‘Ensure members sell quality, certified tyres’

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Quality tyres, parts and accessories essential in safety of vehicleKUCHING: The Sarawak Tyre Dealers Association has been urged to monitor its members to ensure they provide only quality and certified products to consumers.
Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Environmental Affairs) Tan Joo Phoi said quality tyres, parts and accessories were essential in ensuring the safety of a vehicle.

He added that vehicles with high safety features could reduce the occurrence of road accidents.
“The increase in number of road accidents is worrying even though the government has put a lot of efforts to reduce it. Apart from road users’ negligence, poor quality of tyres could be one of the causes.

“Hence, the association should work with the government to report those who have violated the business ethic of the industry. At the same time, you have to ensure that none of your members are involved in non-ethical business practices,” he said.

Speaking at the 30th anniversary dinner of the association on Saturday night, Tan advised tyre dealers not to charge sky-high prices because tyres were necessary items in the transportation industry.

In his speech read by a political secretary to the chief minister Sih Hua Tong, Tan pointed out that the transportation industry in the nation was experiencing high operating costs with the increase in prices of fuel and raw materials.

“Therefore, I hope that tyre dealers would apply the approach of low profit margin and offer their products at reasonable prices. Your small effort would make a difference in helping the government control the inflation rate,” he said.