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Malaysia extends foreign-vehicle registration deadline to Oct 1
Registered vehicles will be allowed free entrance into Johor for one month, from Sept 1 to Sept 30.
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THE IMPORTANT DETAILS
From Sept 1, Singapore motorists must pre-register their vehicles with Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (RTD), failing which they would be denied entry to Malaysia, said a report in the New Straits Times (NST).
Motorists will be given a radio frequency identification card, upon paying a RM10 (S$3.58) road charge valid for five years. This will have to be renewed upon expiry, or when motorists change their vehicles.
Online registration is expected to open on Aug 15.
Once registered, Singapore vehicles will be allowed through Johor checkpoints for a one-month free trial from Sept 1 to 30. From Oct 1 onwards, Singapore-registered cars will be charged the RM20 per entry fee.
The pre-registration applies for all private vehicles, public buses, taxis, goods vehicles as well as diplomatic cars, a report in The Star said.
Payment for the RM20 entry free will be via the Touch n’ Go card, and will be imposed on private passenger vehicles, including multi-purpose and sports utility vehicles, the report added.
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What the Malaysian government will collect:
1 One-time registration fee valid for 5 years: RM10 x 300,000 cars = RM3 million.
2 RM20 per entry.
If each car came to Malaysia once a year, that’s 300,00 cars @ RM20 = RM6 million.
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What it will cost you if you are Malaysian and owns a Singapore-registered car which you drive to Singapore 5 days a week for work:
RM100 a week and RM5,000 a year (of 50 weeks).
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Malaysia expects up to 300,000 Singapore vehicles to register for road charge this year
Malaysia expects up to 300,000 Singapore vehicles to register for road charge this year http://str.sg/Z8zo
BATU PAHAT – Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (RTD) expects between 200,000 and 300,000 Singapore-registered private vehicles to register for the road charge by the end of the year.
The Star Online quoted Transport Ministry’s Secretary-General Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Bakar as saying on Saturday (Sept 5) that so far about 50,000 Singapore-registered vehicles had registered for the road charge since the online registration started on Aug 15.
The mandatory registration applies to all private vehicles, public buses, taxis, goods vehicles and diplomatic cars. Vehicle owners are required to pay RM10 (S$3.30) for the road charge, which is valid for five years.
New Straits Times reported last month that Singaporeans can also register their vehicles at the Causeway and Second Link.
“Singaporeans can register their vehicles at all the 72 counters in both the Causeway and Second Link as well as R&R areas near the two main entry points. However, we encourage online registration through the RTD website,” Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi was quoted as saying.
“RTD will then issue a radio frequency identification (RFID) card after a RM10 registration fee is paid. The registration is valid for five years. The tag will need to be renewed upon expiry, or when the owner buys a new car,” he added.
Singapore-registered vehicles that fail to register for the road charge will not be allowed to enter Malaysia via the Causeway in Johor Baru and the Second Link Crossing in Tanjung Kupang, Gelang Patah.
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Malaysia extends foreign-vehicle registration deadline to Oct 1
Move comes after fewer than 10 per cent of the anticipated number of vehicles registered
Registered vehicles will be allowed free entrance into Johor for one month, from Sept 1 to Sept 30.
Planning to drive to M’sia soon? Foreign-vehicle registration deadline extended to Oct 1 http://tdy.sg/1fV5Qyq
SINGAPORE — Malaysia is extending the mandatory registration deadline for foreign vehicles entering the country to Oct 1 from Sept 1, news agency Bernama reported today (Sept 2).
The authorities had expected 500,000 foreign vehicles to be registered under the scheme, but just 45,000 — fewer than 10 per cent the anticipated number — have been registered, Bernama quoted Mr Hasni Mohammad, chairman of the State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee, as saying.
Malaysia had given foreign vehicles two weeks from Aug 15 to register online or at the office of the Road Transport Department.
The registration involves a RM10 (S$3.36) road charge, which is valid for five years. A radio-frequency identification card is also issued to each vehicle.
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Mr Hasni was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying on Tuesday that the online registration system could not handle the volume of requests and needed improvement.
The extension of the deadline will also allow for cards to be delivered and approved by the Malaysian and Singapore authorities, reported Bernama.
Registered vehicles will be allowed free entrance into Johor for one month, from Sept 1 to Sept 30.
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/malaysia-extends-foreign-vehicle-registration-deadline-oct-1
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M’sia to start charging S’pore cars RM20 entry fee from Oct 1, says minister http://tdy.sg/1IQd6ZM
GELANG PATAH — A RM20 (S$7.18) fee will be imposed on private vehicles from Singapore entering Malaysia from Oct 1 onwards, Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said in a report by The Star.
He said the RM20 Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee will be on imposed on private passenger vehicles, including multi-purpose and sports utilities vehicles.
Singapore vehicles are required to register with the Road Transport Department (JPJ), and any vehicle not registered would be refused entry into Malaysia from Sept 1.
Government vehicles, motorcycles, public buses and taxis are exempted from the fee but are still required to register with the JPJ.
He said the online registration would start on Aug 15, and vehicle owners are required to pay RM10 for the road charge (RC), which is valid for five years.
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WHETHER IT IS THE CAUSEWAY OR THE SECOND LINK, IT WILL BE RM20 PER ENTRY FROM 1ST AUGUST 2015
#Malaysia expected to levy $7.40 Vehicle Entry Permit for foreign vehicles from Aug 1 http://bit.ly/19Xc6Tw
…Free Malaysia Today
RM20 foreign car levy in August
April 4, 2015
Equipment being sought for Causeway and Second Link.
JOHOR BARU: A RM20 levy for every foreign-registered vehicle entering Malaysia from Singapore will be imposed from Aug 1.
Deputy transport minister Abd Aziz Kaprawi said the government was procuring and installing equipment at the Causeway and Second Link in Johor for collecting the fee for the Vehicle Entry Permit.
“This is the first time Malaysia is implementing the charge and definitely it will take time in terms of procuring and installing the equipment,” he told reporters today.
Abd Aziz said the same charge would be imposed if entry permits are also required for foreign-registered vehicles entering the country via other entry points such as from Thailand.
– BERNAMA
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/04/04/rm20-foreign-car-levy-in-august/
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