Slight Hike In Used Car Sales
By Hadi DP Mahmud

Bandar Seri Begawan - The second hand car market in Brunei saw a slight increase in sales since some 40,000 government workers received their annual bonuses on January 29.

While this is in line with earlier expectations of some used car dealers that workers' fat pay checks would boost, some shop-owners said sales in the first week of the month were 'consistent' compared to the same period last month.

Bengkel Kereta Berakas managed to sell five cars in the first week of February, said Siau Mei, a sales representative of the Gadong-based used import car dealer.

"February looks like it is a good month for us. During the whole of last month, we only managed to sell two cars," she said. The figures are expected to remain the same "more or less" in the following months, said the sales representative.

Sunny `N' Suhaimi Auto, a Delima-based used cot dealer, has experienced a slow start to February with the sale of three cars in its first week, according to co-owner Sunny Chan Meng Fart.

However, he was optimistic that sales would reach a higher mark towards the end of the month.

"In January, we sold 13 cars, which I thought was not so much of a satisfying result. I am looking forward to the middle of the month, when the Chinese New Year celebrations come. Hopefully by then more cars will be sold," he said.

PAD Motors, a Beribi-based used car dealer, saw consistent sales in the first week of the month, according to Ken, a sales representative. No statistics or figures were available from the used car dealer, which considers the first few months of the year to be the market's "low season".

The government rewards workers with annual bonuses every February. Depending on their level of salary and job, post, the higher the salary, the less the percentage of the bonus. For example, a lower-scale employee gets twice the amount of his or her salary while a high post official get a maximum of 0.5 times his salary.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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