ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2014 Successfully Held In Kuching, Sarawak
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) commemorates the achievement of its test program and ASEAN automobile safety supporters in the region in the Grand Prix Awards 2014. This event, held in Kuching’s Grand Majestic Hotel, also marked the celebration of ASEAN NCAP 1000-day establishment.
ASEAN NCAP also held its 4th Technical Committee Meeting on 26th August 2014, followed by the 8th Steering Committee Meeting the next day. Also, on the 27th August 2014, ASEAN NCAP held its inaugural ASEAN NCAP Automobile Safety Forum (001/2014) that brought the region’s road safety and automobile safety players together in sharing the knowledge and developments. The first session featured ASEAN road safety experts from Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Laos, and closed by a keynote speech by the former MIROS’ Director-General, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Farhan Sadullah, entitled “NCAP: A business case proposition for nation sustainability drive”.
The forum continued with the session called “The Galaxy of NCAP” with latest developments being presented by the representatives from Korea NCAP (KNCAP), Japan NCAP (J-NCAP), Australasian NCAP (ANCAP), Global/Latin NCAP, as well as the ASEAN NCAP. The forum ended with the third session for the “Japanese Crash Testing Technology Symposium” that comprised of technology providers namely Kyowa, Photron, Iwasaki, IST Japan, Hodogayagiken and Sinfonia.
The Grand Prix Awards 2014 primarily commemorates the achievement of the cars involved in ASEAN NCAP assessment since its first testing (pilot phase: divided into sub-phases 1, 2 and 3) until the latest release in August 2014 (ASEAN NCAP Quarter 3 2014 August Release). It also featured other award segments for safety technology (OEM and car maker category), media contribution award, and the appreciation award to organizations and individuals involved in the Technical & Steering Committee of ASEAN NCAP.
ASEAN NCAP Chairman, Prof. Dr. Wong Shaw Voon, who is also the Director-General of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) said, “I’m very indebted to all parties who has helped MIROS and realized our NCAP dream so far. It started with a small effort with outdoor crash testing, the paper-based star-rating evaluation in MyVAP (Malaysian Vehicle Assessment Program) and today we managed to have the NCAP not only for Malaysia but also for the benefit of the ASEAN region. I’m also indebted to the government of Malaysia for putting the trust on us, MIROS and ASEAN NCAP, to introduce this kind of intervention in road safety with both financial and technical support.”
ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General, Mr. Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, added, “We hope ASEAN NCAP will grow stronger and be one of the influential platforms for car safety as well as for road safety as a whole. I’m looking forward for healthy competition among the manufacturers to produce safer cars with commendable safety standard. I personally looking forward for a 5-Star car with an affordable price in the region, and perhaps with only one or two variants per model for ASEAN region with safety not being compromised. We will see the result in the next Grand Prix two years from now.”
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