different sampans

does the cost of maintaining the APs affect the local automotive industry? yes it does, as the investment could have been used to support the national car industry and improve it. the reason behind the AP is to allow bumiputras a chance to be involved in the automotive business. what is the use of proton then? isn't proton a bumiputra business involved in the automotive industry? why is there a need to have two separate 'opportunities'? --- if a man were to put each of his legs into two different sampans, it will not be steady.

the AP should have been scrapped in 1985 but twenty years later, it is still not too late to scrap it and concentrate on the long established bumiputra foray in the automotive industry. it is also important to maintain proton because malaysians have invested for so long by using its products. if it were to collapse overnight as what some strange people propose, what will be the cost to those who only had protons all their life? can they afford to scrap their vehicles and replace them with those brought in by the AP kings when the spare parts are all consumed?

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