In yet another ridiculous move, to control subsidized fuel this time, the Malaysian government announced last night that petrol stations within 30km from the border are not allowed to sell petrol to foreign cars from Friday. This effectively means that Singapore-registered cars cannot buy petrol from JB anymore. I’d understand if they’d imposed a surcharge, e.g. RMx or x% to the total bill, but to totally deny people the right to buy fuel is silly. I wonder if the owner of the huge petrol station near the causeway had a heart attack after watching the news last night since probably 80% of his sales are to Singapore customers.
So, if the car returning from Genting runs low on fuel and happens to be in JB, how?
Comment by WishBoNe on May 27, 2008 at 10:15 am
Hong(4) Gan(3) lor..
this is an absolutely ridiculous law that can be passed. i’m suspicious that it’s more political than it looks, and if that’s the case, Singaporeans just won’t go to Malaysia.
or if we do, we’d better make sure we go in with full tanks and don’t overstay our welcome.
Still ridiculous though.
Comment by brian on May 27, 2008 at 10:33 am
what if in the case that foreign cars have no more petrol, how? like this is not productive in any way
Comment by Sentosa Girl on May 27, 2008 at 12:44 pm
if really that the case, everyone go there by coach or dun go at all
Comment by Sentosa Girl on May 27, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Well, I did say that it was a “ridiculous” move. :)
Comment by Larry on May 27, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Not only ridiculous ! Its damn stupid move !! wonder how project like danga bay & Iskandar region dev can be success by having law like tat to stop singaporean to spend in jb !
At last, singaporean will juz go further to melacca or more far to spend insteed of stay in jb!
Singaporean come to MAL cause of lower spending, but now gov try to BE FAIR & ANSWERABLE to public and cut down all our Unique Selling Points!
30km away from 2nd link ? senai ? sweat !
Comment by JeFF on May 29, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Crap..not 30km..its 50KM>>.kotatingi n abobe…
i bet $9999999999 that msia forien vehical petrol ban will cause 90% n above a problem 4 residence n worker in jb….ppl will not go there 2 service…bike n car…ppl will not shop there le… n mostly it will affect roobber who target.singaporean..haha./… all can eat shit from city Square le….
Comment by chye...4747 on May 30, 2008 at 1:50 am
This is the best law the msian gov ever made. They should extend this to other things including higher toll for singapore cars, limited time travel for sing reg cars in KL and other cities, speedy fine collection for sing registered cars for people who break the law.
Who gives a shit about the livelihood of a few petrol stations in JB, whereas this cause is for the common good of their country.
Wake up, times have changed, stop driving your cars. Energy resources have depleted, malaysian oil for malaysians..not for singaporeans. Blame our own gov for the high prices.
Comment by jerry on June 1, 2008 at 11:33 am
Looks like the government finally realized how stupid this new ruling is - delaying it last night for review, on the eve of the planned implementation.
I don’t understand how this always happen. Don’t they think through and discuss thoroughly before going public? Or did the minister just “suddenly” had the idea one morning while doing his business in the toilet?
Comment by Larry on June 2, 2008 at 7:17 am
It seems that malaysians feel that singaporeans are taking unfair advantage of the petrol subsidies in JB. If both side play at this game no one will be the winner.. should singapore up the notch to repel malysians from working in singapore.. such ideas are not helpful and though your situation (higher prices for everything) in JB is felt and understood by singaporeans, it is not because singaporeans go there But because the businesses want to make more money..
Comment by jerry on June 12, 2008 at 6:06 am
Hey,malaysians can come to make money and earn a living,by building big house and having bigs car in malaysia.We singaporean get some petrol in malaysia got so many problems ah??
Get all malaysian who working in singapore get back to their country and get employement there,They will stave to dead in a shit bowl .
Malaysian govet has to think all this before setting all this SHITS rules.
Come singaporean we have to work as a team,dont go to JB ,let the malaysian markets flop!!!!
Comment by Steven on December 11, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Think M’sian Govt policies stink! Just like the thing they leave in their toilets!! hahaha
Boycott and Stop going into JB and Malaysia altogether for a month and see if the M’sian Govt will change their mind when the ppl in JB and other parts start to starve and complain about S’poreans not helping to revive their economy!!
Comment by Mel on December 13, 2009 at 12:09 am
Oh so how . Tonight going in so must have full tank and cannot refill right .
Comment by Eumorastore on December 15, 2009 at 11:59 am
Dear Fellow drivers,
Quoted from New Straits Times(JB Newspaper)
“From Today , the sales of petrol and diesel to foreign- registered vehicles at border towns is capped at 20 Litres per vehicle,” blah blab blah,
“however, Ismail said Singapore Registered Cars are EXEMPTED from border checks.
The Singapore Government does not allow any Singapore Registered Vehicle to leave the republic without three quarters of a tank of fuel.”
So does this equals to we could still pump petrol at JB? Good news or bad news?
Comment by Impreza on December 16, 2009 at 2:01 pm
NO MEDICINE CAN CURE, OR CAN BE FOUND, TO TREAT STUPIDITY - ISSUING REAL STUPID BAN.
I TAKE IT AS 2009 BIGGEST JOKE OF THE YEAR IN THE WORLD CREATED BY MALAYSIA TO HUMOUR EVERYONE!
THIS IS INSTANCE “FIRE” NOT NOODLE, YOU GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR!
Comment by Bennn on December 18, 2009 at 3:08 am
Ok, ok… there’s no need for hostility. We can argue until the cows come home and in the end, the fact remains that both Malaysia and Singapore need each other.
And please differentiate between the common “Malaysians” and the “Government”. FYI, I voted for the opposition in the past election.
We all knew this wasn’t going to fly because it’s not practical. They should’ve targeted the real smugglers at the Thai borders - those are the people who’ve been siphoning out drums after drums of subsidized petrol.
Comment by Larry Lim on December 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I honestly why Singaporeans are so furious over this new law. After all, it was Singapore that first made it compulsory for cars leaving the city state to be fully filled with petrol.
I mean… you Singaporeans admit to be rich and wealthy compared to us. Evidence can be found by the comments here that arrogantly mention that Malaysians come to Singapore for work. The petrol subsidy given by the Malaysian government (which does not come with a low price) is for the lower income group of Malaysia to enjoy, not the rich and prosperous Singaporeans!
To make it even more fair to the lower income group of Malaysia, Malaysians using cars with Singaporean license plates will also not be able to enjoy the subsidy advantages since they obviously work in the city state and are of the middle or higher income group!
Besides, Singapore imposes Vehicle Entry Permits (VEPs)on Malaysian cars entering their territory but this is not applied vice versa. Not to mention these permits dont come cheap. So who is being unfair now?
In a case where Malaysian drivers are being fined for reckless driving, they have to pay the summon on that very day itself! This does not apply to Singaporeans visiting Malaysia.
Long story made short - this law is to prevent (generally higher-paid) Singaporeans from exploiting the petrol subsidy implemented by the Malaysian government to cater for the (generally lower-paid) Malaysians. No hard feelings.
Comment by Iyer Anderson on December 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm