Avril Lavigne will perform at Stadium Merdeka

Date: Aug 29 2008
Venue: Stadium Merdeka
City: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tickets: Onsale: 7/21/08

LELONG! LELONG! CHEAP! VERY CHEAP! ONLY IN MALAYSIA! UP TO 50% DISCOUNTS FOR UNLIMITED TIME ONLY!

Pay later, big discounts. Pay earlier, who ask you? 50 % discounts on traffic offenders? Since such discounts being introduced, Malaysian drivers become more aggressive in becoming the number one traffic offenders.
Where are the policemen nowadays? Perak police officers wanted more patrol cars. Do they need a car just to snap on speed kings? Full amount of ‘samans’ will teach traffic offenders a lesson. I don’t deny RM300 or more will be a burden but what will happen when life of other road users is endanger? At least traffic offenders will think twice before taking any chances on another traffic offence. Discounts will only encourage them where ‘saman’ is just a price of a bucket of chicken.

TAIPING BENEFIT FROM NCER

Taiping will be a Heritage Town soon? Wouldn't know. Have to wait until 2010. Wettest town for sure. Best place coz cheap food, nearer to town and facilities always available. Can be better without mat rempits, snatch thief or rude drivers.

Reference from themalaysianinsider.com:

Taiping — heritage town in the making

Entrance to Taiping Zoo. There are plans to upgrade the zoo.KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — The best place to live in Malaysia. The wettest town in Peninsular Malaysia. Soon, Taiping will also be known as a "Heritage Town.''
Under the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) plan which was approved last week, the government will spend nearly RM200 million to upgrade buildings in the town, model the Taiping market after London's famous Covent Garden and revive the Taiping-Port Weld railway service as a back-in-time tourism draw.
Other plans for Taiping include:• Building a museum dedicated to the tin industry.
• Upgrading the Taiping Zoo and Night Safari.
Work on turning Taiping into a Heritage Town will begin in the third quarter of this year and is expected to be completed by 2010. The NCER project — one of the economic growth corridors — was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last year.
Its main objectives were improving agriculture output, boosting tourism and manufacturing in the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Penang and northern Perak.
The final plan for the corridor was tabled recently before Abdullah and the menteris besar of Perak, Kedah, Perlis, the chief minister of Penang and other members of the Northern Corridor Implementation Agency (NCIA).
In addition to turning Taiping into a Heritage Town, the tourism master plan includes unleashing the potential of the Royal Belum Forest into a world-class eco-tourism site, marketing the Bujang Valley in Kedah and boosting medical tourism in Penang and Langkawi.
Among the list of to do things is improve access to the Belum forest by building a helipad, improving the runway in Gerik, and building a jetty for visitors to take part in activities on the lake. The Northern Corridor Implementation Agency (NCIA) also aims to make sure that rare species of flora and fauna like the Rafflesia does not become extinct.
In all, the government is expected to spend RM430 million till 2010 to boost the tourism sector of the NCER.

PROTON STILL GOING STRONG (PART 2)

From Malaysia to UK and now Indonesia. With the increase of steel and fuel prices, Proton aiming to sell Gen.2 Persona model for RM 39, 040(reports TheStar/ Bernama)? While in www.paultan.org, Gen.2 Persona is selling at the starting price of RM 42,600. Let’s see the comparison.

The Comparison (starting price):

Indonesia
TheStar/ Bernama: RM 39, 040, www.paultan.org: RM 42,600

Malaysia
Proton Persona: RM 44,999 Proton Gen-2: RM 53,488

Malaysian: paid extra RM 5,955 (refer to TheStar/ Bernama reports)
Indonesian: rebates RM 5,955 (refer to TheStar/ Bernama reports)

Cost to build: Exports Proton cars are cheaper. (All cars exported to other countries)
Quantity: Malaysian buys many Proton cars than other countries.
Quality: Local made cars sold in Malaysia different from exports.

Support Made in Malaysia brand: You decide.

Reference from TheStar:

Proton launches Persona in Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR: Proton Holdings Bhd yesterday launched its Persona model in Indonesia in conjunction with the 16th Indonesia International Motorshow, the country’s biggest automotive industry event.
The national car manufacturer said in a statement the Persona was being introduced as the "GEN.2 Persona" in Indonesia and it was the fifth Proton model in the Indonesian market which the company entered last March.
"Since our entry into the Indonesian market last year, we have been received warmly by the people here and this latest offering is tangible proof of our intention to have a long standing relationship with the people of Indonesia," said managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir.
Priced from 122 million rupiah (RM39,040), the Persona is available in five variants and comes in seven colours.
A year ago, Proton began with three dealerships in Indonesia and now has five dealerships in Warung Buncit, Bandung, Makasar, Pekanbaru and Palembang and one branch in Slipi, Jakarta, all equipped with sales, service and spares capabilities. – Bernama