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March 28, 2008
Traffic almost back to normal at checkpoint
By Chong Chee Kin
TRAFFIC is almost back to normal at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
Following three weeks of jams touched off by the escape of terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, the lines of cars and heavy vehicles at the border crossing have eased considerably, the Immigration and the Checkpoints Authority said on Friday.
At about 5 pm, traffic was heavy but smooth - in stark contrast to the days when trucks formed snaking lines from the Woodlands Checkpoint to the Bukit Timah Expressway, and also to Kranji.
The average waiting time for cars, buses and motorcycles in the queues is now between an hour and 90 minutes - the same as it was before checks were stepped up after Mas Selamat's Feb 27 escape, said the ICA.
Lorries and trucks get cleared between two to six hours in the queues.
While this is shorter than the 15 hours drivers claimed they had been stuck in, it is still longer than the one to three hours it took clear the checkpoint before the hunt for Singapore's most wanted man began.
At the height of the congestion in the days following Mas Selamat's breakout, queues of lorries stretched up to 10km from the checkpoint as border officers searched for the suspected Jemaah Islamiah leader.
Meanwhile, lorries entering Singapore that stayed away from the checkpoint in the days after the escape are now returning, the ICA said.
Still, the checks are here to stay - as long as Mas Selamat is believed to be hiding in Singapore.
Updating reporters on the traffic situation on Friday, ICA's Commissioner Eric Tan said the enhanced security measures were necessary for border security.
However, the ICA's slew of measures to ease congestion was paying off, he said.
These included opening more lanes to clear departing trucks and lorries, and deploying officers to ensure that queues are orderly and that motorcycles do not spill into lanes meant for other vehicles.
The ICA also started a trial on Monday to divert lorries to the Old Woodlands Checkpoint - which was decommissioned nearly a decade ago - for clearance in a bid to improve their waiting times.
It is also discussing with the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) to see how clearance could be expedited for empty trucks leaving Singapore.
These trucks - about 14 of them - arrive here with livestock such as ducks and chickens before leaving for Perak - 610km from Singapore.
'Allowing them to spend less time in the queue would allow the drivers to get a good night?s rest before making the journey here again,' Mr Tan said. |
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April 1, 2008
Traffic diversion at Tuas crossing for emergency exercise
A JOINT chemical release emergency response exercise will take place at the Second Crossing at Tuas on Wednesday to test the operational effectiveness of the plan.
The exercise will be held from 9am to 1pm, during which only one lane on each side of the crossing will be open to normal traffic from both sides of the checkpoints.
It is the sixth exercise to be conducted to test the Emergency Response Plan, which was jointly developed by the Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Johor's Department of Environment, under the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Committee on the Environment.
It deals with potential accidents involving the transportation of hazardous chemicals on the Second Crossing at Tuas.
NEA advised motorists not to be alarmed and to follow the Traffic Police directions at the site.
As traffic flow may be affected, motorists are advised to stay clear of the Tuas checkpoint from 9am to 1pm, to avoid any inconvenience caused by traffic congestion. |
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April 29, 2008
Heavy traffic expected at Woodlands, Tuas checkpoints on May Day
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ICA urged drivers to play a part to ease congestion at the land checkpoints by maintaining lane discipline, car-pool or make use of public transport. -- PHOTO: BH
WITH the Labour Day holiday coming up on Thursday and the enhanced security checks at the checkpoints, traffic flow through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas is expected to be heavy over the next few days.
For departures, the build-up is expected to start from Wednesday evening.锟 |
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my paper
Take a coach up to KL from your doorstep
Rachel Chan
Fri, May 16, 2008
STARTING tomorrow, commuters heading up to Kuala Lumpur may not need to leave home to catch their coach up to the Malaysian capital.
That is if they are the first 1,000 customers to register with Yellow Express' new premium pick-up and drop-off service for its coach customers.
Yellow Express, a local coach company, will be launching the service tomorrow. A one-way trip will cost $55 and a two-way trip will be at $88.
Customers who miss the early-bird promotion will still be picked up from a point near their home.
The service works like this: Yellow Express will fetch customers from a 7-11 store or an MRT station near their residence. There are more than 120 pick-up points across the island, and there are only 18, 24 or 26 seats per coach "to ensure maximum comfort".
In Kuala Lumpur, the coach will drop off passengers at Berjaya Times Square in the city.
Currently, more than 600 people have registered with Yellow Express.
However, travellers are still required to embark and disembark at The Plaza, Yellow Express' terminal along Beach Road. A maxi cab, not the coach itself, is despatched to ferry these passengers.
This means that those who live in areas near to Tuas and Woodlands still have to make the unavoidable detour to town before crossing the Causeway or Second Link.
Still, registered member Goh Jun Jie, 27, a Jurong West resident, doesn't mind the transit. The business manager travels to Kuala Lumpur two to three times a year "to eat and shop".
He said: "I would need to travel to town anyway to board a Singapore-KL express coach, so why not let the bus company cover that expense."
He is also looking forward to the time when Yellow Express expands operations to Penang and Ipoh. The bus company is launching its online booking service on June 30.
However, student Vivien Lian, 24, is not impressed. She lives in Bukit Panjang, achingly near the Woodlands checkpoint.
Ms Lian, who usually pays $50 one way, said: "My main issue is time spent travelling unnecessarily." |
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Tadi tengahari aries masuk johor dgn hb....kita ikut 2nd link...masa nak masuk johor, kat s'pore kastam sapa2 yg drive kena keluar dari kereta & pergi kat one booth utk finger print....leceh nya.... |
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Reply #866 gadis_aries's post
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pasal dorang takut mas selamat tu menyamar jadi aries la.... |
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Reply #867 fatz2's post
adoii..  |
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Reply #865 fatz2's post
Fatz.. tak silap sc, dorang punya bus dah mcm aeroline. kalo i gi keje, i selalu nampak bus double deck ni selalu past near my tempat keje & also V & aries.
Kalo naik aeroline, tempat org bleh kumpul for the bus, kat harbour front near lobby C.  |
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Reply #865 fatz2's post
btw, tks for info.. yahoo!! |
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Reply #869 SweetCandy's post
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tu la sc...makin lama makin mudah makin comfortable nak pegi balik sana.... |
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S'pore-KL shuttle deal ends in June but frequency of flights unchanged
By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 16 May 2008 2224 hrs
SINGAPORE: Starting from June 1, passengers will no longer be able to buy tickets to fly between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at the shuttle flight counter.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysian Airline System (MAS) announced on Friday that they are scrapping the 25-year-old deal that allows walk-in passengers under a shared shuttle service.
The airlines said the number of flights will remain the same.
Scrapping the shuttle deal is part of the progressive deregulation of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, which was recently opened up to budget carriers after years of heavy lobbying.
The flag carriers added that the ever-increasing use of the Internet for a variety of transactions - such as booking of tickets and check-in - has also changed the travel landscape, removing the need for a shuttle service. - CNA/ac |
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Originally posted by fatz2 at 17-5-2008 12:24 AM 
pasal dorang takut mas selamat tu menyamar jadi aries la....
asal boleh aje  |
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Reply #871 fatz2's post
yey2.. gue setuju!! |
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Singaporeans likely to cut down on trips to Malaysia once petrol sale ban starts
By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 27 May 2008 2130 hrs
Singapore: Some Singaporeans said they may cut back on trips to Malaysia once the proposed ban on the sale of petrol and diesel to foreign registered vehicles within a 50-kilometre radius of Malaysia's borders takes effect.
The ban is expected to kick in as early as this Friday in a move to prevent abuse of heavy fuel subsidies.
However, Malaysia's Domestic Trade Minister, Shahrir Samad, said on Tuesday that the ban is a temporary one. It will be lifted once a new subsidy mechanism to replace the existing scheme, where everyone is subsidised, is put in place.
Still, the move is expected to affect hundreds of motorists who regularly cross over the border for cheaper oil.
Malaysia's diesel and petrol prices are among the lowest in Asia due to high government subsidies.
The ban is expected to affect up to 300 petrol stations in the country. And Singaporeans who head to Johor Bahru for cheaper petrol will be the most affected.
For example, Loy Cheong, a businessman who is a regular traveller across the border, said he will cut back on his trips.
Mr Cheong, Business Development Manager, Medo Enterprises Holding, said: "Buying cheap petrol is one of the privileges and what attracts the Singaporean to go there. But with this implementation, it may deter people from visiting Johor.
"We go normally once a week or once in every two weeks. But if they implement this, maybe we will go less often, like once a month."
Also facing problems are Malaysians who are Singapore permanent residents.
Koh Ming Li, a Singapore permanent resident, lives near the border and has been coming to Singapore almost every day for the past two years for work.
He said: "The problem now is that it prohibits me from driving directly into JB. And as for the 50-kilometre radius from JB, I would say (there's) almost no petrol kiosks within JB that I can pump petrol from."
Petrol kiosk operators who violate the ban face the possibility of a S$110,000 fine (RM$250,000) or a three-year jail term or both. - CNA/vm |
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June 2, 2008
KL puts off 50km petrol ban plan
Cabinet to review practical issues related to curbs on foreign motorists
MALAYSIA has put off plans to ban foreign-registered vehicles from filling up on subsidised petrol in its border areas with Singapore and Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday.
The ban was originally to start today for Thai-registered vehicles in the north and on June 9 for drivers of Singapore-registered cars in the south.
But Datuk Seri Najib, who is in Singapore to attend a security summit, told reporters that an anti-inflation Cabinet committee would meet tomorrow to review the plan.
'We have to find a new effective date because there are other matters, like for example, can we have separate pumps because the Singaporeans are saying that they don't mind paying the market rate,' he said.
His comments indicated that the government may allow foreigners to buy higher-priced fuel, whereas the earlier plan was to impose a total ban on foreigners buying fuel.
He said that the postponement was made following requests by Singaporeans.
Many Malaysians who work in Singapore have also complained that they should be allowed to enjoy subsidised rates for their Singapore-registered vehicles, he added.
The move is part of Malaysia's measures to curb soaring subsidies, which are expected to cost the government RM45 billion (S$19 billion) this year as global oil prices skyrocket.
It bars foreign-registered vehicles from refuelling at petrol stations within 50km of the country's borders with Singapore and Thailand. The penalty for station owners who flout the rule is a fine of up to RM250,000 or a jail term of three years.
Separately, the Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore, speaking to The Straits Times yesterday, said that the Malaysian government is conscious of the 'practical issues' that have arisen from the proposed ban.
There are many Malaysians who own Singapore vehicles, including some who live in Johor Baru but travel daily to work here, Datuk N. Parameswaran said.
They should not be 'penalised'.
'Being Malaysian, they should be able to enjoy a Malaysian facility extended to Malaysians,' he said.
Mr Parameswaran said that government officials meeting tomorrow will discuss suggestions that Malaysians who own Singapore-registered vehicles be allowed to buy petrol by flashing their identity card, the MyKad.
'That's a very practical possibility,' he added.
It had been reported that some Malaysians who own Singapore-registered vehicles were upset by the ban.
But others, like Ms Jenny Leong, thought it was fair.
'I work in Singapore and live here, so I shouldn't get to enjoy the subsidy,' said the 60-year-old financial consultant, who is a permanent resident here.
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kejap nak buat...kejap tak jadi.... |
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June 2, 2008
KTM offers entertainment to attract more passengers
Commuters can surf the Net, watch live shows and movies and even hold birthday parties onboard.
KUALA LUMPUR - PASSENGERS travelling on KTM trains will in the near future be able to surf the Internet, watch live shows and movies, hold birthday parties or even take part in karaoke and telematch games.
These are among the new onboard services when the operator rolls out its new train coaches in three years' time.
KTM Berhad general manager, Intercity Services, Sarbini Tijan said the move part of effort to attract passengers, especially the younger travellers, to use the train services.
He said that in the pipleline are new services including entertainment on board such as live shows and movies in a mobile cineplex onboard the train.
'Even telematch and other games could also be organised on board,' he said, adding that the services are expected to launch with the KL-Ipoh route when the coaches costing RM240mil arrive from South Korea in 2010.
He gave the details at a press conference on Monday to launch a new ticketing booking services through SMS (short message service) and mobile ticketing at KL Sentral.
It costs RM2.50 for booking and confirming the departure date and time as well as ticket collection. Price of ticket not included.
All the passenger needs to do is send an SMS via mobile phone by typing KTM and send it to 32425. -- THE STAR/ANN. |
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