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Singapore imposes road charge on foreign-registered cars

Singapore has imposed road charge on foreign-registered cars, announced Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) on January 16.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Singaporehas imposed road charge on foreign-registered cars, announced Singapore’s LandTransport Authority (LTA) on January 16.

All foreign-registered cars willhave to pay a reciprocal road charge of 6.4 SGD (about 4.48 USD) per entry whenentering Singapore via the Tuas and Woodlands checkpoints, the LTA added.

The new law which took effectfrom January 15 is to match with Malaysia’s similar amount of levy implementedsince last November.

The move aims to ensurethat Malaysia takes into considerationSingapore's response whenever they raise their fees or introduce a new levy,said Singaporean Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan.

Up to 20,000 Singaporean vehiclesenter Malaysia daily on average via the two checkpoints.-VNA

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