The toll amount to be imposed on foreign-registered vehicles entering Johor Bahru will not likely be less than S$19.50 (RM50), according to Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprani, local media reports said on Thursday.
Abdul Aziz said this days after Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak agreed to the implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee on foreign-registered vehicles entering Johor Bahru via the Second Link towards Gelang Patah as well as Woodlands Checkpoint.
Malaysia's transport minister will implement it by end of the year and has decided that it "should be no less than RM 50 (S$19.50)", reported TODAY. He added that it was a "reasonable" amount for Singaporeans, given the country's favourable exchange rate.
Earlier this month, Johor's State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee Chairman Hasni Muhammad said that a proposal on the levy for a fee of about RM20 (S$7.80) was already made back in 2006. The levy was also proposed for vehicles entering from Thailand to offset petrol subsidy lost to those vehicles.
The decision to go ahead with the VEP on foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia from Tuas and Woodlands occurred weeks after Singapore's Land Transport Authority announced a toll hike on foreign cars entering the city-state from Malaysia. These foreign cars mainly consist of Malaysia-registered vehicles, whose drivers commute to Singapore regularly for work.
The VEP for foreign cars entering Singapore has gone up from S$20 to $35 while the fee for a Goods Vehicles Permit for lorries has increased from S$10 to S$40.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-s-levy-on-foreign-registered-vehicles-not-likely-to-be-less-than--19-50--reports-044046468.html
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