Traditionally, many companies hired good looking and scantily clad ladies to staff the exhibition stand, where they were supposed to attract gullible and presumably mostly male punters to find out more about the company’s products or services, and have their badge scanned and thus create a sales lead for the company.
The price of oil is once again on the rise, with benchmark Brent crude hitting over US$80 per barrel for a brief period before rumours of Saudi/Russia production increase saw the price fall back to US$75. The prices are the highest in three years and have sparked an almost ‘global’ increase in the prices of the fuel we pump into our cars.
Imagine losing your teeth just because of a minor dispute that could have been settled amicably. Well, that’s what happened to a certain Mr. Henry He of Singapore who was planning to take a trip from his home with his wife and two children.
When Automologist LING took her driving test in the early noughties, the culture of paying a bit extra was prevalent. So this bit of news from the Transport Ministry of Malaysia is very much welcomed.
Malaysia’s newly formed federal government has no intention of buying back Proton from China’s automotive giant, Zhejiang Geely Holdings Group. “Proton does not belong to the government. Proton is owned by Syed Mokhtar (Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary)…Whether he wants to buy it back or not, it is up to him. The government has no intention to buy back Proton,” Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said during a recent press conference.
In a major change to a very long standing policy, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has announced that it will be cutting the import duty on imported cars to 15%, a move that will further open up the market to imported cars, something that was high up on President Trump’s agenda.