Allow me to try recalling the flow of event. Do correct me if i'm wrong.
First, they said foreign vehicles coming into Malaysia will have to pay for an entrance fee because these cars come to our country for cheap petrol that's subsidized by the government for the citizens.
(Oh, yes, these cars include ours, people who work in Singapore and drive a Singapore registered car. Oh, yes, i am a citizen of Malaysia. But no, i don't have to pay any income tax in Malaysia even though i file for my income every year. It's the taxation policy of the country, so don't blame me for that.)
Then, a minister or someone said the entrance fee was confirmed at RM20, followed by another person saying it wasn't confirmed yet.
Afterwards, there was news about this entrance fee being cancelled. But later on, we saw card readers installed at each booth at the custom checkpoint. That was even before anything concrete was announced. No one knew if the fee was indeed RM20, or how the card should be purchased, or when it was gonna start. Uh huh, no one knew anything, well, at least not the general public. I'm sure someone in the government knew something, but of course, as usual, the general public didn't know a thing. Our government just loves to keep us in suspense. Aren't they so nice in making our lives so full of excitement?!
The card readers were there for months already and everyone was just waiting for the announcement. Oh yes, the announcement did finally come, but only to inform everyone that we are NOT gonna charge the entrance fee anymore. So foreign vehicles taking advantage of the government-subsidized petrol isn't an issue anymore huh? So what are the card readers gonna be used for now?
Oh well, if we can scrap an on-going project of building a bridge, i guess a few card readers don't mean a thing to anyone, as long as someone has benefited along the way.
So, anything else is new?
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