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It’s not a joke, the Singapore-Malaysia land border have lastly reopened.
After two lengthy years of being unable to reunite with neighbors in Malaysia, 1000’s have flocked by automobile, bike and foot throughout the reopened border on the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints as soon as the clock struck midnight.
An infinite stream of vacationers in automobiles and motorbikes drove throughout whereas honking in glee, cheering and waving. The individuals who marched in by foot had been additionally ecstatic, with some even working into the immigration checkpoint to keep away from queuing for lengthy.
Site visitors cams confirmed a large jam at Woodlands causeway at round 12:11am that had cleared up hours later.
The borders had been closed for over two years, since March 2020.
Absolutely vaccinated vacationers, and accompanied unvaccinated kids beneath 12 can now freely journey between each nations with out having to check or quarantine.
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Whereas there is no such thing as a cap on the variety of day by day vacationers, they’ve to supply legitimate passports and automobile permits on the checkpoints. Additionally they must submit their private data, well being declaration, and vaccination standing on-line previous to journey.
The Malaysian authorities on Wednesday introduced that toll expenses for all autos getting into the nation shall be waived for every week beginning at the moment.
Johor Bahru bus operator Causeway Hyperlink final evening introduced that shuttle bus service from Woodlands can also be accessible from at the moment.
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