AYER HITAM (April 1): The Ministry of Transport (MoT) received 191,293 vehicle entry permit (VEP) applications for the entry of private vehicles from Singapore from January to March 31 this year in anticipation of the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore border on Friday (April 1).

Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said, however, only about 65,000 vehicles were ready to enter as they had also been installed with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and possessed valid VEPs.

Nonetheless, to encourage the entry of more vehicles, the MoT is giving reprieve to around 125,000 vehicles to enter the country without the need to instal RFID tags for seven days from Friday (April 1).

“We are giving up to April 7 for them to enter Malaysia without any charge, but from April 8, they should have obtained their RFID tags or they would not be allowed to enter or may face action.

“We understand the reasons why the remaining vehicles were not installed with RFID as the border checkpoints were closed. I hope they would take the opportunity to instal the tags during the seven days,” Wee said on Friday.

He was speaking at a media conference after attending the 76th Road Transport Department Day celebration at Dewan Muafakat, Ayer Hitam here.

Meanwhile, the minister said the checkpoint by air would see 60 flights arriving at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Friday, while 50 flights would be departing.

Meanwhile, at klia2, 16 international flights would be arriving and 18 flights taking off.

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