‘Road tax cannot be abolished as it is a major source of income’


KUALA LUMPUR: The road tax cannot be waived as it is the main source of income for the Road Transport Department, says Anthony Loke.

The Transport Minister said the department had an annual revenue of some RM4bil and half of it was from road tax collection.

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