Following the start of a road charge (RC) being imposed on Singaporean vehicles entering the country, the government says that all foreign private-registered vehicles entering Malaysia from the Thai border will also be subjected to a RC, Bernama reports.
First mooted in 2014, the RC for Thai vehicles will begin by the end of next year. According to deputy transport minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi, the move to expand the RC to cover Thai-registered vehicles is part of efforts to enhance security. He said that the move would help in curbing cross-border crime, especially those involving clone car syndicates.
The RC for Singaporean vehicles began on November 1. Drivers of Singapore-registered cars entering Johor either via the Causeway or the Second Link have to pay a RM20 fee on top of checkpoint toll charges imposed by both Malaysia and Singapore. With the new charge, a round trip for a Singapore-registered car entering Johor now incurs over S$19 (RM57) in fees.
Abdul Aziz said the RC to be imposed on foreign private registered vehicles coming in from Thailand will also be RM20. He added that since November 1, the government had collected RM300,000 in RC fees from Singaporean vehicles.
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Sawadee kap…kam Malaisya cip cip.
Good work, its time to recoup some revenue to continue building this great progressive country. I’m proud to see our government helping ease the burden of our citizens by gaining revenues from other country! Syabas!
– Faiz Roslan CEng
Need to put your qualifications also?
Getting more revenue doesn’t mean will relief any double taxing on you (income tax + GST). Don’t day dream…
Malaysia still paying road charge?
PM build toll plazas not walls.
may i know where those collected tax will going to…. buy cow or submarine? or water pipe
300000/20/9=1667 sure onot?? avg 1667 sg cars entered JB each day since nov 1???
nice.. malaysia government can have extra money and later on malaysian also need to pay to thai to enter their country… in the end of the day, malaysian rakyat who need to put extra money to go there..i mind because i always go to thai to get cheap food and necessities because here harga naik gila lorr…thanks jibby