tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322670.post233056469464777178..comments2024-01-23T09:45:17.135-08:00Comments on Tangents: Restless Musings Of A Malay Mind: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03238867141039750843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322670.post-25754829973530478472007-06-12T00:16:00.000-07:002007-06-12T00:16:00.000-07:00ah, so the ship we called proton is sinking. kinda...ah, so the ship we called proton is sinking. kinda remind me of titanic.<BR/><BR/>first and foremost, if i remember my management and marketing classes correctly, price is the last weapon to get the edge against the competitors. you can only use it if all other measures are futile. what i've seen so far, whoever was the captain of the ship didn't even think about other options. they just cut the price. and then there's the story about a certain maha who made proton his personal asset. nope, not Tun. the other maha. i got the story because one of the lecturers of my department was the one assigned to help proton turn around (miserably).<BR/><BR/>another failure proton did was to take the protection given by the government for granted. they didn't try to improve the car's performance. the designs are crappy (think tiara and juara). the material used are crappy (other cars are built to last, proton's are built to become like "tin aluminium"). and still they are protected. that's why people would rather buy foreign cars, japanese or korean cars if they can't afford european and american ones.<BR/><BR/>these matters should have been addressed before. it may not be too late to address them now, but it'll take a looooooooong time for proton to polish its brand name again. not that the name was shiny before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795993055706654760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322670.post-77968123048695225662007-06-10T16:43:00.000-07:002007-06-10T16:43:00.000-07:00Agreed 100% on handshake's opinion. ..and you know...Agreed 100% on handshake's opinion. ..and you know what, Middleman who has connection with the politician is the worst kind.Instead of protecting us, they are the traitors (Just for the sake of MONEY MONEY !!...No principle)<BR/>Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi!!!<BR/><BR/>To tell that they are stupid is not true as they travel extensively to all over the world.(parents ,checkout http://malasbelajar.com for smart study)<BR/><BR/>I'm sure they travel to Korea and see in their own eyes how the Korean's brand succeed. 15 years ago , who would buy their brands if not the Korean themselves. Why ?? You mean their goods are really good from beginning that Korean will only buy their products?<BR/>Until today , no other imported brand succeeded in Korean market.(Let alone Proton)<BR/><BR/>Damage is done and PROTON is dead and it looks like only Temasek can help us . <BR/><BR/>Temasek to the rescue !!!! (Wonder why???)Anti Juta Juta Dealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678060255314871438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322670.post-31122816616845616132007-06-08T18:59:00.000-07:002007-06-08T18:59:00.000-07:00South Korea has one of the most protected auto ind...South Korea has one of the most protected auto industry in the world. You'd be having a hard time finding a foreign make on South Korean roads. Only in last 1-2 years a few make has gained entry into Korean market.<BR/><BR/>A lot of countries protect their domestic industries. You cannot export rice to Japan without having to pay hefty tariff, and rice is very expensive in Japan, but do you hear Japanese complain about the price of their rice?<BR/><BR/>Similarly, USA placed (or have placed, or going to place) a high tariff on imported steel, in order to protect its own steel industry from onslaught from former Soviet bloc countries.<BR/><BR/>People who thrive on globalization are the middlemen, those who got nothing to sell and people don't want to sell them anything because their market are too small (SINGAPORE).<BR/><BR/>And you know what they say about middlemen everywhere? Kill them all.Ir. Hanafi Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968863774056195660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30322670.post-35984132054363472762007-06-08T18:30:00.000-07:002007-06-08T18:30:00.000-07:00A spectacularly bad article.A spectacularly bad article.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742343440632247441noreply@blogger.com