While all Malaysian citizens are eligible to purchase RON 95 at RM1.99 per litre at an allocation of 300 litres per month under the Budi Madani RON 95 (Budi95) subsidy initiative, which began yesterday, one of the requirements for access to the subsidised fuel is the possession of a valid competent driving licence (CDL).
This is an issue for Malaysians who are required to hold a Singapore driving licence for work. This is because Malaysian workers in Singapore such as bus, lorry and port truck drivers must surrender their Malaysian licence to obtain a Singaporean one, as required by the republic’s regulations, the Malay Mail reports.
Transport minister Anthony Loke said the government was aware of this, and is taking steps to address the issue. Explaining the matter, he said that Singaporean law prohibits individuals from holding two driving licences simultaneously, forcing Malaysians in certain occupations to convert their licences to work there.
Loke said the matter was raised in cabinet last week, and it was agreed in principle that these workers are entitled to the subsidy as they remain Malaysian citizens. “These groups are citizens of Malaysia, they live in Johor and commute daily to work in Singapore. When they return, they drive their own cars or motorcycles that are registered and taxed here. They should not be excluded from receiving Budi95,” he said.
However, he added that implementation will take some time due to data privacy laws. Loke explained that Singapore’s land transport authority (LTA) does not share personal data with Malaysia, making automatic verification impossible. To resolve this, he said the road transport department (JPJ) is now developing a dedicated online registration system for Malaysians holding Singapore licences.
“The Singapore data is not integrated with us. It is beyond our jurisdiction and involves the personal data protection act. We need a system to register these Malaysians, but JPJ will require two to three weeks to develop it,” he said.
He added that the exact number of Malaysians holding Singapore licences is currently unknown, though there are between 200,000 and 250,000 daily crossings at the Johor-Singapore border.
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Pay Singapore tax but no pay Malaysia tax while benefit from currency exchange still cheap skate for subsidy. Worse than B40 here
using your logic foreign expats should be entitled to petrol subsidy because they pay tax to lhdn
You don’t understand his comment
the original poster already mentioned clearly “no pay malaysia tax” = no subsidy. so if we apply the same logic fairly , anyone who pays local taxes should be given some form of subsidy.
what is the logic here? Making sing dollar with Singapore license and spend RM buying cheap petrol. Absolutely non sense.
it’s a move to uniting Malaysian, not foreigners.
despite where you working, Malaysia is your home?
it’s better they spend thier weekend here or even overnight here so family here are still taken care by them.
get malaysian driving license then
driving license is not exclusive you can have license from more than one country. same like IC , football players Sergio Agurero and Dion Cools becamse malayaisna citizen but dont need to renounce their original citizenship
Earn, Pay tax in Singapore
Buy cheap Malaysia petrol
Cissss….. Olang macam ni pun mau layan. Suruh dia ambil lesen Malaysia dah T5 pun nak subsidi
expats pegang license dari JPJ, bayar cukai kpd LHDN . nape x layak terima subsidi plak?
all these efforts are nothing but attempts to buy votes to win the next general election.
pure and simple.
everything else spouted by these politicians are pure bs.
and guess who is paying for the “subsidies” for these “cheap” fuel?
yes, you, the taxpayers and voters.
wake up. its been 60 odd years and still the masses falls for these cheap tricks and smokes and mirrors.
you deserve the gov that you voted into power. don’t blame it on anyone else but yourself after the fact.
if the petrol price up we still pay higher prices at the pump , so taxpayers and voters still pay the bill either way right.
then the masses won’t get conned by voting for these cancer cell politicians who claims its them that got the masses these “cheap fuels”.
u don’t draw down on future revenues to create smokes and mirrors. pay for what u can afford.
who are you to say what we can or cannot afford?
No need la, for them the unsubsidised RON95 only cost SGD0.79.
Aren’t Malaysia driving license cheaper than Singapore? Can’t someone explain?
No need don’t waste our money or resources and time