MANY months ago, I wrote to this Forum with several suggestions for the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to consider.

One of my suggestions was to allow diesel cars on the road, given that diesel was easier to refine, and the latest-generation diesel engines emit less pollutants.

All these months, car manufacturer after car manufacturer have rolled out turbo-diesel variants of their new cars. All have proclaimed that this was a viable

solution to balancing car ownership with environmental concerns.

Surely, there must be a basis for all the car manufacturers to make such a claim?

Could the LTA, therefore, review again the possibility of allowing diesel cars on the road without punitive taxes?

Given that Asean has just ratified a constitution that has a keen focus on environmental concerns, Singapore as the country holding the chairmanship should lead in this area where there is all to gain and little to lose.

Steve Tan Peng Hoe