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Peugeot received Award Car of the year 2009

Besides holding Family Car Award, Peugeot also received awards overall Car of The Year 2009 in Malaysia for model Peugeot 308 based on factors that attractive price and quality manufacturing.

Annual Best Car Awards 2009 organized by the New Straits Times and Maybank was held at the hotel Saujana.The award in the eighth edition this year was attended by Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Also present were the President, who is also Chief Executive Officer of Maybank, Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar; Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA), Datuk Aishah Ahmad; Chief Executive Officer of The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) Datuk Anthony Bujang Firdauz.

A total of 68 cars produced during December 2008 to October 2009 completed by 10 professionals who evaluate judges based on the interior and external car design, comfort, safety level and engine power.

In his speech, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin wanted the local automotive industry more competitive for the future and concentrate of production vehicle based on green technology as able to improve the quality of the sector while developing Malaysia economy.He also ask local companies collaborate with local universities to create research and development (R & D) and become a leader in the development of these technologies.

Cars Of The Year 2009 NST / Maybank awards launched since 2002 by the motorsport, Car, Bikes and Truck New Sunday Times newspaper was the first award of its kind in Malaysia.

Not all taxi driver refuse using meters

KUALA LUMPUR: “Very few taxi drivers who do not use meters but Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz is not entitled to label all taxi drivers worse than the toilet,” said Chairman of the Taxi Drivers Welfare Department Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, M Manickam.

He said the taxi driver of 26,000 around the capital and nearly 90 percent of total trips that use meters to take customers and only 10 percent did not follow the laws involved.

“I represent the taxi driver is very grateful for the efforts of the government to raise taxi fares, but when the standard of taxi drivers said to be more severe than the toilet is very embarrassing and degrade us,” he said when met at the Central News, The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad (NSTP), here yesterday.

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