M’sian entry permits for S’pore vehicles to start in May, says report
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia will finally implement the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) this May, under which Singapore vehicles entering the country can be tracked with radio-frequency tags, the New Sunday Times reports today (Jan 24) quoting Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai.
After delays of more than six months, Malaysia will impose an entry permit for Singapore vehicles. TODAY file photo
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia will finally implement the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) this May, under which Singapore vehicles entering the country can be tracked with radio-frequency tags, the New Sunday Times reports today (Jan 24) quoting Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai.
The system, which was to start last August, was twice delayed because of “technical problems”.
Under VEP, vehicles from the city-state entering Malaysia through the Causeway and the Second Link are required to register and are given radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
Each entry permit, costing RM20 (S$6.70), is valid for three months.
It was reported that 200,000 to 230,000 vehicles of various types go through the two checkpoints every week.
The move was seen as a tit-for-tat move after Singapore increased charges for Malaysian cars in August 2014, raising its VEP for foreign vehicles to S$35 from S$20 a day. It also increased the cost of the Goods Vehicle Permit from S$10 to S$40.
But Mr Liow reportedly said the system would prevent cloned cars from being smuggled into Malaysia. MALAYSIAN INSIDER
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