By Before, passports cost $60 for 10 years, now it’s $70 for 5 years. It’s more than 100 per cent increase.
Ng Beng Choo, Straits Times forum.
As with most other public services, the passport fee is determined based on a cost-recovery model. The cost of producing a passport cannot simply be linked to frequency or duration of use.
The Immigrations and Checkpoint Authority, in reply to Mrs Ng.