The queue to Malaysia started at Goodwood Hill
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Many of us will think nothing of hopping on a bus or a car and crossing the causeway for a short trip to Malaysia - all you need is a passport. But do you know there was a time when you needed a car permit to drive up north?
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yg blogs about having to apply for a permit at the Malaysian High Commission, then at Goodwood Hill:
initially, the car-permit was valid from between six months and one year. the cost of a six-month permit was $30 and $90 for a one-year permit. this was later changed to a free permit which allowed you not more than 14 days in west malaysia.
as a result of this ruling, when we made driving trips to places in west malaysia, we made sure that we did not exceed the two weeks’ allowance.
in a way, the need for a car-permit was a good thing. when the scheme was scrapped in 1986, it led to massive, gridlock kind of jams at the causeway, especially on the malaysian side.
Read more on yg’s blog. Additional bit of trivia: as you’re travelling through Malaysia’s roads, do you notice something about the license plate letters? Singapore’s starts with ‘S’, Johor cars start with ‘J’, and Penang’s start with ‘P’. What states do ‘B’, ‘M’, ‘A’ and ‘C’ stand for?
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Posted by: francis kum
Posted on: February 27th, 2010
It was in 1972-73, I remember my classmate's brother works for a kind of tour company. So he recruited a few of us classmates to help him queue up for the car permit. we were paid for a dollar or so(forgotten how much) for our time, he would then submit his application forms when we are near there. we queue up in a colonial style buidling which is now torn down, it is near our school along the commonwealth ave, closer to the holland road junction.
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