Visa exemption for China tourists extended to Dec 2019
The 15-day visa exemption for tourists from China has been extended from Jan 1 to Dec 31 this year, a piece of good news for local tourism industry players.
With many Chinese nationals going on holiday during the Chinese New Year next month and China’s National Day Golden Week break in October, Malaysia’s tourism association is hopeful that the exemption will boost arrivals.
Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Jan 2 made three separate orders to grant visa exemptions for Chinese and Indian tourists.
The orders granting the exemption under the Passports Act 1966 were published on Jan 3 in the Federal Government Gazette.
The three are: Passports (Exemption of Visa to Tourist Who is Citizen of The People’s Republic Of China) Order 2019; Passports (Exemption of Visa to Tourist Who is Citizen of India) Order 2019; and Passports (Exemption of Visa to Expatriate Who is Citizen of India) Order 2019.
Chinese tourists were first granted the 15-day visa exemptions on Oct 1, 2015, while Indian citizens including expatriates who visit Malaysia as tourists were first given exemptions on April 1, 2017.
The exemptions for both countries were extended every year since.
The exemption for tourists who are citizens of China comes with a number of conditions.
According to the orders, applicants must register with an electronic travel registration and information system provided by the Immigration Department.
They must have a return ticket and must produce on arrival, proof of sufficient pocket money, credit card or bank card with the UnionPay, AliPay or eWallet logo.
They must also produce their itinerary in Malaysia upon arrival.
The orders stated that the 15-day exemption could not be extended, and upon leaving Malaysia, the tourist was only allowed to re-register for exemption again after three months.
The exemption for tourists who are citizens of India has almost similar conditions while the exemption of Indian expatriates applies to all citizens of India working as expatriates outside India in all countries except Singapore.
They are granted the exemption when travelling to Malaysia as tourists.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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KLIA exceeds quality of service
KLIA exceeds quality of service
KL International Airport (KLIA) exceeded the service quality targets in October set under the Malaysian Aviation Commission’s Airport Quality of Service (QoS) framework.
Malaysia Airports acting group chief executive officer, Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin said meeting the QoS targets was a fraction of the many initiatives undertaken to improve guests’ experience.
“At the core, we want to transform the mindset of our people and imbue them with a first-world service culture,” he said in a statement.
Initiated in September 2018, QoS is a service performance measure meant to ensure consistent passenger comfort at the airport and improve airport user experience for stakeholders.
~News courtesy of The Star~
KL International Airport (KLIA) exceeded the service quality targets in October set under the Malaysian Aviation Commission’s Airport Quality of Service (QoS) framework.
Malaysia Airports acting group chief executive officer, Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin said meeting the QoS targets was a fraction of the many initiatives undertaken to improve guests’ experience.
“At the core, we want to transform the mindset of our people and imbue them with a first-world service culture,” he said in a statement.
Initiated in September 2018, QoS is a service performance measure meant to ensure consistent passenger comfort at the airport and improve airport user experience for stakeholders.
~News courtesy of The Star~
2018年11月14日星期三
离境税征收机制未决 陆兆福：稍后公布
离境税征收机制未决 陆兆福：稍后公布
交通部长陆兆福表示，政府尚未决定征收离境税的机制。
“究竟会加入乘客服务费或者由关税局征收？我们将会稍后公布。”
他今天在亚航总部的数码机场控制中心主持推介礼后，受询及离境税的课题时，如是表示。
他说明，2令吉乘客服务费与20令吉或40令吉的离境税不同，前者由马来西亚机场控股有限公司征收作为营运用途，非政府征收；后者是由政府征收，以提高政府的收入，政府预计每年可征收数亿令吉。
他说，离境税并非首创税务，实际上在泰国与印尼等国家早已经征收离境税。
陆兆福也希望我国机场与航空公司可以合作，缩短飞机抵达与起飞的周转时间（turnaround time）。
他透露，昨日甫从曼谷公干返国的他在4时25分抵达吉隆坡机场，但在5时10分才领取行李，令他认为有改善的空间。
“我希望在我们从抵达到行李运输带时，就可以领取行李。这需要航空公司、机场公司及相关单位的配合。”
针对政府希望出售30％机场房地产投资信托基金股权筹资40亿令吉资金，陆兆福表示，政府尚未鉴定涉及的机场（参与该机制），政府会稍后宣布。
另一方面，亚航创办人丹斯里东尼费南德斯则表示无意参与收购30％机场房地产投资信托基金股权的计划。
他说，亚航作为航空公司将会聚焦在航空事业，兴建机场并非他们的工作。
不过，他表明愿意与机场公司合作降低成本，从而调低机票价格。
询及政府落实的离境税会否导致亚航调高机票价格或者会否吸纳部分的离境税，东尼费南道斯说，由于整个机制尚未明朗，且让他们了解整个税务架构后才发言，目前，一切言之过早。
~光华日报~
交通部长陆兆福表示，政府尚未决定征收离境税的机制。
“究竟会加入乘客服务费或者由关税局征收？我们将会稍后公布。”
他今天在亚航总部的数码机场控制中心主持推介礼后，受询及离境税的课题时，如是表示。
他说明，2令吉乘客服务费与20令吉或40令吉的离境税不同，前者由马来西亚机场控股有限公司征收作为营运用途，非政府征收；后者是由政府征收，以提高政府的收入，政府预计每年可征收数亿令吉。
他说，离境税并非首创税务，实际上在泰国与印尼等国家早已经征收离境税。
陆兆福也希望我国机场与航空公司可以合作，缩短飞机抵达与起飞的周转时间（turnaround time）。
他透露，昨日甫从曼谷公干返国的他在4时25分抵达吉隆坡机场，但在5时10分才领取行李，令他认为有改善的空间。
“我希望在我们从抵达到行李运输带时，就可以领取行李。这需要航空公司、机场公司及相关单位的配合。”
针对政府希望出售30％机场房地产投资信托基金股权筹资40亿令吉资金，陆兆福表示，政府尚未鉴定涉及的机场（参与该机制），政府会稍后宣布。
另一方面，亚航创办人丹斯里东尼费南德斯则表示无意参与收购30％机场房地产投资信托基金股权的计划。
他说，亚航作为航空公司将会聚焦在航空事业，兴建机场并非他们的工作。
不过，他表明愿意与机场公司合作降低成本，从而调低机票价格。
询及政府落实的离境税会否导致亚航调高机票价格或者会否吸纳部分的离境税，东尼费南道斯说，由于整个机制尚未明朗，且让他们了解整个税务架构后才发言，目前，一切言之过早。
~光华日报~
Infrastructure in Petaling Street to be upgraded: KL Mayor
Infrastructure in Petaling Street to be upgraded: KL Mayor
Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said the roofs of the buildings along the street had never been changed since 18 years ago.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will upgrade the infrastructure in Petaling Street next year, focusing on repairing the roofs and repainting old buildings in the area for the comfort of visitors and traders.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said the roofs of the buildings along the street had never been changed since 18 years ago.
“The roof repair and building repainting project in Petaling Street will take about six months and will start next January.
“We have not made any decision about the allocation, but the cost will be shared with the Kuala Lumpur Hawkers and Small Traders Association,” he told reporters after visiting Petaling Street here today.
Also present were Bukit Bintang Member of Parliament, Fong Kui Lun and association chairman, Datuk Ang Say Tee.
Nor Hisham said DBKL would also work together with the association and police to curb the sale of stolen goods at the Jalan Sultan flea market.
“According to our plan, the flea market will be merged with Petaling Street to make it a bigger tourist attraction. But first we need to improve the flea market’s image,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ang hoped that the roof repairs along Petaling Street could be done as soon as possible as there had been several minor incidents of roof tiles falling down.
“The last time this happened was in September due to strong wind and heavy rain. Luckily, no one was injured,” he said.
Work to repair the roofs and repaint the buildings will be done in stages so as not to affect the livelihood of about 700 traders in Petaling Street.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said the roofs of the buildings along the street had never been changed since 18 years ago.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will upgrade the infrastructure in Petaling Street next year, focusing on repairing the roofs and repainting old buildings in the area for the comfort of visitors and traders.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said the roofs of the buildings along the street had never been changed since 18 years ago.
“The roof repair and building repainting project in Petaling Street will take about six months and will start next January.
“We have not made any decision about the allocation, but the cost will be shared with the Kuala Lumpur Hawkers and Small Traders Association,” he told reporters after visiting Petaling Street here today.
Also present were Bukit Bintang Member of Parliament, Fong Kui Lun and association chairman, Datuk Ang Say Tee.
Nor Hisham said DBKL would also work together with the association and police to curb the sale of stolen goods at the Jalan Sultan flea market.
“According to our plan, the flea market will be merged with Petaling Street to make it a bigger tourist attraction. But first we need to improve the flea market’s image,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ang hoped that the roof repairs along Petaling Street could be done as soon as possible as there had been several minor incidents of roof tiles falling down.
“The last time this happened was in September due to strong wind and heavy rain. Luckily, no one was injured,” he said.
Work to repair the roofs and repaint the buildings will be done in stages so as not to affect the livelihood of about 700 traders in Petaling Street.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
2018年11月13日星期二
Departure levy different from airport tax
Departure levy different from airport tax
The departure levy proposed in Budget 2019 is completely separate from the existing passenger service charge (PSC), said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Loke was responding to a question on the need to impose the levy which was set at RM20 to Asean countries and RM40 for non-Asean countries.
The PSC is not something collected by the government, that’s collected by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to run the operations of the airport, he said.
“The departure levy introduced by the government, is a form of tax for anyone travelling out of the country. That is completely by the government, not by the airlines, not by the airports,” he said during the launch of AirAsia Bhd’s first fully-digitalised ground handling services control centre at klia2.
The departure levy is needed to raise revenue and the government could collect a few hundred million ringgit annually, he said.
Loke pointed out other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia had similar taxes for outbound travellers.
The mechanism, he said, would be announced later as implementation only starts on June 1.
He added the ministry has not decided on the mechanism to offer the 30% stake in the proposed Airport REIT (real estate investment trust), which forms part of the Budget 2019 proposal.
Fernandes hopes the proposed REIT would not increase costs.
“Obviously we would like to see full privatisation, so new airport operators can come in, we may see different ways of running airports, and not just giving 30% to Malaysian Airports as a different form of funding,” Fernandes said.
What the low-cost carrier needed, he added, was an airport operator and airport which understood AirAsia’s model in reducing costs, which he said would in turn reduce the costs of flying for passengers, allowing the carrier to build Malaysia into a strong aviation hub.
Meanwhile the ground handling services control centre will allow AirAsia’s Ground Team Red (GTR) to track aircraft handling, with real-time information on passenger boarding, baggage reconciliation and ramp-loading compiled on a digital dashboard at the control centre.
Loke was given an overall briefing of the way the centre functioned to compile the different data and identify any soft spots in the aircraft’s turnaround process.
~News courtesy of The Star~
The departure levy proposed in Budget 2019 is completely separate from the existing passenger service charge (PSC), said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Loke was responding to a question on the need to impose the levy which was set at RM20 to Asean countries and RM40 for non-Asean countries.
The PSC is not something collected by the government, that’s collected by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to run the operations of the airport, he said.
“The departure levy introduced by the government, is a form of tax for anyone travelling out of the country. That is completely by the government, not by the airlines, not by the airports,” he said during the launch of AirAsia Bhd’s first fully-digitalised ground handling services control centre at klia2.
The departure levy is needed to raise revenue and the government could collect a few hundred million ringgit annually, he said.
Loke pointed out other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia had similar taxes for outbound travellers.
The mechanism, he said, would be announced later as implementation only starts on June 1.
He added the ministry has not decided on the mechanism to offer the 30% stake in the proposed Airport REIT (real estate investment trust), which forms part of the Budget 2019 proposal.
Fernandes hopes the proposed REIT would not increase costs.
“Obviously we would like to see full privatisation, so new airport operators can come in, we may see different ways of running airports, and not just giving 30% to Malaysian Airports as a different form of funding,” Fernandes said.
What the low-cost carrier needed, he added, was an airport operator and airport which understood AirAsia’s model in reducing costs, which he said would in turn reduce the costs of flying for passengers, allowing the carrier to build Malaysia into a strong aviation hub.
Meanwhile the ground handling services control centre will allow AirAsia’s Ground Team Red (GTR) to track aircraft handling, with real-time information on passenger boarding, baggage reconciliation and ramp-loading compiled on a digital dashboard at the control centre.
Loke was given an overall briefing of the way the centre functioned to compile the different data and identify any soft spots in the aircraft’s turnaround process.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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