Khalifah Guan Eng akan menggunakan kereta Mercedes-Benz untuk tugas rasmi

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It looks like Penang Chief Minister will be rolling in 2014 in style, as his new ride with the customary PG1 number plate is a long wheelbase W221 Mercedes-Benz S300L in Palladium Silver with a grey interior. Photos of the freshly registered car uploaded by dealership personnel appeared on Facebook earlier today.
According to sources, only one unit was procured from Lowe Motors, a Mercedes-Benz Malaysia dealership in Georgetown, Penang. Being a government purchase, no tax was paid on it. The car comes with a four year unlimited mileage warranty and is locally assembled in Pekan, Pahang.
Given that the new W222 S-Class has already been released, this previous generation car must have been procured at quite a bit of savings. A quick check for brand new S-Class on oto.my Malaysian car classifieds reveals a brand new year 2012 unregistered car advertised by an official Mercedes-Benz Malaysia dealer for RM560k (with tax), which is a reduction of RM100k from the car’s new price.
The PG1 number plate used to be on an 18 year old W140 Mercedes-Benz S-Class. It was moved for a brief period to a black Toyota Camry that was part of the new fleet of Toyota Camry 2.5V purchased as the state’s official car at a cost of RM113,500 per car – tax free as well.
According to the Penang state government, the decision to replace the old fleet was due to the high costs in maintaining them – all the cars are more than 15 years old. “The cost of maintaining all 21 official state cars was RM370,400 in 2011, RM383,000 last year and for this year, up until now, RM301,238,” said state exco member Chow Kon Yeow.
The federal government will also be getting new cars – the new Proton Perdana based on the last generation Honda Accord was unveiled earlier this month, including a special stretched version for the Prime Minister.

http://paultan.org/2013/12/30/w2 ... ang-chief-minister/

dualchicks

Kalau nak pakai Pronda Accordana tlg kroni Bee End plak...

rikiruj

tak pe nanti supporter PR cakap.. biarlah, he deserved it...

pelukis.plan

rikiruj posted on 31-12-2013 09:20 AM
tak pe nanti supporter PR cakap.. biarlah, he deserved it...

biarlah, he deserved it...

kecimpret

Najib jgn jeles..kalo x pandai tadbir jgn mimpi nak pakai merz

peYno

x pakai camry  umw ka???? abis la kroni umw n pnb mengamuk

lkick2113

penjimatan khalipap umar lim....

taikor

Negeri2 Pakatan bertambah maju. BN semakin tertekan...

d'zeck

guan eng ni pun satu

dah tau asal usul dari tanah besar cina tu
patutnya pakai la kereta cherry ka apa ka

tak sedar diri betul

ultra78

Orang kebanyakan sahaja gigih kena bayar tax utk beli kereta

peYno

tak pakai nissan teana??? abisla kroni tan chong mengamuk

card_reader

baru mercs....upgrade la bentley ke baru kata kaya

BlueHand

INilah baru berjiwa rakyat..

AHMADVW

ok lah die ketua menteri,


yg xjd menteri cm rosmah mansur tu pun pkai jet, pgi mana2 pun pkai merc, ade aku kesah

Bell

Khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz dah start membazir nampaknya....

nour2001

biarlah...dah negeri dia pun maju....

Innrukia

Biarla KM pakai .... Rakyat marhain dia pun gaji minimum RM12k....

atai

tak nampak macam masalah sangat..mengurangkan kos maintenance..

budakmanentah

nin diaaaaaaaaa!!!!! ampa ada???ada???

awan_kelabu

Penang CM’s new Mercedes: Some say it’s reasonable; some say it’s hypocritical

BY RAHMAH GHAZALI

   

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PETALING JAYA: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng got a new Mercedes-Benz S300L official car and instantly drove into a storm of controversy.

Some said it was reasonable for a chief minister but others slammed him for buying an expensive luxury car after preaching frugality and criticising Barisan Nasional leaders of being spendthrift.

Barisan’s Kota Belud Member of Parliament Datuk Rahman Dahlan accused Lim of being "hypocritical".

"He accuses the federal government of being spendthrift but look at him now. Cakap tak serupa bikin (he doesn't walk the talk)," said Rahman when contacted on Tuesday.

Rahman, who is also the minister for Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, said that Lim had gone against "everything that he was talking about Barisan leaders”.

"He is just satisfying his ego by purchasing the car. This shows that he is a forked tongue leader," he said.

Earlier Tuesday, Penang financial officer Datuk Mokhtar Jait said that the state paid RM298,263.75 for the Mercedes-Benz which Lim began to use on Monday.

The original price of the car was RM657,218 but the state got a tax exemption and a special discount of RM100,000.

However, DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, said the price was "reasonable".

"There is nothing wrong with the purchase if the price is okay and it is done correctly," he told The Star Online.

He pointed out that former Penang chief minister Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon had been given a Mercedes-Benz that was bought at almost RM300,000 in 1995.

"So, I think the price is reasonable and he (Lim) is entitled to it and it doesn't matter if it's the right time or not," he said.

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penat je komen kat thread lagi satu