After TuJu flop, Lim Guan Eng wants open tender for Malaysian-made Waze rival

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — DAP chairman and Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today called for an open tender to develop a new local navigation application as an alternative to Waze, saying the government should replace what he described as the failed TuJu app.

In a statement, Lim said TuJu had become a “national embarrassment” and questioned why Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd (PCSB), the company behind the application, was awarded the project without an open tender.

“TuJu has failed miserably and Malaysians are asking why Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd (PCSB), the private company behind the TuJu navigation app, was given the approval without an open tender,” he said.

Lim said public scrutiny had extended to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, with questions raised over the app’s developer, ownership structure, links to former public officials, the absence of an open tender, and how the project was awarded.

“I have faith that there are many talented young Malaysians who can do a better job in designing a road navigation application better than TuJu, provided they are given the right opportunity, adequate funding and free competitive bidding,” he said.

Lim urged the government not to rush into recommending another navigation application until it had been proven, tested and shown to be reliable.

He also proposed that existing government funding be made available to local developers building minimum viable products (MVPs) without requiring them to give up equity.

Among the programmes cited were Cradle Fund’s CIP SPARK grant, which provides up to RM150,000 for early-stage innovation, and other funding initiatives offered by Cradle Fund and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), with support ranging from several hundred thousand ringgit to RM2 million for product development, commercialisation and business expansion.

Lim said competitive bidding, adequate funding and support for local talent would help produce a more effective homegrown navigation platform.

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吉隆坡，10 月 26 日——民主行动党主席兼峇眼国会议员林冠英今天呼吁公开招标开发一款新的本地导航应用程序，以替代 Waze，并表示政府应该替换他所说的失败的 TuJu 应用程序。

林冠英在一份声明中表示，TuJu 已成为“国家耻辱”，并质疑为什么该申请背后的公司 Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd (PCSB) 在没有公开招标的情况下获得了该项目。

他说：“TuJu彻底失败了，马来西亚人都在质疑，为什么TuJu导航应用程序背后的私营公司Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd (PCSB) 在没有公开招标的情况下就获得了批准。”

林冠英表示，公众的审视已经蔓延到首相拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣身上，人们对该应用程序的开发商、所有权结构、与前公职人员的联系、缺乏公开招标以及该项目的授予方式提出了质疑。

他说：“我相信，只要给予他们合适的机会、充足的资金和自由竞争的招标，马来西亚有很多才华横溢的年轻人能够设计出比TuJu更好的道路导航应用程序。”

林先生敦促政府不要急于推荐新的导航应用程序，直到该应用程序经过验证、测试并证明其可靠性为止。

他还提议，政府应向开发最小可行产品 (MVP) 的本地开发商提供现有资金，而无需他们放弃股权。

提到的项目包括 Cradle Fund 的 CIP SPARK 资助计划，该计划为早期创新提供高达 15 万令吉的资金；以及 Cradle Fund 和马来西亚数字经济公司 (MDEC) 提供的其他资助计划，这些计划提供的支持金额从几十万令吉到 200 万令吉不等，用于产品开发、商业化和业务拓展。

林表示，竞争性招标、充足的资金和对本地人才的支持将有助于打造更有效的本土导航平台。

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