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  • 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

  • What Happened To Entry Fee For Singapore Vehicles? Johor Residents Ask

    What Happened To Entry Fee For Singapore Vehicles? Johor Residents Ask

    Malaysia’s government must explain repeated delays to the introduction of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) and if it still intends to implement the charge, said Johor residents. The New Straits Times quoted several of them as saying that there have been no updates on the system, leading them to suspect the move has been secretly scrapped.

    “I wonder what seems to be taking the government years to decide on this entry fee charge.

    “I hope this is not just talk and no action as I recall this VEP plan was mooted a couple of years ago,” 44 year-old Tiew Hui Ping told the newspaper.

    Ms Tiew said the collection from the VEP could be used to fund projects and fix the roads in Johor.

    Another Johor resident, Saravanan Batumalai, said he hoped the government will resolve the issue quickly.

    “The VEP charge should also be imposed on Singaporean motorcyclists entering as right now, Malaysian motorcyclists have to pay up to S$4 (RM12.05) everytime they cross over to Singapore,” the 24 year-old said.

    Ms Salimah Muhari from Kangkar Pulai said the government should have started implementing the VEP charge when the Singaporean government revised their toll rates at the checkpoints and increased its VEP fees to S$35 per day.

    “The RM20 fee proposed for the VEP charge is reasonable and I don’t think it will burden the Singaporeans,” the 24 year-old said.

    Back in July, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that the government has no plan to scrap the implementation of the VEP and said it will be resumed once the system is ready to go.

    The VEP, which was first proposed back in 2006, was supposed to start with a charge of RM20 for foreign vehicles entering Johor on July 16, but was postponed for the fourth time.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Menteri Pengangkutan Malaysia: Penguatkuasaan Sistem VEP Tetap Akan Diteruskan

    Menteri Pengangkutan Malaysia: Penguatkuasaan Sistem VEP Tetap Akan Diteruskan

    Kerajaan Malaysia tidak mempunyai rancangan untuk membatalkan pelaksanaan Permit Kemasukan Kenderaan (VEP) dan menyatakan bahawa ia akan disambung semula sebaik sahaja sistem tersebut bersedia untuk dikuatkuasakan.

    Menolak laporan awal, Menteri Pengangkutan Malaysia Liow Tiong Lai sebaliknya menekankan bahawa penguatkuasaan sistem VEP tidak tergendala, lapor The Rakyat Post.

    “Jangan dengar khabar angin. Kerajaan akan tetap menguatkuasakan (VEP). Bukan hanya di Singapura bahkan juga (di sempadan-sempadan kita) di Thailand, Kalimantan dan Brunei. Kami tidak membeza-bezakan, semua sempadan akan dikenakan VEP,” tegas beliau.

    “Kami akan bermula dengan Singapura (kenderaan berdaftar) terlebih dahulu dan kemudian ke sempadan-sempadan lain,” tambah beliau seperti yang ditukil The Rakyat Post.

    Encik Liow berkata demikian sebagai menjawab pertanyaan mengenai sama ada VEP akan dibatalkan memandangkan proses penguatkuasaannya berdepan dengan “gangguan-gangguan” dan terlepas tarikh yang sepatutnya VEP dikuatkuasakan.

    “Ia akan mengambil masa untuk dilaksanakan memandangkan kami mahu memastikan tiada gangguan setelah kami mulakannya. Jika sekarang dalam tempoh percubaan ia hanya berjalan selama 12 jam, kami mahu sistem tersebut berjalan selama 24 jam sekurang-kurangnya dalam masa sebulan dua,” jelas beliau.

    Sistem VEP, yang disarankan pada 2006, sepatutnya mula mengenakan bayaran RM20 (S$7) bagi kenderaan asing yang memasuki Johor pada 16 Julai – namun ditangguhkan buat kali keempat berturut-turut, menurut The Rakyat Post.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Malaysia To Begin Charging VEP On Foreign Vehicles Mid-July

    Malaysia To Begin Charging VEP On Foreign Vehicles Mid-July

    From mid-July, Malaysia will begin charging an RM20 (S$6.70) fee on Singapore-registered cars and foreign vehicles entering Johor under its Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system, the New Straits Times newspaper reported on Wednesday (June 8).

    The VEP system had been activated at the two land entry points in Johor at the Causeway and at the Second Link since June 1, although motorists were not charged the RM20 levy as the authorities were conducting a test run until July 15.

    Foreign motorists would only start to pay the RM20 road charge beginning July 16, the newspaper reported.

    Malaysia has repeatedly delayed implementing its levy, which was supposed to have taken effect on Aug 1 last year, due to technical issues. The levy can be paid only with a Touch ‘n Go card, a cash card that motorists use to pay toll fees on all Malaysian expressways.

    “The VEP system has been activated since June 1 and we have seen motorists from the neighbouring country giving their full cooperation and following the procedure,” said State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad. “The postponement in the RM20 VEP road charge is to ensure that the system would run smoothly,” he added.

    So far, about 120,000 Singaporean vehicles have registered under the VEP, according to Mr Hasni. He added that he was confident about the VEP system and its equipment.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Singapore Vehicles Entering Malaysia Must Register Vehicles, RM20 Entry Fee Starts On 1 Oct

    Singapore Vehicles Entering Malaysia Must Register Vehicles, RM20 Entry Fee Starts On 1 Oct

    GELANG PATAH – Singapore vehicles entering Malaysia are required to be registered with Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (RTD) or they would be refused entry in a new rule that will come into effect on Sept 1.

    Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said the mandatory registration applied to all private vehicles, public buses, taxis, goods vehicles as well as diplomatic cars, The Star reported.

    The online registration would start on Aug 15, and vehicle owners are required to pay RM10 (S$3.60) for the road charge, which is valid for five years.

    “Singaporeans can register their vehicles at all the 72 counters in both the Causeway and Second Link as well as R&R areas near the two main entry points. However, we encourage online registration through the RTD website,” Datuk Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times, when he met the press at the Sultan Abu Bakar customs, immigration and quarantine building in Gelang Patah on Saturday.

    “RTD will then issue a radio frequency identification (RFID) card after a RM10 registration fee is paid. The registration is valid for five years. The tag will need to be renewed upon expiry, or when the owner buys a new car,” he added.

    Once registered, these Singapore vehicles will be allowed through Johor checkpoints for a one-month free trial from Sept 1 to Sept 30, after which from Oct 1 onwards Singapore-registered cars will be charged RM20 per entry for the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP).

    The VEP for foreign vehicles was previously scheduled to begin on Sept 1, after it was postponed from August 1.

    The VEP will be on imposed on private passenger vehicles, including multi-purpose and sports utilities vehicles, and payment can be made only with the Touch ‘n Go card.

    Government vehicles, motorcycles, public buses and taxis would be exempted from the VEP but they still have to be registered with the RTD.

    Datuk Abdul Aziz told The Star the VEP system would have a second phase covering the Malaysia-Thailand border, and that the government hoped for a mid-2016 roll-out.

    He added that the VEP fee would likely be the same.

    “We have to have standard procedure,” he said.

    On August 1 last year, Singapore increased the VEP for foreign vehicles entering the republic from S$20 to S$35 daily.

    The Republic also raised the Goods Vehicle Permit from S$10 to S$40.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com