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Malaysia may be forced to charge a S$35 VEP for foreign vehicles

Malaysia may be forced to charge a S$35 VEP for foreign vehicles

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blogentry-133713-0-14225500-1484729906_thumb.jpgMalaysia might be forced to begin charging a daily Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee of S$35 for foreign vehicles entering their country, according to its Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

 

As reported by Malaysia's Oriental News Daily, this comes after our government decided to implement the Reciprocal Road Charge (RRC) on foreign-registered cars entering the our country. The RRC is fixed at S$6.40 or RM20 and will come into effect on 15th of February this year.

 

The Transport Minister was quoted by the newspaper saying that Malaysia’s decision to impose the RM20 road charge on foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia in November last year was reasonable as Malaysia did not respond to Singapore’s implementation of the VEP fee in 1973. He added on that if Singapore insist on imposing the RRC and do not reconsider doing away with it, they may be forced to implement the higher VEP policy practised by Singapore.

 

Liow did admit that the move could be a viable method of controlling the number of foreign-registered cars driving into the republic but this will definitely be a burden to Malaysians.




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It's "Liow Tiong Lai".

 

Malaysia might be forced to begin charging a daily Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee of S$35 for foreign vehicles entering their country, according to its Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong.

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if I were Malaysia Transport Minister, I will not allow Singapore private vehicle enter Malaysia, see who can win,

if like that Singapore motorists will cry....

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I suggest Mr Liow impose RM1000/day for their VEP. We will happy to see how they die bcos of their greediness

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I suggest Mr Liow impose RM1000/day for their VEP. We will happy to see how they die bcos of their greediness

 

if I were Malaysia Transport Minister, I will not allow Singapore private vehicle enter Malaysia, see who can win,

if like that Singapore

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if I were Malaysia Transport Minister, I will not allow Singapore private vehicle enter Malaysia, see who can win,

if like that Singapore

I will be cheering for you to be the Malaysia Transport Minister!

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if I were Malaysia Transport Minister, I will not allow Singapore private vehicle enter Malaysia, see who can win,

if like that Singapore motorists will cry....

Please suggest to your LIOW TIONG LAI... I hope this will be true... 

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if I were Malaysia Transport Minister, I will not allow Singapore private vehicle enter Malaysia, see who can win,

if like that Singapore motorists will cry....

 

Singaporean can choose not to go Malaysia for whatever cheaper items.... But for Malaysians driving or riding into Singapore for work, do you think that who will cry if LTA were to banned all Malaysia private vehicles entering Singapore....

 

Hahahaha

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Crappy lar both sides.....singapore doesnt need to increase the vep......just remove the free-passes from 1700hrs-0200hrs and the weekends and holidays. This will be a checkmate move with MY side unable to counter as they are charging vep 24/7!

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1. In the first place, why the need to charge under whatever name VEP or etc? The net revenue collected would be significantly reduced by the cost of maintenance of the administration and equipment needed.

 

2. To those Singaporeans who keep thinking that Malaysia need us more than we need them. Many Singaporeans travel to Malaysia to buy cheap petrol (some go to the extend of tempering with their fuel gauge while some comically perform stunts at petrol station to add a few more milliltres of petrol into their fuel tank), buy cheap groceries and other daily necessities and etc. Do you think the general population appreciate our buying up their daily needs and thus raising the price for them?

 

3. Tick for tack action isnt great for a first world country to do whatever excuse we give.

 

4. Any policies should benefit both countries and not just one. This way, there would be always amicable solutions. We need them just as much as they need us. If they decide to turn of the tap, we would not only drink sai water from newater but also ........

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1. In the first place, why the need to charge under whatever name VEP or etc? The net revenue collected would be significantly reduced by the cost of maintenance of the administration and equipment needed.

 

2. To those Singaporeans who keep thinking that Malaysia need us more than we need them. Many Singaporeans travel to Malaysia to buy cheap petrol (some go to the extend of tempering with their fuel gauge while some comically perform stunts at petrol station to add a few more milliltres of petrol into their fuel tank), buy cheap groceries and other daily necessities and etc. Do you think the general population appreciate our buying up their daily needs and thus raising the price for them?

 

3. Tick for tack action isnt great for a first world country to do whatever excuse we give.

 

4. Any policies should benefit both countries and not just one. This way, there would be always amicable solutions. We need them just as much as they need us. If they decide to turn of the tap, we would not only drink sai water from newater but also ........

 

1. Don't think it's about revenue alone, but even so, I'm sure we'll make it net positive.

 

2. Why should I (or anyone else who doesn't do this) give a crap about the opinions of such cheapskates who even flout the law to fill up there?

 

3. In game theory, there are terms like "credible threat", "tit for tat" etc. All sorts of jargon for something that's very simple - if you don't make good on a threat, then you have no more credibility and your enemies/competitors can take real advantage of you.

 

4. If they decide to turn off the tap (despite all the treaties and prior agreements), I hope Singapore treats it as an act of war.

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I believe its the Spore Government has a “long-standing policy” of matching any levy, tolls or fees charged by Malaysia at the land checkpoints.

 

The fact is they keep coming out different type of names for charges and the 2 govts can continue to match each other without considering the people pocket.  

 

So only way i can say is vote wisely. 

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I think Singapore and Malaysia should Sit down and negotiate, now their behavior is lose/lose solution, not revenue but revenge  

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1. Don't think it's about revenue alone, but even so, I'm sure we'll make it net positive.

 

2. Why should I (or anyone else who doesn't do this) give a crap about the opinions of such cheapskates who even flout the law to fill up there?

 

3. In game theory, there are terms like "credible threat", "tit for tat" etc. All sorts of jargon for something that's very simple - if you don't make good on a threat, then you have no more credibility and your enemies/competitors can take real advantage of you.

 

4. If they decide to turn off the tap (despite all the treaties and prior agreements), I hope Singapore treats it as an act of war.

 

1. If not for revenue generating, there is little other excuse for implementation.

 

2. We all may be able to afford many times the current petrol price or even daily necessities without even blinking an eyelid BUT there is a segment of our society who are struggling and every cent saved counts.

 

3. To begin with is there a need for tic for tac.

 

4. I believe you are mistake, Singapore cannot afford to make an enemy of any of their neighbours, let alone think of starting or stating intention of a war. Our defence is largely deterrent. In reality our expenditure and obsession with our military is not dissimilar to a peacock. Lots of size and colour but beneath it all it is still feathers and flesh and bones like any bird. Any sizeable bomb dropped on any part of our island will take 1/2 to a decade to rebuild. Can we prevent every single bomb from a barrage of bombs dropping?

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1. If not for revenue generating, there is little other excuse for implementation.

 

2. We all may be able to afford many times the current petrol price or even daily necessities without even blinking an eyelid BUT there is a segment of our society who are struggling and every cent saved counts.

 

3. To begin with is there a need for tic for tac.

 

4. I believe you are mistake, Singapore cannot afford to make an enemy of any of their neighbours, let alone think of starting or stating intention of a war. Our defence is largely deterrent. In reality our expenditure and obsession with our military is not dissimilar to a peacock. Lots of size and colour but beneath it all it is still feathers and flesh and bones like any bird. Any sizeable bomb dropped on any part of our island will take 1/2 to a decade to rebuild. Can we prevent every single bomb from a barrage of bombs dropping?

 

U served NS? Because the part about defence/deterrence seems a bit jumbled up. MINDEF/SAF's mission is to safeguard SG's sovereignty through deterrence and diplomacy, and should these fail, to secure a swift and decisive victory over the aggressor.

 

In other words, it's an open secret that offense IS SAF's form of defence. Rather than allowing the country to be a sitting duck waiting for bombs to be dropped on.

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U served NS? Because the part about defence/deterrence seems a bit jumbled up. MINDEF/SAF's mission is to safeguard SG's sovereignty through deterrence and diplomacy, and should these fail, to secure a swift and decisive victory over the aggressor.

 

In other words, it's an open secret that offense IS SAF's form of defence. Rather than allowing the country to be a sitting duck waiting for bombs to be dropped on us.

 

The point here is: a surprise rogue attack by a release of bombs can we survive. I believe we cant. The population density means any bomb that is able to land and explode would be deaths in the thousands or ten of thousands.

 

We may have a capable and competent military but is that enough. Also we must not forget the element of never real life tested military (just how many of soldiers would freeze when witness their buddy's head get blown off).

 

You don't get it, whatever way you call you, defensive or aggressive action by us against any single immediate neighbour, the likelihood all of the immediate neighbours ganging up on us is high. All they got to do is block the straits and we are done for. Let alone water supply.

 

 

Realty is very different from theory and ideology.

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“This is to ensure that Malaysia takes into consideration our response whenever they raise their tolls or introduce a new levy,” Mr Khaw said.

But before anyone is fooled, let’s look at some events in time:

1923: The Johor-Singapore Causeway was built and completed by the British.

1942: The Causeway was partially severed during the 2nd World War and was rebuilt by the Japanese once they captured Singapore.

Before 1973: There were only toll charges on both sides.

1973: Singapore implemented the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP), collecting a fee of SGD20.00 per foreign-registered car coming in from Malaysia in addition to the toll. Malaysia did not follow suit.

During the 1990s: Singapore extended the VEP to motorcycles, collecting a fee of SGD4.00 per foreign-registered motorcycle coming in from Malaysia in addition to the toll. Malaysia did not follow suit.

2014: Malaysia finally decide to increase the toll for the first time, the SG Government screamed bloody murder and retaliate by increasing the VEP from SGD20 to SGD35 on Singapore’s side.

1st Nov 2016: Malaysia finally decided to implement the VEP of MYR 20 (officially known as Road Charge or RC for short) on their side 43 years after Singapore has done so, the SG Government once again screamed bloody murder despite them already collecting VEP for all these years. The Malaysia RC do not apply on foreign-registered motorcycles despite Singapore VEP doing so.

2017: The SG Government introduces the Reciprocal Road Charge (RRC) of $6.40 on all foreign-registered vehicles to take effect from 15th Feb 2017.To summarise (from 15th Feb 2017):

Malaysia collects from Singapore-registered cars:
Entry : Toll (MYR 9.70) + RC (MYR 20.00)
Exit : Toll (MYR6.80)
Total : MYR 36.50 (~USD 8.17 at current rate)

Singapore collect from Malaysia-registered cars:
Entry : Toll (SGD 3.80) + VEP (SGD 35.00) + RRC (SGD 6.40)
Exit : Toll (SGD 2.70)
Total : SGD 47.90 (~USD 33.50 at current rate)

To put it in perspective (from 15th Feb 2017) by looking at the USD value, we can observe that Singapore is collecting 4.1 times per foreign-registered vehicle more than Malaysia.

 

 

And if you think this has nothing to do with you because you do not drive, think again. Many of the groceries and commodities you consume o n a daily basis are imported from Malaysia via land-border crossings. Any increase on the border-crossing fees increases the prices of the things you buy.


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