NOVEMBER 3

Exit Tax spoils visa-free policy

An article titled, ”The ASEAN visa free pact hailed as a boon for tourism on page 10 of the Jakarta post, July 31, assumed that free visas and low-cost airline ticket would not only encourage people to travel but also stimulated social and commercial interaction within ASEAN countries.

However, the hope expressed in the article will mislead readers because of the exit tax policy imposed by the Indonesian government is higher than the price of a budget airline ticket.

I once saw an airlines company charge a passenger about Rp.800.000,00 for a return to Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur. Which certainly attracted people to Malaysia. Unfortunately, those people had to think twice before buying the ticket, because they had to pay an exit tax of Rp. 1 million.

Finland, however, a country where I used to live in for several years, does not charge its citizens with the exit tax. It was easy and cheap for me to travel around Europe countries.

Thus, in order to promote people to people contact in Southeast Asia, the Indonesia government should revoke the exit tax for visits within ASEAN countries immediately.

Indrian

Jakarta

(taken from:” the Jakarta post,”2006)

1.  Indrian, a citizen from Jakarta, wrote a letter to The Jakarta Post in order to . . . .

A.    Persuade the government to put an end to the exit tax policy

B.     Spoil the visa-free policy released by the government

C.     Balance the price of the airline ticket and the exit tax

D.    Promote people-to-people contact in Southeast Asia

E.     Impose the exit tax policy and new airline ticket

2.  The exit tax spoils the visa-free policy because. . . .

A.    The operation of budget airlines are getting more expensive

B.     The exit tax is higher than the price of an airlines

C.     The policy facilitated many tourists to visit Southeast Asia countries

D.    The exit tax is cheaper than the price of an airlines tickets

E.     The policy won’t charge every passenger who travels abroad

3.  The writer wrote a recommendation in the paragraph . . . .

A.    1

B.     2

C.     3

D.    4

E.     5

4.  The generic structure of the text is . . . .

A.    Orientation – events- reorientations

B.     Orientation – complication – resolution

C.     Thesis – elaboration

D.    Thesis – argument – reiteration

E.     Thesis – arguments – recommendation

5.  The text belongs to a/an . . . .

A.    Explanation

B.     Review

C.     Discussion

D.    Hortatory exposition

E.     Analytical exposition

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