The 2010 MVDP: Feat. the "Filipino Car" or Philippine Brand Vehicles

[jpdm]

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ganda ng view noh?

Oo nga daming sasakyan..smuggled ba yan uls?

[uls]

baket po ako tinatanong mo?

baket di ka pumunta doon at tanong mo sa kanila

ayaw mo? di ka pwede?

o nga pala... di ka pala basta-basta makakaalis dyan sa sa lugar niyo

may klase ka kasi araw-araw

teacher ka kasi... grade ano tinuturo mo?

bilib na sana ako sa advocacy mo

parang full time mo ginagawa

bilib sana ako sayo kung bibiyahe ka papunta Port Irene para i-confront yung mga tinatawag mong "smuggler"

parang investigative journalist

pero wala

hanggang post-post ka lang ng news articles

at may ganyan sa dulo

bilis, reply na

baka may klase ka pa, teacher jpdm

hehehe

[jpdm]

Just to echo the call of the local auto players...

[SIZE=4]Industry calls for immediate stop to smuggling and importation of used vehicles[/SIZE]


MOTORING TODAY By Ray Butch Gamboa SPMJ

(The Philippine Star)
Updated June 30, 2010 12:00 AM

[SIZE=3]“An immediate stop to smuggling of vehicles, the strict implementation of the ban on the importation of used vehicles and the improvement of the country’s road infrastructure”[/SIZE] are issues in its sector that the local automotive industry wishes the new incoming government of President-elect Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III would concentrate on as it officially starts its administration tomorrow, July 1, 2010.


Together with a government-assurance of an “even-playing field”, the “movers and shakers” of the Philippine automotive industry were one in their “wish list” of further government intervention to ensure their continuing growth and to hasten [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]development[/color][/color].



This consensus came out during the Auto Focus Industry Forum held last Thursday, June 24 at the Ballroom of the posh Valle Verde Country Club in Pasig City.



The Forum, which was held to herald the launch of the BDO 2010 Auto Focus Automobile of the Year – People’s Choice Awards,the yearly public voting to determine the country’s most popular vehicles, was also an opportunity for the industry leaders to make an update of the current performance of their respective [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]companies[/color][/color] and provide their own prognosis of the country’s auto industry in the coming years.


The Forum speakers composed of Ms. Fe Agudo, president/CEO of Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc., Atty. Albert Arcilla, managing director/COO of The Covenant Car Company, Inc., exclusive distributors of Chevrolet, Mr. Taizo Furuhashi, evp of Mitsubishi [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Motors[/color][/color] Philippines (representing the president of Mitsubishi Philippines, Mr. Masahiko Ueki who had to beg off at the last minute), Mr. Daniel Isla, president of Lexus-Manila, Mr. Bobby Rosales, president of Asian Carmakers Corp. country distributors of [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]BMW[/color][/color] and Mr. Greg Yu, chairman of CATS Motors, country distributors of Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge.


As culled from the Forum, wherein I was the moderator, the local auto industry has a positive outlook of what’s in store in the future. With the unexpected total industry performance of 132,444 units sold in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to the previous year, while in the midst of a global economic meltdown where many business observers have conceded that the sector would not be spared from its negative impact, the industry optimism remains high.



The spirit is further buoyed by an increase of 36.6 percent in sales during the 1st five months of 2010 on a year-to-year basis.


Very emphatic were all of the speakers of the negative impact of the continuing and seemingly unabated smuggling of automobiles and the open importation of used vehicles, which continually breathes life to the “grey market” – an informal industry that pays no taxes, which is a bane to the legitimate manufacturers and importers.



To this issue, most of the speakers made a call to the incoming administration to keep an eye on the Bureau of Customs andthe LTO, agencies that can abet the nefarious practice of illegally bringing in vehicles of different makes and models.



There was also mention of Philippine ports of entry that many are saying could be the [SIZE=3]most possible origins of these smuggled automobiles and illegal imported used vehicles like Cebu, Batangas and the often silently maligned Port Irene.[/SIZE]

When this moderator hypothetically asked one of the speakers as to what he would say to President-elect Noynoy Aquino, if he would be asked for an outright solution to the problem of vehicle smuggling in the country, the speaker promptly answered, [SIZE=4]“I’ll give him a list of names of people who should be arrested. These are either ‘coddlers’ of smuggling or the smugglers themselves. If they would be arrested, then smuggling would stop.”[/SIZE]

I had to remind all the speakers that a future episode of the TV show Auto Focus (Thursdays, 10 pm, Shop TV, Channel 13 on Sky Cable and Channel 9 on Global-Destiny) shall feature the highlights of the Forum lest some names would be inadvertently mentioned during the lively discussion.


Then there was also the issue of the prioritizing infrastructure projects that would build more roads and consistently maintain the existing ones brought about by most of the speakers. It is their common opinion that more roads build and better road maintenance would lead to more travel – the faster and more convenient the transport of goods, services and people, the better for the country’s economy and for a more alive auto industry. More road infrastructure projects form part of the “wish list” of the auto industry for the new government.


The issue of the government providing a level-playing field was brought up but was not extensively discussed. As the organizer and moderator of the Auto Focus Industry Forum, I deemed it appropriate not to dwell of the issue, which would require a deep discussion of the recently signed E.O. 877-A for two reasons; one, we felt discussions on such a sensitive issue would require more time and should not be relegated as just “one of the topics” of the Forum but instead should be considered as the sole subject matter of a future Forum and second, we felt that making this Forum a “sounding board” for the incoming administration of the industry’s “wish list” would be more timely and apt.


Happy Motoring!!! For comments: (email) motoringtoday-star*stv.com.ph.


http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=72

[jpdm]

baket po ako tinatanong mo?

baket di ka pumunta doon at tanong mo sa kanila

ayaw mo? di ka pwede?

o nga pala... di ka pala basta-basta makakaalis dyan sa sa lugar niyo

may klase ka kasi araw-araw

teacher ka kasi... grade ano tinuturo mo?

bilib na sana ako sa advocacy mo

parang full time mo ginagawa

bilib sana ako sayo kung bibiyahe ka papunta Port Irene para i-confront yung mga tinatawag mong "smuggler"

parang investigative journalist

pero wala

hanggang post-post ka lang ng news articles

at may ganyan sa dulo

bilis, reply na

baka may klase ka pa, teacher jpdm

hehehe

E ikaw nagpost ng picture, kaya kita tinatanong. Ngayon ibig mong sabihin hindi mo alam kung ano nakalagay sa picture basta mo na lang na post?hehehehe...lolo basyong uls este kuya kim uls ...kaya kita tinatanong kasi, alam ko ikaw experto sa ganyan at alam na alam mo ang Port Irene paulit ulit mo na ngang nabanggit yun di ba?


Teacher? Nagtuturo araw araw?Anung grade?Saan mo naman nakuha info na yan?

Ikaw sir anu ka?Bakit ko I-confront yung mga smugglers kung meron? Meron ba sa Port Irene? bakit mo alam? Tsaka hindi ako susugod duon na walang pruweba. Hindi ako naive katulad mo.At di ako katulad mo na nakabasa lang sa motorcycle forum at sa tabloid ng tsismisan naniwala na ako at gagawa ng kuwento na may notorius na bagsakan ng chop chop ang kabite.

Tsaka di naman ako pulis sir. Di rin ako customs. Ikaw nagsabi gobyerno ang bahala dyan di ba. ba. Ang enforcement sa pulis?

Ulitin ko lang sir, sir anu ka? story teller o script writer bukod sa importer.

btw, bakit alam mo na maraming hiwaga sa Port Irene. Dun ka ba nakatambay lagi...


Ako ni minsan hindi ako nabilib sa iyo kasi ibang klase ang advocacy mo.Ibang klase talaga.

[OyiL]

^^^

the guy who posted that should know that there are expats living inside Subic

so yung tanong niya kung nakatira sa Subic ang may ari --- OO, meron mga may ari nakatira sa Subic

the blue plate cars are for expats

the cars can be used outside Subic for a number of days

some smart people found a hole and exploited it

nobody's gonna check if you're really an expat living inside Subic

nobody's gonna check if you're really an expat

the govt should have known about that hole

now that the blue plate cars are unaccounted for, it's the government's problem to find those cars

it's not the importers' fault

the govt is always behind the curve

i know there are dumb expats importing expensive cars to be used only within their area of residence, which is subic.

mga importer naman, dahil hindi sila accountable atsaka kikita sila, sige lang nang sige. makasarili.

saying that the govt is behind the curve is the same as saying "andali naman lamangan ng gobyerno ng mga pilipino". sinasadya nila ang panlalamang. not good.

"smart" is not the right word to describe these people.

its good that you have revealed their methods. paiimbestigahan natin yan kay mike enriquez. di namin kayo tatantanan.

[OyiL]

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hey MVDP cheerleaders

panno na?



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India naman

Chennai, the Detroit of Asia?
http://business.rediff.com/slide-sho...it-of-asia.htm


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Philippines?

MVDP?

good luck

hindi lang yung mga cheerleaders, who are hoping for the philippines to be a better place, ang affected. ewan ko kung bakit natutuwa ka.

[OyiL]

Even normal business isn't about fair play.

It is always have been about getting the upper hand against your competition.

the methods of getting the upper hand should be legal.

[ghosthunter]

the methods of getting the upper hand should be legal.

Technical smuggling is usually using legal methods...

[niky]

mga importer naman, dahil hindi sila accountable atsaka kikita sila, sige lang nang sige. makasarili.

If a manufacturer makes an AUV or jeep that is bought by an operator who uses it to run a colorum line or an unregistered rental service, are they accountable?

If they sell them a cargo vehicle that is then overloaded to get around the truck ban on the highways... causing an accident, are they accountable?

You cannot control what a customer does with your product. While yes, you have the responsibility to ensure that your products are safe, of good quality and have "legal" papers (at least legal at the point of sale), your responsibility ends there.

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Kaya nga, "technical smuggling" as a term is such a crock of ****. The real problem is that the government and the LTO can't get their job straight and work out proper duties for imports... and they can't control registrations. Hell... even for absolutely brand new cars, they mess up the license plates (check the Hyundai Pampanga thread) and issue duplicates!

And this is with a computerized system. There are rumors and allegations from insiders that the third-party system is being used to register smuggled vehicles, carnapped vehicles and the like under duplicate and false registrations.

Heck... how many times have we heard the sob story? Car checks out with the LTO... then it turns out a few months later to have been carnapped and registered under false papers in the computer system...


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As for "makasarili". JPE said an interesting thing in defense of Port Irene. He claims it has created many jobs for the poor people of Cagayan. (and there is truth to this) Which is why he fights for it. JPE may be a trapo of the highest order, but he knows what the poor people want...

It's an interesting conundrum. Whose job is more important? Personally... I think the more important job is the sustainable one... the one that supports local industrial growth... but there's a good case also for the jobs of the stevedores, mechanics at the conversion shops and drivers and salespeople for the importers.

[OyiL]

baket po ako tinatanong mo?

baket di ka pumunta doon at tanong mo sa kanila

ayaw mo? di ka pwede?

o nga pala... di ka pala basta-basta makakaalis dyan sa sa lugar niyo

may klase ka kasi araw-araw

teacher ka kasi... grade ano tinuturo mo?

bilib na sana ako sa advocacy mo

parang full time mo ginagawa

bilib sana ako sayo kung bibiyahe ka papunta Port Irene para i-confront yung mga tinatawag mong "smuggler"

parang investigative journalist

pero wala

hanggang post-post ka lang ng news articles

at may ganyan sa dulo

bilis, reply na

baka may klase ka pa, teacher jpdm

hehehe

teka, ano ba problema sa trabaho na teacher? mvdp ang topic dito. hindi relevant ito sa dicussion.