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I just heard Malaysia TV2 8pm. News Broadcast about Foreign Vehicle Entry Permit charge at 20 Ringgit with effect Jan.2015. This new FVEP will definitely see business for Johoreans diving down into deep cliff.

Another good reason to get yr Car service in JB. 4 Wheel balancing RM24, Tyre puncture patch RM6, Taxes RM1.5 = RM31.50...less tha S$14. . They also FOC rotate the 4 tyre & tyre get pumped up with Nitrogen too. I don't know what the Nitrogen is all about leh

Visit MY 2007 is over, now its 2008. Anyone got updates of the RM20 to be imposed by MY???

guys, any comments?? http://travel.asiaone.com.sg/news/20070420_001.html

That is good news!!!! -------------- It's Tourism Minister says the cabinet agreed to the suspension for the duration of Visit Malaysia Year 2007 Apr 24, 2007 AsiaOne KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has suspended plans to impose a RM20 levy on foreign-registered vehicles entering the country from Singapore and Thailand.. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor told The Straits Times that the Cabinet agreed to the suspension of the levy for the duration of Visit Malaysia Year 2007. "As Minister of Tourism, I have been pressing for this as we want more Singaporeans to come to Malaysia. The Minister of Transport agreed with us," he said. The matter was discussed two weeks ago in Cabinet, which decided to suspend the levy to avoid hurting the tourism industry during this promotional campaign, according a report in The Straits Times Interactive. The decision would be reviewed at the end of the year, said Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan, who added that he hoped the levy would not be implemented as it would affect tourism. The levy, which is meant to defray the fuel subsidies that have kept Malaysian pump prices among the lowest in the region, was announced in April last year and was slated to be implemented on Sept 1, 2006. Singaporeans make up about 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in Malaysia. About 114,000 vehicles including lorries and motorcycles enter Malaysia from Singapore daily, of which about 40,000 are estimated to be Singapore-registered cars. Malaysia hopes to attract some 20.1 million visitors to its shores this year, with about half expected to come from Singapore. It has already recorded a healthy 4.4% growth of tourist arrivals from Singapore in January and February, as compared to the same period last year. source: http://news.asiaone.com.sg/a1news/20070424_story25_1.html

Hi bro, Just came to my mind, since M'sia came to mind, since msia goin to impose RM20 for entering msia, do you think it is still worth for spore to impose 3/4 rule on all spore car, imagive, they have to standy manpower(min 2) at the counter t check all the car and cause the time to leave the checkpoint longer. But usually spore goverment will still want to earn money from the natural resources like us lah. Any opinion?

Whats your choice?

RM20 Levy On Foreign Cars Unlikely To Affect Arrivals From S'pore By Jackson Sawatan SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- The proposal to impose RM20 levy on foreign cars entering Malaysia is unlikely to affect arrivals from Singapore, the country which contributed the biggest number of tourists to Malaysia, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said. He said that it was just a matter of getting used to paying the levy. "I believe Singaporeans will still come to Malaysia even after the imposition of the levy. It's just RM20 which is not a big amount if you convert that into Singapore dollar... I think you'll get used to it," he told a news conference, here Monday. Tengku Adnan is in Singapore to attend the Asean Tourism Ministers Meeting which is one of the key meetings in conjunction with the ongoing Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) 2007. Tengku Adnan said that cars from Malaysia were also being charged S$20 to enter Singapore and he had not heard of complaints from the Malaysian motorists even though the amount was huge if converted into the Malaysian ringgit (S$1 = RM2.28). Tengku Adnan would not say when the authorities would begin to collect the fee or who would be tasked to collect it. "The matter is currently being finalised by the Attorney-General's Chambers." Tengku Adnan was also asked whether the target of 10 million tourist arrivals from Singapore this year, is achievable given the various issues such as crime rate in Johor Baharu and the possible haze this year, which may affect the travel plans of Singaporeans. Tengku Adnan said that the state of crime in Johor Baharu was not as bad as was made out to be by the media here. "The crime statistics for the whole of Malaysia have gone down, including those in Johor," he said. Out of 20 million trips that Singaporeans made to Malaysia annually, only 0.005 per cent of the trips encountered problems, he said. "I'm not saying that it's good (statistics). We certainly don't like what is happening and we are working very closely to the authorities to look at this matter seriously," he said. Security is being beefed up to bring the rate further down and to make sure the safety of tourists are taken care of, he said. Malaysia has targeted nine million tourists from Singapore last year. As of October, Malaysia already recorded 7.9 million arrivals from the island state. A total of 72 companies from Malaysia's travel and trade industry participated in the ATF 2007. --------------- http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=244046 tis guy also another one trying to massage the numbers. out of 20 million trips made by Spore, 0.005% encounter problem. but then go on to say only 7.9mil spore recorded. cow head no meet horse mouth.