S'pore cars going into M'sia likely to start...
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Saturday June 3, 8:17 PM
S'pore cars going into M'sia likely to start paying levy in one month or two
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Singapore cars going into Malaysia are expected to start paying the RM20 levy in one month or two.
Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Tan Chai Ho said this on Saturday, according to Bernama news agency.
He said that the levy would be enforced as soon as the amendment to the Road Transport Act providing for this is gazetted.
The Minister added that he anticipated the levy could be enforced by the Immigration Department in one month or two.
The amendment was endorsed by Malaysia's Parliament recently.
The Minister said that the levy would be charged as the cars depart Johor and the quantum would be based on the number of entries and not the period of stay.
"If a car stays in this country for a week, the levy is only RM20 but if it makes three entries in a day, the total levy is RM60," he said. - CNA/ir
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It is highly likely that there will be a new form of smuggling into Singapore. Malaysian cars will stop by instead of selling durians ( which they used to) they will be selling all the pirated stuffs and worst of pumping out petrol from their tank to sell to Singaporeans.
(afterall, they got ten days of entry free into Singapore)
Actually most of the shopping in JB are catering to Singaporean tourists who in most cases drive in due to the close promity however due to the high charges, it will seriously have a high impact on the figures. -
This levy is going to deter motorists who pop by for late night suppers. Families who visit JB over the weekends will also visit less frequently. I really wonder what those people are thinking before they brought up the idea of this levy.
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Prevent people from going in to pump petrol.Originally posted by aRcTiC_sTaR:This levy is going to deter motorists who pop by for late night suppers. Families who visit JB over the weekends will also visit less frequently. I really wonder what those people are thinking before they brought up the idea of this levy.
promote less traffic around johor baru and the border area with thailand.
promote air travelling. (bus to senang airport then an internal flight to any part of malaysia by air asia.) -
Read in the Straits Times Forum, sometime last month, that a DR who stays in the North, wrote in about seeing his neighbour having frequent visits from someone who drives a Malaysian registered car. His neighbour will drive his car up to the top level of the HDB multi-storey carpark together with the guy driving the Malaysian registered car and then the Malaysian will pump fuel from his car, into the Singapore car.Originally posted by Praetorian111:It is highly likely that there will be a new form of smuggling into Singapore. Malaysian cars will stop by instead of selling durians ( which they used to) they will be selling all the pirated stuffs and worst of pumping out petrol from their tank to sell to Singaporeans. (afterall, they got ten days of entry free into Singapore) -
I think those hawkers, automobile and petrol kisok owner will be damn dulan... with reduced amount of singaporean going into malaysia confirm their business will be affected.
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Wah... so extreme ah. The most can save how much only?Originally posted by buzzy84:Read in the Straits Times Forum, sometime last month, that a DR who stays in the North, wrote in about seeing his neighbour having frequent visits from someone who drives a Malaysian registered car. His neighbour will drive his car up to the top level of the HDB multi-storey carpark together with the guy driving the Malaysian registered car and then the Malaysian will pump fuel from his car, into the Singapore car. -
Btw, how do you pump out petrol from a car?
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Still better off than per entry charge.
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The government in Malaysia is too far away to understand the needs of the johoreans. Moreover, most of the above listed businesses being affected are mostly operated by majority chinese. The malaysian government seems more interested in discussing the issue of sand and airspace issues than to what that is really good for their nation. Of course, the RM20 fee is just a 'tit for tat' after all who are we to complain since Singapore government is the first to implement a toll charge.Originally posted by Draculax:I think those hawkers, automobile and petrol kisok owner will be damn dulan... with reduced amount of singaporean going into malaysia confirm their business will be affected. -
why you want to steal petrol??Originally posted by newcomer:Btw, how do you pump out petrol from a car?