The Land Transport Authority (Abbreviation: LTA; Chinese: 陆路交通管理局; Malay: Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat) of Singapore is a statutory board of the Ministry of Transport. It was founded in 1 September 1995 by merging four agencies, namely, Registry of Vehicles, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Roads & Transportation Division of the Public Works Department and Land Transport Division of the then Ministry of Communications. LTA's jurisdiction lies in both private transport on roads as well as public transport. Image File history File links Lta_logo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore and parts of Sumatra. ... The statutory boards of the Singapore Government are organisations that have been given autonomy to perform an operational function. ... In Singapore, the Ministry of Transport (MOT; Chinese: 交通部) is a governmental ministry that administer and regulates the land, sea and air transportation within the republic’s jurisdiction. ...

Excerpt from report from The Straits Times on Jul 19 2007

Title: Some stat boards held on to millions in unused grants

THE practice by some statutory boards of holding on to millions of dollars in unused grants from their ministries, has come under fire from the Auditor-General. One of them is the Land Transport Authority (LTA), which held on to $5 million for rail projects for more than 10 years, up to June last year.

The audit of government agencies for the financial year ended March 31 this year also uncovered lapses in outsourcing and management of assets.

The grants in LTA's hands had been transferred to it from the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, which the LTA absorbed in 1995.

The Transport Ministry did not track the unused grants, nor offset them against subsequent requests for grants by the LTA.

The ministry has since recovered the amount as well as $230,155 in interest.

But that was not the first time the ministry had failed to recover unused grants, the report said.

Two years ago, it paid $28.8 million more in grants than what the LTA needed to pay as interest on bonds.

The other two statutory boards singled out were the People's Association, which held $6.9 million in excess grants for two to five years, and the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, which accumulated $4.9 million in unused grants.

The Community Development, Youth and Sports Ministry oversees both agencies.

(See external link below at The Straits Times 19 Jul 2007)

External link

• Land Transport Authority official site
• One.motoring - information portal for Singapore motorists
• Straits Time 19 Jul, 2007