Puspakom monopoly ends as new companies apply for licences

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Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Thursday (Jan 2), said that more than ten companies have applied for vehicle inspection service licences as Puspakom’s three-decade monopoly ends.   He said that he hopes the new operators can begin operations by the end of the year, and said that the numbers have not been finalised yet.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4k42r73y   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As far as I know, Puspakom doesn't have any concessions, so how do you plan to continue?

00:09Indeed, Puspakom's concessions ended last year, on 31st August.

00:15Once Puspakom's concessions are over, they can still continue to operate.

00:19Because we are entering a new phase, where the license is not yet available.

00:23The driver's license.

00:25So, Puspakom already has the driver's license.

00:27But the difference is, they can no longer be monopolized.

00:31In the past, it was monopolized.

00:32Because in the past, Puspakom was the only one who could do the vehicle inspection.

00:37So, when the concessions are over, we open for the license application.

00:41So, there are new companies that have applied for the license.

00:44So far, there have been applications and we have processed them.

00:48And in the near future, the license will be issued.

00:51I will make an announcement regarding the new license for the new driver.

00:55But the new drivers, when they get the license, they also need time to build their facilities.

01:04So, we hope that at the end of this year, we will see new operators in the market.

01:12So that when there are new operators, they can give competition and also choices to the users.

01:18So that they can go to one of these vehicle inspection centers.

01:22But we are not in a hurry.

01:27We know that if we are in a hurry, these companies cannot be sustained.

01:32We look at the places that are busy, we allow more than one.

01:36If the place is not busy, we have a choice, there is only one.

01:41How many companies have applied?

01:44We have not finalized the numbers yet.

01:46So, there are about 4 or 10 companies that have applied for the license.

01:49But the actual number of companies that are given the license will be announced later.

01:56Is there any update on the investigation of the Puspakom officer?

02:04The Puspakom officer has come to meet the investigation.

02:07We are preparing the investigation report.

02:14And today, we have also discussed with the SPRM.

02:18We will work together with the SPRM to identify the integrity issues in Puspakom.

02:26And we will not hesitate to take a more firm action together with the SPRM.

02:33And we want to make sure that these cases are not just hated cases.

02:38But what is more important is that there are syndicates that bring unfair services.

02:48We know that in the market, there are many people who say that there are runners, cartels, etc.

02:56So that those who are not in line can still be in line.

03:00So, we will continue to investigate this case.

03:03And we are working together with the SPRM to identify the facts.

03:07How many people have been called and how many more will be called?

03:10So far, there are 3 officers.

03:12Will there be more?

03:15We will continue to investigate.

03:17If there are more cases, we will continue to investigate.

03:21We will continue to look at other vehicles and other companies.

03:25We will not give a notice to Puspakom.

03:28If we give a notice, there will be no such case.

03:31YB, Khalid also said that there are companies that rent wheels, etc. to be used as lorries and then...

03:42Yes, we know about this.

03:44There are syndicates there.

03:46There are law syndicates.

03:48Where when someone changes the tire, he goes to Puspakom, he passes.

03:54This is like in the case of a dark mirror.

03:58People who wear a dark mirror, they do not pass if they enter Puspakom.

04:02So, he goes to the accessory store, he changes the mirror first.

04:06He changes the mirror that passed, enters Puspakom first, passes, comes out, he changes it back to black.

04:13That's what we know.

04:15There used to be a group for a dark mirror.

04:17But the dark mirror, we have changed the rules.

04:19We said, you don't have to do that anymore.

04:21We allow it.

04:23As long as it follows our rules, we allow the dark mirror at the back.

04:27We allow it.

04:29So, that solves issues such as SUV vehicles.

04:33The dark mirror, if it is imported from Japan, the dark mirror at the back is indeed dark.

04:41So, we have solved that issue before.

04:43For this tire, it uses the same group.

04:46So, now we are discussing with the KBDN.

04:49We will have a new approach.

04:51To make sure that the tire is the same as the tire that should be in the vehicle.

04:56There will be a new way that we will announce when we make a change in the rules.

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