The Ministry of Transport (MOT) will announce several new vehicle inspection companies tomorrow.
Its Minister, Anthony Loke said, “We hope that when we open up this market, there will be competition in terms of services.
“It will further improve the quality of vehicle inspections so that we can all ensure that the integrity of these vehicle inspections can be improved,” he said during the oral question and answer session at the Dewan Rakyat, today.
He was responding to a supplementary question from Syahredzan Johan (PH-Bangi) on the extent to which the practice of allowing a monopoly to a company can affect the level of vehicle safety.
Further commenting, Anthony admitted that if an industry has a monopoly element, it will affect the quality of services and therefore his party encourages competition.
“The Ministry of Transport has received approval from the Cabinet to end the concession policy or monopoly policy for Puspakom (Computerized Vehicle Inspection Centre) last year.
“Currently, Puspakom actually no longer has a concession, what we have given them is just a license to operate.
“What we (want) to do is open up this vehicle inspection market to more other operators,” he said.
