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  • 1 Maut, 2 Cedera Dalam Nahas Di Pusat Pemeriksaan Tuas; Cetus Kesesakan Trafik Yang Panjang

    1 Maut, 2 Cedera Dalam Nahas Di Pusat Pemeriksaan Tuas; Cetus Kesesakan Trafik Yang Panjang

    Satu kemalangan yang berlaku di Pusat Pemeriksaan Tuas meragut satu nyawa dan mencederakan dua lagi orang pagi tadi (6 Dis), menurut Pasukan Pertahanan Awam Singapura (SCDF).

    SCDF menyatakan ia mengerahkan sebuah ambulans ke tempat kejadian setelah menerima panggilan meminta bantuan pada 5.09 pagi.

    Seorang lelaki berusia 50-an tahun disahkan mati di tempat kejadian oleh para paramedik. Seorang wanita dan lelaki, yang kedua-duanya berusia 30-an tahun, dikejarkan ke Hospital Ng Teng Fong dalam keadaan sedar, tambah SCDF.

    Penguasa Imigresen dan Pusat Pemeriksaan (ICA) pada 9.39 pagi menyatakan nahas itu melibatkan tiga penunggang motosikal Malaysia.

    ICA sebelum ini menyatakan oleh kerana nahas itu berlaku semasa waktu sibuk sebelah pagi, kesesakan semakin memanjang dan para pemandu dijangka mengalami kelengahan.

    Pada sekitar 7.25 pagi, ICA mengemas kini maklumat mengenai kemalangan itu dengan mendedahkan bahawa nahas tersebut menjejas lorong bas dan lori di jambatan yang menghala masuk ke Singapura. Siasatan sedang diteruskan.

    Rakaman kamera trafik pada pukul 7.10 pagi menunjukkan kesesakan lalu lintas yang panjang, dengan sekurang-kurangnya tiga kenderaan polis dan sebuah khemah polis berwarna biru dipasang di tempat kejadian.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Singapore To Match Malaysia’s Road Charge For Foreign Vehicles

    Singapore To Match Malaysia’s Road Charge For Foreign Vehicles

    The Ministry of Transport (MOT) will match in some form Malaysia’s road charge of RM20 (S$6.60) at the two land entry points in Johor – the Causeway and Second Link. The new levy came into effect on Tuesday (Nov 1).

    In a statement, MOT said Malaysia’s road charge “is discriminatory against Singapore-registered vehicles as it is only applied at the Singapore checkpoints”.

    The ministry added that it will announce details in due course.

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport had announced on Oct 28 that foreign private-registered vehicles entering Johor will have to pay the road charge, which will be collected each time motorists enter Malaysia via Touch n’ Go cards.

    After getting their passports stamped, drivers will now have to tap their cards twice, at two different terminals – one for the road charge and the other for the checkpoint toll.

    Motorcycles are excluded from the road charge.

    Malaysia’s Transport Ministry made it clear last week that the road charge is different from the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP).

    Singapore’s MOT had responded in a statement to say it has “noted” Malaysia’s plans, and will match the road charge in some form if it discriminates against Singapore-registered vehicles.

    The next day, Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that the Malaysian government is not discriminating against Singapore cars in the implementation of the road charge.

    “There is no discrimination. We will impose the road charge not only at our border with Singapore, but also our borders with Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia,” he said, according to Bernama news agency.

    An average of 20,000 Singapore-registered vehicles enter Malaysia daily via the Causeway and the Second Link.

    Singapore currently imposes a S$35 Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee on foreign-registered cars entering the city-state, although each vehicle is given 10 free days a year and there are no charges during the weekends. Cars entering Singapore between 5pm and 2am from Monday to Friday are also exempt from VEP.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • RM20 Road Charge For Foreign Vehicles Entering Johor From November

    RM20 Road Charge For Foreign Vehicles Entering Johor From November

    Foreign private-registered vehicles entering Malaysia via Johor will be subjected to an RM20 (S$6.60) charge from Nov 1, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced on Friday (Oct 28).

    The road charge (RC) will be collected each time motorists enter Malaysia via Touch n’ Go cards, according to the statement. The RC system has been activated at the two land entry points in Johor – the Causeway and the Second Link – and will be extended to the 10 other entrances into the country in stages.

    “Initial collection exercise will only involve foreign private-registered vehicles excluding foreign registered motorcycles,” MOT added.

    The ministry said the RC is not to be confused with the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP).

    It described the VEP, which requires foreign vehicles entering Malaysia to be registered via an online portal for an RFID tag costing RM10, as “part of ongoing efforts by the Government of Malaysia to improve border control and monitoring”.

    The VEP tracking system is not yet in force, but MOT said the vehicles should go through the registration as required “nevertheless” to ensure “smooth entry” once it is implemented. The VEP will also initially only apply to the two entry points, before being introduced at others.

    On Friday evening, Singapore’s Ministry of Transport issued a statement to say that it has “noted” Malaysia’s plans. “If it discriminates against Singapore-registered vehicles, we will match it in some form,” said a spokesperson.

    At the moment, Singapore imposes a S$35 VEP fee on foreign cars entering the island, though each vehicle is given 10 free days per year and there are no charges during the weekends. VEP is also exempt on cars entering Singapore between 5pm and 2am from Monday to Friday.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • RM50 Dikenakan Bagi Kad Bayaran Jalan Raya Kenderaan Singapura?

    RM50 Dikenakan Bagi Kad Bayaran Jalan Raya Kenderaan Singapura?

    Seorang Anggota Dewan Negeri menyarankan agar kerajaan mengenakan bayaran RM50 (S$16.50) bagi kad-kad bayaran jalan raya untuk kenderaan-kenderaan yang berdaftar di Singapura.

    Anggota Dewan Negeri Kempas, Datuk Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid juga menggesa agar pelaksanaan Permit Masuk Kenderaan (VEP) yang disarankan, serta merta dilaksanakan, lapor laman The Star Online.

    Menurut The Star, Tengku Putra Haron berkata VEP sepatutnya sudah lama dilaksanakan, kerana ia mulanya dijangka dikuatkuasakan sepenuhnya tahun lalu namun sistem itu beberapa kali mengalami penangguhan.

    “TIDAK ADIL TANGGUNG BEBAN UNTUK KEMUDAHAN WARGA ASING”

    “Tidak adil bagi para pembayar cukai menganggung beban kos pembinaan jalan raya dan penyenggaraan di dalam negeri dan negara ini untuk kemudahan warga asing.

    “Malah juga tidak adil pembayar cukai terus membiayai mereka yang bekerja di seberang Koswe,” katanya seperti ditukil The Star dalam sidang media selepas dewan rakyat bersidang semalam.

    Tengku Putra Haron mendakwa bahawa cadangan mengenakan bayaran jalan raya untuk kenderaan asing bukan sesuatu yang baru, kerana beliau sudah menyarankannya menerusi satu memorandum pada 2002, ketika beliau ketua Biro Aduan UMNO Pulai.

    Katanya lagi, beliau ketika itu menyerahkan memorandum yang mengandungi saranan untuk mengenakan levi RM10 (S$3.30) bagi setiap kenderaan berdaftar di Singapura yang memasuki Malaysia menerusi Koswe di Johor Bahru dan Link Kedua di Gelang Patah.

    “MUNGKIN BOLEH MENGAUT UNTUNG BERBILION RINGGIT JIKA IKUT SARANAN”

    Menurutnya, sekiranya kerajaan melaksanakan saranannya ketika itu, negara itu mungkin mengaut RM2 bilion (S$660 juta) sepanjang 14 tahun lalu, dan RM400 bilion (S$132 juta) dari jumlah itu boleh digunakan untuk memperbaiki prasarananya.

    The Star melaporkan, beliau juga menyarankan agar bayaran RM50 (S$16.50) setiap tahun yang perlu diperbaharui dikenakan pada kad-kad yang digunakan untuk memotong caj VEP.

    Katanya, kerajaan akan menerima untung sekitar RM6 juta (S$2 juta) setiap tahun sekiranya bayaran tambahan itu dikenakan.

    Tambahnya lagi seperti ditukil The Star, Singapura sendiri mengenakan bayaran S$10 (RM30) setiap tahun bagi kad Autopass.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Singaporean Family Detained 14 Days For Verbally Abusing Malaysian Immigration Officer

    Singaporean Family Detained 14 Days For Verbally Abusing Malaysian Immigration Officer

    Singaporean family has been arrested and detained for 14 days for a probe into their alleged verbal abuse against an Immigration Department officer from Malaysia during a border inspection.

    Johor Immigration Department Datuk Rohaizi Bahari said the two-week remand of the Singaporean trio was to facilitate the investigations into the incident last week.

    “It is an offence to hurl abuse at my men who are just following the procedures during checks,” he was quoted saying by local daily The Star.

    “So far our investigation also showed that the officer did not ask for any bribe as alleged by the suspects,” he added.

    Rohaizi said individuals dissatisfied with the officers under him could file a direct complaint to him.

    According to The Star, the arrest was carried out after the Singaporeans refused to lower the back window of their Singapore-bound car with tinted windows for inspection at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex.

    The trio were reportedly a businesswoman in her 40s and her children aged 18 and 19 respectively.

    In the Friday afternoon incident, the woman was said to have verbally abused the immigration officer carrying out the inspection, while one of the trio purportedly gave a middle finger gesture.

    The investigation of the trio is under Section 56(1)(g) of the Immigration Act, where the penalty is a maximum RM10,000 fine or a maximum jail term if five years or both.

     

    Source: The Malay Mail Online