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In January 2008, Milan introduced a traffic charge scheme as a one-year trial, called Ecopass, and exempts high emission standard vehicles and some alternate fuel vehicles. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] This tax was substituted in 2012 by the Area C system, which places a charge on nearly all vehicles entering the city centre during weekdays.
Starting July 1, 2008, the standard mileage rate for business miles is being increased to 58.5 cents per mile. The rate is currently at 50.5 cents per mile. Over the years, the IRS has somewhat ...
According to the book The Journey – Singapore's Land Transport Story, the amount of traffic entering the Restricted Zone in June 1975 (before the ALS was introduced) was 32,500 vehicles, and after the beginning of the ALS in June 1975, the vehicle numbers dropped to only 7,700, between the hours of 7.30 am to 9.30 am, a 76% reduction; and 9% ...
The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) are classes of categories as part of a quota license for owning a vehicle in Singapore. [1] The licence is obtained from a successful winning bid in an open bid uniform price auction which grants the legal right of the holder to register, own and use a vehicle in Singapore for an initial period of 10 years.
On 1 September 1992, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) was established by legislation as a statutory board [3] under the Ministry of Finance. With this conversion, IRAS was incorporated by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act to take over the functions previously performed by the Inland Revenue Department.
Roads were also constructed across the rest of the island, although they were usually unsurfaced. Most of the roads were accessible to the kampong roads by 1845, and finally to the HDB developed roads since the 1960s. Currently, there are a lot of roads and expressways in Singapore. The first motor car was introduced in Singapore in 1896.
6 – 17 September – Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. 9 September – Equestrian rider Laurentia Tan wins Singapore's first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze. [65] She wins another bronze medal on 11 September. [66] 13 September – Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu wins Singapore's first Paralympic silver medal. [67]
The STARIS version 2.0 was piloted on train car 3322 in 2010, but it was uninstalled in 2016 as it was not compatible with the updated STARIS displays. The LCD Displays were deactivated since July 2007 and LED Displays was not used since January 2008 with the change of voice announcer. All VPIS were removed to make way for the STARIS by 2010.