1. Every Malaysian knows very well with Malaysia’s national car producer, Proton. Proton or (Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad) was established in 1985 and is well known as a brain-child of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad during his premiership. The popular reason behind the inception of Proton was to hasten the Malaysian industrilisation programme and to create ample opportunities for Malaysian engineers, technicians, designers and others. In fact, during Mahathir's period, the Look East Policy has inspired him to build the national car company as Japan did successfully. Country Year Started Australia 1944 Japan 1965 South Korea 1974 Indonesia 1976 India 1982 Malaysia 1985 Table 1: T he time line of various countries’ national car project. Malaysia is not the only one in Asean. 2. Proton as the pillar of Malaysia’s automotive...
Bachelor in Economics from University of Malaya, was a president for University of Malaya Student's Union (UMSU). Currently being active with political activism and social movement.