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Malaysian goverment says not raising toll on four expressways next year -report KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Financial) - The Malaysian government has decided not to increase the toll rates next year on four expressways, including the North-South Expressway and the Penang bridge, the national Bernama news agency reported, citing Works Minister S. Samy Vellu. The cabinet has agreed not to increase the toll rates, Samy Vellu was quoted as saying. Eight highway concessionaires are scheduled to raise their toll rates on January 1 next year and another one on October 1. The public works department said in an earlier statement the government would have to pay 380 million ringgit in compensation to the highway concessionaires if the toll rates were not allowed to be raised for one year. The toll on the major highway, the North-South Expressway, currently stands at about 14 sen per kilometer. (1 US dollar = 3.38 ringgit) http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/282007172791.htm swee... no crap excuse abt sending their wifes and children to oversea as maids. no argument over $30 more per month. no low-brow raps.