RM20 fee scrapped
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On the basis of Visit Malaysia Year 2007
Card readers and barricades alrdy installed at the checkpoints
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this appear in uoc also...
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I've a feeling next year they might do it
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KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA has suspended plans to impose a RM20 levy on foreign-registered vehicles entering the country from Singapore and Thailand.
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor said the Cabinet agreed to the suspension of the levy for the duration of Visit Malaysia Year 2007.
'As Minister of Tourism, I have been pressing for this as we want more Singaporeans to come to Malaysia. The Minister of Transport agreed with us,' he told The Straits Times.
The matter was discussed two weeks ago in Cabinet, which decided to suspend the levy to avoid hurting the tourism industry during this promotional campaign.
The decision would be reviewed at the end of the year. Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan said he hoped the levy would not be implemented as it would affect tourism but would cross that bridge later.
Singaporeans make up about 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in Malaysia. About 114,000 vehicles including lorries and motorcycles enter Malaysia from Singapore daily, of which about 40,000 are estimated to be Singapore-registered cars.
For the full story, read Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times. -
haha.. I won't go malaysia by driving..
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somewhere along the line .... some fat cats hanger ons made a pretty ringgit installing those barricades and card readers ...