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 said 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 told The Straits Times.
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.
The decision would be reviewed at the end of the year. Datuk Seri
Tengku Adnan said he hoped the levy would not be implemented as it
would affect tourism but would cross that bridge later.
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.
For the full story, read Wednesday's edition of The Straits
Times.
