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StarHub customers affected by home broadband disruption can register for one-time 20% rebate on monthly fee source: https://mothership.sg/2020/04/starhub-broadband-disruption-rebate/ StarHub's internet service was disrupted in many areas of Singapore on Apr. 15. Users faced intermittent access for at least seven hours from around 11am till just after 8pm. StarHub's apology StarHub has apologised for the service disruption, saying that it "apologises unreservedly for the inconvenience caused" in a statement issued on Apr. 16. StarHub acknowledged that more people were staying home to work and study because of the nationwide circuit breaker measures currently in place, and said that in this time, it would take network resilience and quality especially seriously. It also said that StarHub’s top priority during the disruption was to restore services swiftly for affected customers. One-time 20 per cent rebate StarHub is offering affected customers a one-time 20 per cent rebate on their Home Broadband monthly fee. Affected customers will need to register for this rebate on a dedicated website, and StarHub said that it would announce the details to customers "soon". What caused the disruption? StarHub said that a cyber attack was ruled out as a possible cause of the disruptions. Instead, the service disruptions were cause by two separate, unrelated incidents. Faulty equipment issue StarHub said that at around 11am, some customers in the North and North-East regions faced a 20-minute disruption to their fibre services. This was due to "an isolated fault in a piece of network equipment." According to StarHub, back-up equipment took over immediately, and affected services resumed progressively for customers. The faulty equipment was then replaced with a new unit, and services were closely monitored for stability. Network issue The second incident happened at about 3:50pm, StarHub said. StarHub discovered a network issue with its Domain Name Servers(DNS) that serve home broadband customers, and there was an intermittent issue in performing queries to the DNS. This resulted in some customers experiencing slow, or no internet access. StarHub said that the issue was rectified, and that affected services were fully restored at 8:20pm on Apr. 15. Peter Kaliaropoulos, Chief Executive, StarHub, said: Action taken by StarHub Kaliaropoulos said that StarHub has taken immediate steps to prevent a recurrence. StarHub said that it is "cooperating fully" with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) in investigations, and welcome any necessary infrastructure audit by IMDA. “We assure our customers that our network traffic is well below available capacity and ample redundancy has been built into our network to cater for high service levels to be delivered consistently", Kaliaropoulos added.

Supporting Cleaner and Greener Vehicles for A Sustainable Land Transport Sector 1 Under the Land Transport Master Plan 2040, we have committed to encouraging adoption of cleaner and greener vehicles for a more environmentally sustainable land transport sector. As part of Budget 2020, Government is introducing measures to facilitate adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs), which is one of the cleanest and lowest-emission vehicular technologies available today. We have also reviewed the road tax framework to better reflect the current trends in vehicular efficiency and parity with Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. EV Early Adoption Incentive 2 Today, EVs incur higher upfront ownership cost as compared to equivalent ICE vehicles. EVs are becoming more affordable, and the ownership cost gap between EVs and ICEs is expected to close over time. However, this ownership cost gap is currently a significant barrier in the adoption of EVs. To address this, we will launch an EV Early Adoption Incentive (EEAI) for the next three years, from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. Owners who register fully electric cars[1] will receive a rebate of 45% off the Additional Registration Fees (ARF), capped at $20,000[2]. This EEAI will lower the upfront cost of an electric car by an average of 11% and narrow the upfront cost gap between electric and ICE cars. This scheme will apply to individual and fleet vehicle owners, such as taxi and car rental companies, and will cost Government an estimated $71 million over the next 3 years. Annex A illustrates the rebates for a few common EV models. Revised EV Road Tax Structure 3 We have reviewed the EV road tax schedule[3]. The revised schedule will apply to all new EVs registered from 1 January 2021 onwards and is shown in Annex B. 4 Currently, ICE vehicles incur fuel excise duties through fuel consumption. Owners of fully electric cars have thus far not been subjected to fuel excise duties. To enhance parity with ICE vehicles until we are ready to impose a distance-based tax, we will impose an additional tax of $700/year for fully electric cars, which is sized to partially recover for the fuel excise duties paid by equivalent ICE cars. 5 To cushion the impact, the Government will phase in this additional tax over three years (see Annex C for the phase-in schedule). The full quantum will be charged from January 2023 onwards. 6 As part of the revised EV road tax structure, we will also revise the methodology for calculating the variable component of the road tax for EVs, which is tiered by power rating, to better reflect the current trends in vehicle efficiency from January 2021. This will lead to an across-the-board reduction in this variable component of road tax for EVs and some hybrids. 7 In summary, the revised electric car road tax schedule will comprise: An additional flat component of $700/year, phased in over three years; and The existing variable component tiered according to power rating, and which will be revised to better account for improvements in vehicular efficiency; and 8 Under the revised road tax framework, mass market electric cars will incur an annual usage cost[4] which is still about 9% lower than their ICE equivalents. Electric Motorcycles and Electric Light Goods Vehicles (LGVs) 9 From 1 Jan 2021, the additional tax will also be levied on fully electric motorcycles ($200/year); and fully electric light goods vehicles (LGVs) and goods-cum-passenger vehicles (GPVs) not exceeding 3.5 metric tonnes ($190/year). Details on the treatment of electric buses, heavy goods vehicles, and GPVs heavier than 3.5 metric tonnes will be announced at a later date. Petrol-Electric Hybrids 10 For petrol-electric hybrids that currently pay road tax based on their maximum electric power rating, we will align their road tax schedule with the revised variable component of the electric car road tax schedule. Since these vehicles remain largely petrol-fuelled, we do not intend to impose the additional flat component on them for now. Overall, these hybrids will have their road tax reduced by an average of 29%. 11 LTA will inform existing EV owners of the implications of the revised road tax schedule on them, in due course. 12 These measures will complement the Government’s efforts in expanding the public charging infrastructure for EVs. Together with other existing and new instruments, such as the Vehicular Emissions Scheme (VES), the Commercial Vehicle Emissions Scheme (CVES)[5] and Early Turnover Scheme (ETS), we will support the long-term adoption of cleaner and greener vehicles for a more sustainable land transport sector. [1] This includes electric taxis. [2] Subject to a minimum ARF of $5,000. [3] This includes electric taxis. [4] For ICEs, this includes road tax, fuel excise duties, fuel cost, insurance cost and maintenance cost. For EVs, this includes road tax, electricity cost, insurance cost and maintenance cost. [5] The CVES is a new scheme, for which details will be announced at MEWR’s COS.

hi there, starting this topic on behalf of my friend. recently my friend has rented a car from his friend that was into car rental service. he happily chose a car from another dealer and the car dealer friend was going to buy in the car to lease to him fora year . he have opted for upfront payment for 1 year contract for the car which amounted to $30000, including SOP 2 months deposit. he has received the hire agreement, and vehicle log (parf & coe rebate enquiry) to submit the Grab for private hire car use. however, the vehicle log card had a column, Dereg XX AUG 2018, Exporting : Yes Is this any normal or something my friend has to worry about? please help out my friend as he already has passed 20k out of 30k to them.

What is the current COE rebate levels? Care to share

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My habit has been not to redeem the rebate amount when using my POSB Everyday card for petrol payment. Just realised the other day that it has accumulated to close to $1000! Working backward, I would have pumped $1000/6% = $16k of petrol to accumulate this rebate amount! Just curious anyone can do better? I am actually quite proud of this as I believe most would just redeem the rebate after hitting certain amount for whatever reasons. |Anyway bear in mind this is just a trivial thing, nothing outstanding haha. Just need abit of discipline to achieve - 3 years + to be exact. Those who have been using the card for other expenses would have taken a shorter time to achieve it.

I need some help with some clarification. I've purchased a used Proton Gen 2 1.3M with the COE due on 1 August 2016 for $5500 OMV: $9,221 Original registration date: 1st August 2006 Actual ARF Paid: $10,144. Parf eligibility expiry date: 31 July 2016 Parf rebate amount: $5072 QP paid: $10,803 I need to ask if I were to de register and scrap/export my car on 22 July 2016, will that means I'm able to get back $5072 from the Parf rebate when encash? Will I need to pay LTA approved dealer for the processed of scrapping or exporting my car? And also do depreciation value take parts in the amount I can actually get back from LTA. Cause the seller wrote to me this. Buy: $5500 Min Parf: $5072 Diff: $430/3 months Depreciation lesser than $144/per month. This sounds too good to be true. Owning a car at $144 per month. Please help I need to know the actual cash that I can get back after scrapping/export my car after I de register it. I'm still new to all these. Hope for enlightenment.

Seeking advice from those that have done this before .... 1. I'm planning to bid for my own car license plate number. 2. AD usually include 6 mths road tax, license plate etc in car price Questions : a. If I bid for my own plate number, what kind of rebates can I expect from AD? b. Do I need to inform SE before he bids COE on my behalf or only when car is ready for registration? Appreciate all advice. Thanks !

Hi All, Need your opinion on something. I signed a sales agreement but there was a major feature missing. I spoke to my SA and we managed to iron things out. I was offered a chance to either top up for that option at dealer cost and indent the car (3-4 mths wait) or I could get my money back now. This is a guaranteed Coe with rebate is at 57K. We currently have a really old car to drive that's still alright so getting around isn't a big issue. Would you guys take the current price + top up and hope for a lower Coe come Nov -Dec. The top end is capped and there maybe quite a bit of downside. Or just take back the deposit and wait... I really like the car. But this experience has kinda soured my experience. I'm not angry but a bit upset with the way things have turned. What are you views? Cheers J

did LTA suddenly change PARF rebate rule. if i remember correctly two years ago, i read somewhere that says parf rebate for cars registered before 2008 above 9 years old but below 10 years old have 55% parf rebate. why now i check on website it is 50% only? who stole that 5%

Let's just use petrol prices to control car usage and congestion in Singapore. Forget about satelites and tracking devices. Simple solutions to simple problems. $5 per litre of petrol will set many drivers thinking when they go for a joy ride or choose to drive to work rather than taking public transport. Government will play the "robinhood" handing out monthly petrol rebates to our needies e.g. family man with many mouths to feed, handicapped, operation/outdoor salesman, tuition errand runs, hospital runs, etc. Petrol rebates will be funded from the petrol taxes that the government collects.

interested to buy a KIA Rio, the current price is $43,499 with $15k COE rebate. Don't understand what is the COE rebate. if I bid the COE at $20k. what is the real price I have to pay?

If I buy a converted 2nd hand OPC (Reg 2006), will I still get back any PARF rebate when I scrap the car after COE expires? For example, the car was initially a OPC and the owner had converted it to a normal car after 5 years, then decided to sell it. 1st to 5th year - OPC 6th year - Normal plate 7th year - Sell If I buy it on the 7th year and drive it until COE expires, how much PARF value will I get back, assuming OMV is 10K?

Hi guys, curious, normal cars can get back parf rebate after the cars have been scraped at yr10. but if a red place car conver halfwat, how does the parf work? im curious.. sorry if i did not put it out in the correct term, do correct me. haha thanks!

As above. Anyone received letter from Maybank? Im currently under Maybank car loan.. Dunno gimmick anot..

Hi all, I wonder how the 40% rebate of the Green Vehicle Rebate Scheme works..40% reduction of the car price or what? Thank you very much. Regards,

Dear Sir / Madam Is there any rebate when you pump petrol at Malaysia shell e.g using credit card ''MayBank'' or other ? Please kinldy enlighten me as petrol price adjusted every week and trying to find solution to get some rebate. Thank you Your sincerely Regards Desmond

My car was converted on Nov 2010 and May6 was supposed to be the pay out for the OPC rebate. But I dun see it in my giro bank, nor the cheque till now. anyone know how long it takes and where it is refund to?

sorry if the question has been asked before. for normal car say 3 or 4 yrs old convert to opc. is the total Amount of opc cash rebate capped at $17000? or prorated according to remaining years in the coe? I read LTA website it implies the former but a car dealer today tell me otherwise. can any bro here confirm?

hi all, just to enquire how long will it take for an insurance to calculate and return back the insurance rebate? Been waiting for like weeks nearly a month... thanks

Guys i would like to ask Is it true that if you sell ur car BY 5th year of owning it, you get back 97.5 percent of your OMV, and whatever COE remaining, plus ur body work, and if u are driving past 5th yr mark, its 87.5%? would like to find out cause trying to work out to see if Latio should keep or sell when i get my license ( when latio turns 4.5 yrs) thanks!

anyone know the latest discount and rebate for a 1.8 civic at KM? i am looking to get one but saw the price is 898.000 damn bloody high sia before any rebate any one know if they are still giving the $6000 discount?

What does rebate amount means? Road Tax Till Jun 2009, Tender Closes 14-07-2009, Viewing Available Monday To Friday From 9am To 5pm, Saturday From 9am To 12noon, Rebate Amount As At 31-07-09 Is $26692. http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...1887&DL=503

Understand that the min road tax is $50. I renewed my road tax last week and it's only $36. Dunno y got $16 rebate....wonder what is it for.

Hi guys, Just a sharing and an enquiry. Was at Automobile Mart over the weekend to check out some resale vehicles. Spotted a new C Class and inquired about the price and trade in package. The sales rep took my details and came back with my PARF rebate. Was told by him that if i was to trade in my Mini, his exporter will change 2% of the PARF rebate value. This is the first time i heard of this and so my question is: is this a market trick or is this a norm?