Older, More Pollutive Motorcycles Remaining in Use on Singapore’s Roads

Ms Mariam Jaafar asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many older, more pollutive motorcycles remain in use on Singapore’s roads; (b) how many of these older motorcycles will not meet the higher emissions standards that will come into effect in April 2023; and (c) whether the Government will consider more incentives to encourage owners to deregister these motorcycles.

To reduce air pollution, we announced in 2018 that motorcycles registered before 1 July 2003 will have to meet tightened in-use emission standards from 6 April 2023. Since 2018, the National Environment Agency has offered owners of these motorcycles an incentive of up to $3,500 if they deregister their motorcycles before 6 April 2023.

From April 2018 to January 2023, 23,328 older motorcycles were deregistered, with 4,490 still in use. Based on recent inspection data, we expect one in five of these motorcycles will not be able to meet the tightened in-use emission standards.