Khaled (second right) and Liow (centre) witnessing the handing over of ‘penarafan hijau’ certificate by Public Works Department deputy-director general Dr Roslan Md Taha (second left) to Johore Port Authority and Tanjung Pelepas Authority chairman, Datuk Abdul Rahim Ramli (right) at the Johor Port Authority new headquarters. — Bernama photo
JOHOR BAHARU: The government has no plan to scrap the implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) and said it will be resumed once the system is ready to go.
Brushing aside newsreports earlier, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said there was no delay on the implementation.
“Don’t listen to rumours. The government will implement (VEP). Not only in Singapore but (our borders) in Thailand, Kalimantan and Brunei. We are not discriminating, all borders will have VEP.
“We will start with Singapore (registered vehicles) first and then move to others,” he told reporters after attending the official opening ceremony of the Johor Port Authority new headquarters in Pasir Gudang, here yesterday.
Liow was commenting on whether the VEP would likely be scrapped after the process of its implementation faced “glitches” and missed several “dates” which were supposed to be the date of implementation.
“It will take time to implement this as we want to ensure there will be no hiccups when we start it. If now, the trial only runs for 12 hours, we want to run it for 24 hours for at least another one or two months.”
The VEP, which was first proposed back in 2006, was supposed to start with a charge of RM20 for foreign vehicles entering Johor on July 16, but was postponed for the fourth time.
On whether the installation of a camera in the car should be made compulsory to determine the cause of accidents, he said so far, it was still on a voluntary basis. — Bernama