民青团不赞同“大专生拥车计划”,将造成学生没妥善计划下购车

民青团总秘书刘华才博士不赞同第二国产车的"大专生拥车计划"下为最后学期的大专生提供特别优惠购车，即其推出的购车配套只需缴付每月低至299令吉分期付款便可拥车。

"我认为这项优惠对刚从大学毕业，并开始工作的毕业大专生来说是一项佳音，但是对仍在求学的大专生来说却是没有必要的，因为大学当局在大学校园已经提供了穿梭巴士服务。"

他说，如果大专生被怂恿购车，这将可能增加他们的负担，因为他们绝大部分都是在拮据的预算下生活。

同时也是思特雅大学副教授的刘华才博士表示："我担心部分大专生最终将被逼向他们的父母索取更多的金钱，以补助他们缴付汽车的分期付款，因为他们的高教基金貸款基本上只足够应付学费与生活费。这项计划的推行将可能促使学生在未考虑周全的情况下购车，增加日后的烦恼。"

他也说，这项优惠也可能在短时间内为已经不够停车位的大学校园增加更多的车辆。同时这也可能鼓励部分大专生为了向同学炫耀拥有新车子，进而造成同学之间的压力。

"大专生应利用他们所得到的贷款与经济支援做进修用途，而不是购买不必要的东西，例如车子。大学毕业后，他们可以在任何时候购买车子，但是大学生涯一辈子中只此这么一次，因此大专生应该好好规划之。"

同时，他也促大学当局提升大学穿梭巴士服务的效率，以克服大专生的交通问题。

Dr. Dominic: It might induce students to purchase a car without proper planning

 Press statement by Gerakan Youth Secretary General

Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai

12 October 2012

Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai disagreed with Perodua's ‘What's Up Graduate!' campaign to offer a special deal for final year students to purchase a car which the package features monthly instalments from as low as RM299.

"I feel that while this deal is good for fresh graduates who have found a job, it is unnecessary for students as the university provides the shuttle bus service."

He said that if students are lured to buy a car, it might increase their burden as many of them are living on a tight budget.

"I fear that some might be forced to seek further funds from their parents to pay for the car as their PTPTN loans basically only covers their school fees. The introduction of this plan might induce students to purchase a car without proper planning," said Dr. Lau who is also the UCSI Associate Professor.

Lau also commented that this scheme will cause a sudden increase of cars in the already congested parking space available in the universities. At the same time this might encourage some students to show off their new vehicles to their fellow students, causing peer pressure in the process.

"Students are supposed to use their funds on studying and not something unnecessary like a car. A car can be purchase at anytime while your student life is only once in a lifetime, therefore you have to make good use of it."

At the same time, he also urged the universities to increase their shuttle bus efficiency in order to reduce student's dependence on requiring their own vehicle while in campus.