Why does the NEA need to ban old motorcycles from their roads by 2028?

Singapore has always have a relatively regulating system that makes people buy new motorcycles — THE COE SYSTEM.

Yes, in Singapore, you pay S$11,400 for a virtual piece of paper for the right to own a motorcycle for 10 years.

This system kills of many of the old motorcycles, especially those that are ill maintained. It has worked relatively well for years, and suddenly NEA decides to give people $3,500 to scrap their old motorcycles (2003 and older regardless of running or not running)

This is a strange rule as no other country have anything remotely similar, and the claim was that these old motorcycles pollute more than any other vehicles on the road.

With the high COE, many people will scrap their polluting motorcycles. Most people who cannot afford to maintain their motorcycles well, will not afford the $11,400 just for their motorcycle to break down.

There is absolutely no reason to waste public funds on forcing people to scrap their vehicles, and the ban does not make sense to me.

The reduction of motorcycle COE quota is also strange. With a great reduction of Malaysian motorcycles on the road due to the border closure, have we seen much less traffic on the CTE?