Category Archives: General News

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  Allianz General remains the No.1 choice in Malaysia

  Posted on April 18, 2018 by admin in General News

  The general insurance market in Malaysia is competitive with 21 general insurance companies fighting for a RM17.65 billion market. The two largest classes of insurance is the Motor and Fire sector, each taking a market share of 47.1% and 19.3% respectively.  The Motor premiums in 2017 is RM8.32 billion despite the slight drop in total number of vehicle […]

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• Safe drivers to gain from easing of motor insurance tariffs

  Posted on April 25, 2017 by admin in General News

  Motorists will have more choices for vehicle insurance products when the liberalisation of motor tariffs is put into place later this year. Bank Negara assistant governor Jessica Chew said that come July 1, insurers and takaful operators would no longer be bound by a set of fixed prices for insurance products. She said that they […]

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• Demerit points under AWAS to begin Apr 15

  Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin in General News

  Road offenders will be penalised by using demerit points under the Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas) effective April 15, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai today. He said the Awas and demerit points for Traffic Offences System (Kejara) had been implemented on April 1 in a bid to reduce the number of road […]

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• 39 stolen cars worth RM6mil recovered from workshop

  Posted on August 1, 2016 by admin in General News

  BUKIT MERTAJAM: Thirty-nine stolen cars worth about RM6mil were recovered and three mechanics were arrested at a workshop in Bukit Tengah here. The men, aged between 37 and 40, were tampering with the vehicles’ chassis numbers when a police team, acting on a tipoff, raided the premises at about 10.30am on Friday. Sources said a […]

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  RTD replaces Registration Card with Vehicle Ownership Certificate

  Posted on June 3, 2016 by admin in General News

  The Road Transport Department (RTD) has introduced the Vehicle Ownership Certificate (VOC) to replace the vehicle Registration Card (RC) for implementation in stages, beginning 1 June 2016. In a statement, the RTD said the VOC was also a document of registration issued under the Road Transport Act 1987, and contained details of the owner and […]

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  Cloned car seized in Kulim

  Posted on June 1, 2016 by admin in General News

  KULIM: A 31-year-old nurse from Penang was puzzled as to why she had been receiving traffic summonses for her Toyota Wish over the last four months. She wanted to sell the car but before she could do that, a police officer called to tell her that they had detained a 19-year-old factory worker for driving […]

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  Slip sliding away down slope

  Posted on May 20, 2016 by admin in General News

  A horrified crane driver could do nothing but watch as his stalled vehicle rolled backwards before crushing a car and ramming into a house here. Asrol Hisham Baharom, 36, said he was driving along Jalan 17/21 when the engine stalled while it was on a slope. He slammed on the brakes when the crane started […]

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  JPJ acts against illegal drivers

  Posted on May 19, 2016 by admin in General News

  Foreigners are not allowed to drive commercial vehicles and the Road Transport Department (JPJ) has nabbed 166 of them for doing just that in the Klang Valley this year. They were caught for driving such vehicles without a goods vehicle driving licence. JPJ enforcement director Datuk Valluvan Veloo said the mostly Indonesian and Myanmar nationals […]

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  DBKL: We will not pay for flood damage

  Posted on May 17, 2016 by admin in General News

  DBKL has make it clear that they will not pay for flood damage caused in the recent flash flood.  Below a new report from TheSun newspaper. PETALING JAYA: Who will bear the cost of flood damages incurred by vehicle owners during the flash floods in the city last week. In reply to a query on the […]

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• Online vehicle ownership transfers soon

  Posted on May 15, 2016 by admin in General News

  The transfer of vehicle ownership can be done online from June 1, 2016, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. At present, such transfer of ownership can only be done over the counter at the Road Transport Department (JPJ) offices. “Starting June 1, owners can now renew their Vehicle Ownership Certificate (VOC) online,” Liow […]

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• Guideline For Accident Insurance Claims Needed – PPIM

  Posted on May 14, 2016 by admin in General News

  The absence of a special guideline for accident insurance claims has caused insurance applicants to be laid bare to the the deception of irresponsible parties, said a consumer association activist. Malaysian Muslim Consumers’ Association (PPIM) activist Datuk Nadzim Johan said until now they have received more than 500 complaints from accident victims and heirs who […]

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• Demerit system and new technology to deter habitual traffic offenders

  Posted on May 10, 2016 by admin in General News

  Catching errant drivers in the act with new technology, including better cameras, will be the difference between the new and previous demerit (Kejara) systems. The previous manual system left room for drivers to dispute committing offences but this will no longer be the case with the new Awareness Automated Safety System (Awas), said Transport Ministry […]

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• Liow: Accident statistics alarming

  Posted on April 19, 2016 by admin in General News

  The Government will implement four urgent measures to stem the rising number of road accidents and fatalities. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the decision was unanimously made at the Cabinet Task Force on Road Safety meeting yesterday. “Several key areas were covered with a view towards execution in the near term. “They […]

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• Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department

  Posted on March 26, 2016 by admin in General News

  The newly-established Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department was officially unveiled during the 209th anniversary of the formation of the police force on 25 March 2016. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who launched the department – Bukit Aman’s 10th – said it would be vital in reducing the number of fatalities on the […]

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• New traffic enforcement system to start by May 2016

  Posted on March 18, 2016 by admin in General News

  The Automated Awareness Safety System (Awas) will be implemented by May, said Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi. He said the system was a combination of the Kejara demerit point system and the Automated Enforcement System (AES). “The system will be implemented soon after the Road Transport Act is amended. I will be tabling […]

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