.
Puspakom’s average operating expenses for the five years from 2013 to 2017 amounted to RM9.7 million a month, while the average revenue collection was RM9.9 million a month, translating to a profit of about RM200,000 per month.
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Good idea… liberalise, create opportunities and jobs. End monopoly!
Puspakom need to clean their organisation. It is corrupted to the core. Everything money need to be paid, otherwise, they find fault with your car despite your car in perfect condition.
My neighbour, an 80 year old man had to pay RM500 duit kopi so that he could sell his RM2000 old Saga. Officer told him, no duit kopi, his car sure will fail. But this 80 yr old uncle, had sent to 2 mechanics and both said car is fine.
Poor uncle. Sell RM2000 but got to lose RM500
‘Roadworthy’ commercial vehicles still plying our roads spewing toxic black smoke.
Meanwhile on highways, pegawai JPJ prefer to stop trucks and big lorries. And the drivers frantically talkin on the phone w their bosses.
How they allow this? Roadworthy but got thick black smoke? Only one word….dedak
This is true with the previous gomen like the case of Khazanah. End up rakyat need to invest in lingerie.
Cerita jiran kena bayar staff Puspakom untuk lepas pemeriksaaan tukar milk.. Betul ke bayar staff atau bayar orang tgh sbb kena tipu atau buat cerita..
Senang je nak lulus pemeriksaaan tukar lama:
1) Tiada ganggu usik no casis
2) Tiada ganggu usik no enjin
3) Tiada potong sambung
4) Cermin tiada retak n ikut peraturan
Nak jual kereta kat orang mestilah kereta yang elok bukanya bermasalah..
Good!
Bad move by new MY
Puspakom is a total waste of money. It is clearly to enrich a kroni by the previous administration
Besides used cars, even NEW cars also kena.
No where in the world new cars have to get approval. Here in Malaysia, even new cars by Proton, Honda, Toyota and Nissan for example have to pay extra RM500 just to get Puspakom approval. This cost goes to you and me as higher car prices.
In the UK, the Puspakom approval is like MOT. No need for new cars. It is understood, new cars are already roadworthy
Without Puspakom, u think ur car can be safe?
you make totally no sense john. how does puspakom ensure a car is safe if an owner buys a car and drives it for 12 years and never spends money on new tyres, brake servicing, new absorbers..etc? that can only happen if ALL cars on the road has to undergo a road worthiness check at puspakom every other year or so.. good luck.. you’ll probably be in a queue for 3 weeks.
If a company can follow the current guidelines imposed on Puspakom and wants to enter this market, the government should give them a license. Simple. No more cronyism.
Wip…
https://paultan.org/2017/10/02/puspakom-to-appoint-private-workshops-as-its-agents/
Obviously, corruption was and is the main issue. Decades ago, they set up Puspakom because they were afraid 3rd-party mechs would pass unworthy vehicles with some extra money. But Ppk became specialists in doing just that.
Now, unfortunately, we love and embrace corruption as part of daily business, regardless of the authorities. Due to this, we can’t overcome it in any regulation.
The solution hence, is to eliminate unnecessary regulation that breeds corrupt practices. For new vehicles imported or produced locally, a manufacturer’s certification on road-worthiness from their respective country suffices, i.e. a Japanese clearance. No need for each and every car to have inspection. For used car ownership transfer, sure. Rm30, yea whatever. Unavoidable as people like to cheat each other. Commercial vehicles, annual inspection is enough, why 6 months? Anyone can see the failure of Puspakom looking at the condition of lorries on our roads. As long as they are corrupt this won’t change. If there are other competitors, pretty much guaranteed that undertable duit kopi will still flow.
how many cabs or taxi around klang valley?
how many commercial and all type of lorry around klang valley?
next time you passing puspakom centre, please have a glance at it. with the above total numbers, you expecting line of vehicle waiting for inspection. let alone other type of inspection
without puspakom will also have corruption..u know la malaysians
why is the costs too high? DRB doesnt know how to plan meh? marketing? or is it because of the corrupted officials inside?
good!
puspakom is corrupted and system is outdated.
go look at the insane amount of queue outside all Puspapkom centres nationwide.
slow, outdated and employees also tidak apa attitude.
welcome more providers. Singapore has 2, for example.
Open non commercial vehicles inspection to others. Keep Puspakom for both commercial & non commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicles has more stringent tests that requires expensive measuring tools.
Non commercial vehicles inspection are usually for sale of vehicles & the only expensive inspection tool is the spectraphotometer, to measure windscreen light transmission factor. Chassis number, engine number, condition of chassis (to ensure not potong sambung) only require a torchlight & hoist. Much lower operational costs & Capex.
Check is good but do it properly. Mindset of people also have to changed, if did not pass, don’t fret over it. Look at the q for trucks and lorry, do they really check to ensure safety and for owners of trucks and lorry, the waiting time is extremely too long as for them moving lorry makes money.
yes..end the monopoly.
Cerita jiran kena bayar staff Puspakom untuk lepas pemeriksaaan tukar milk.. Betul ke bayar staff atau bayar orang tgh sbb kena tipu atau buat cerita..
Senang je nak lulus pemeriksaaan tukar lama:
1) Tiada ganggu usik no casis
2) Tiada ganggu usik no enjin
3) Tiada potong sambung
4) Cermin tiada retak n ikut peraturan
Nak jual kereta kat orang mestilah kereta yang elok bukanya bermasalah..
At first glance I thought the article was written by Anthony Loke!
Please open up the market. Only competition can bring improvements. Monopoly is bad for the rakyat with the operator free to abuse the market. By the way, do check the political link of Puspakom too.