BENTONG, 25 March 2018:
Owners of motorcycles and vehicles with expired road tax of not more than three years may renew them without having to fulfil the stipulated conditions – through a special programme from now until June-end.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai yesterday said the programme is being implemented by the Road Transport Department for the first time and was well-received by insurance companies.
“I advise such vehicle owners to seize the opportunity to renew their road tax and insurance within the next three months.
“This programme shows the government’s concern in helping the people, particularly those in the B40 group,” he said after officiating a Transport Ministry carnival here yesterday.
Liow said the vehicle owners would also enjoy insurance rebates if they renew the documents within the period.
“For 125cc motorcycles, the owners will only have to pay RM80 compared to the normal rate of between RM100 and RM140.”
Liow explained that in normal procedures, vehicles with lapsed road tax of more than one year needed to go through inspection at the Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre (Puspakom) before being approved for road tax renewal.
The department’s director-general Datuk Shaharuddin Khalid said an estimated 28 million vehicles had been registered in Malaysia but in 2017 – but only 19 million had the road tax renewed.
Separately, Liow said the East Coast Rail Link – scheduled for completion in 2024 – would reduce travel time between Bentong and Kuala Lumpur from one hour to only 25 minutes.
He also said work on the 18km tunnel project across Bentong had begun.
– Bernama