A press release bearing a Singapore Land Transport Authority logo was circulated on social media late last week, claiming that Singapore was raising its side of Causeway toll rates to match the increase on the Malaysian side which came into effect on August 1 2014.
The press release has been confirmed by the LTA as being fake, but not before mainstream media published news reports citing the circulated press release as if it were an official statement by the LTA. The press release claimed that passenger car toll rates would be increased from S$1.20 (approximately RM3.05) to S$2.70 (approximately RM6.85) from September 15 2014.
This does not mean a toll increase will not happen though, as Singapore LTA said they will be matching the increased rates on the Malaysian side “in due course”, without specifying any timeline.
The toll charges on the Malaysian side is RM6.80 when you leave Malaysia and RM9.70 when you re-enter Malaysia, up from a one-way RM2.90 charge before August 1 2014.
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Matter of time. Everyone knows how they solve problems…
Tit for tat..
Is this some kiddo game? You increase, i Increase, end of the day we rakyat suffers
bah i wish can ban singaporeans from driving in malaysia
Very concerned about what mainstream media writes nowadays. They chose to publish something sourced from social media rather than an official statement from what body that matters? Lazy journalism?
aiks, i hope is true!!! then no more singaporean come in JB!~!!!!! woohoo!@!@@@ screw them…w
I don’t care about this toll game. They should deposit money when entering Malaysia. If they exit Malaysia with full tank, the money will not be returned.
The Malaysian logistics companies has received the similar memo from LTA and informed the lorry toll rates to be increased to match with Malaysia toll rate, on 15 Sept. How do you think? I’m a bit skeptical although LTA clamied it is fake, it could be someone leaked out this memo (cars toll rate) prior LTA official press release.
the rest of malaysians don’t stay in johor and work in singapore. So either way, most malaysian won’t get affected. Don’t need to get so worked up on this matter.
Somehow it has become real, due to Singapore’s kiasu nature.