I wish to thank LTA for single handedly contributing further to Singapore’s already astronomical cost of living because numbskull policy makers cannot understand basics of politics within a geo-political zone.
You fired the first salvo to increase vehicle entry fees citing factors correlating to local vehicle costs so that road use cost is more equitably shared between foreign and local vehicles. This is pure stupid and foolish. Imagine creating a policy to enact costs just to make road usage costs more equitable for foreigners.
Then the lack of consideration as to how this will play out may have also have missed the attention of the dumb nitwits at LTA. The businessmen who drive will pass on costs to consumers in one way or another. The logistic transport costs will directly pass on the costs to the wholesalers here in Singapore. So the end result – further inflation of goods, especially food.
Then you have the daily working group commuters. Both Malaysians and Singaporeans alike will be hit hard given that Malaysia has increased their toll and will be charging a vehicle entry permit.
I will not be surprised if Singapore side increases the toll too as there is supposed to be correlated policy for toll fees that was previously reported.
All in all, the poor consumer suffers, the poor public suffers. Not the governments who use taxpayers money to build the infrastructure, not the businessmen who will find ways and means to recover costs back, but the general working community will pay for this.
I am not sure if this episode has been purposely acted out by both governments. But surely with LTA firing the first salvo, it shows the kind of dumb, narrow minded, self-conceited, short sighted nitwits and numbskulls helming the highest echelon of government agencies today who cannot think outside of $$$ behind any policy crafted out.
Singaporean
TRS Contributor