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Travelling Between S'pore and Malaysia / JB
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tadi kan sabtu dah kul 6 tau, tapi panjang sampai dah lepas factory wafer tu dah..
motor ah dahsyat
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Check this website to see whether there's a traffic jam in either Woodlands Checkpoint or Tuas checkpoint, before heading to JB.
ONE.MOTORING
There's also a hotline number where you can call and check the traffic but I can't remember what number. |
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Originally posted by deaf4ever at 16-3-2008 02:41 AM 
tadi kan sabtu dah kul 6 tau, tapi panjang sampai dah lepas factory wafer tu dah..
motor ah dahsyat
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4608/150320081253fn5.jpg
euwwww teruknya jam..... |
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Reply #842 Izzana's post
thks Izzana for the useful info... |
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ala.. causeway jam .. ingatkan this week ada holiday.. nak masuk JB.. adoii.. i tink twice again. |
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Originally posted by gadis_aries at 17-3-2008 10:02 AM 
euwwww teruknya jam.....
cekik darah ah aries
mintak2 takde la keta keta yang overheated gitu, cammana nak rescue kan
dah tu yang motorsikal dia, pembonceng dia ada pompuan tau...
at least keta masih duk dalam keta, yang motor tu... |
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Originally posted by SweetCandy at 17-3-2008 01:52 PM
ala.. causeway jam .. ingatkan this week ada holiday.. nak masuk JB.. adoii.. i tink twice again.
ko naik BMW kan?
kalo BMW ok pe.. tapi ko jangan naik 170 ke hapa ke yang masuk terus immigresen.
Ko naik mana2 bas yang berenti kat luar sana, Shin Shiong sana tu, then ko jalan kaki masuk clear paspot, dah lepas tu dah alrite dah cam biasa. |
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semalam tig ngan my friend kena tahan kejap kat immigration sg masa nak balik.. ingat just nice la dah balik awal.. skali kena tahan la pulak... actually my friend yang kena.. tapi pasal dah naik keta sesama.. so dia tahan both passport.. dok situ abt 30min.. hanya kerana the officer cakap his fingerprints tak clear... bila sampai kat depan punya clearence ok pulak.. sengaja je nak cari pasal... :@
then kat situ nampak satu org tua cina kena tahan jugak.. i guess pasal dia tempang cam mas selamat... hehe |
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Heavy traffic expected at Tuas, Woodlands checkpoints on Good Friday
By Jessica Yeo, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 March 2008 0123 hrs
SINGAPORE : Motorists can expect heavy traffic at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints this weekend.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) says traffic flow at both checkpoints will be heavy during the Good Friday holiday on March 21.
Already, security checks have been enhanced since Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre some three weeks ago.
The ICA urges motorists to adjust their travel plans and avoid the peak periods where possible.
If they really need to travel during the peak periods, motorists should maintain lane discipline, car-pool or make use of public transport. - CNA/de |
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March 19, 2008
For three weeks now, truck drivers ferrying goods between Singapore and Malaysia
have had to bear an agonising hold-up at Woodlands checkpoint. Individual trucks
undergo thorough security checks to ensure that fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari does
not flee the country. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
It's a long night in Causeway lorry queue
Drivers face two hurdles: jams in Woodlands, 11pm closure of cargo customs in JB
By Carolyn Quek & Diana Othman
FORTY WINKS: Its well past 2am by the time driver Siva Raj gets to the other
side of the Causeway. There he finds himself playing yet another waiting game.
The cargo custimes in Johor Baru closes at 11pm and opens only at 6am, meaning
the 23-year-old has another three more hours to wait. But this is a wait the tipper
truck driver does not mind as much as he can park his vehicle and catch up on some
much-needed sleep. -- ST PHOTOS: DESMOND WEE
EVERY few minutes, the blare of horns breaks the silence of the night.
An impatient truck driver wants those farther up Woodlands Road to move ahead. A gap has opened up, taking the line a little closer to the immigration checkpoint.
Other drivers follow suit for no other reason than to break the monotony of starting, stopping and then starting again.
Since the stepping up of checks to ensure that fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari does not flee the country, truck drivers ferrying goods between Singapore and Malaysia have had to bear the worst of it.
For three weeks now, queues of big vehicles can be seen snaking back to Kranji, some 1.5km away.
A pump attendant at the sole petrol kiosk in Woodlands Road said he cannot recall such bumper-to- bumper traffic in his 20 years of working there.
There's no doubt other travellers have had to put up with longer waits as well - everyone has to have his thumbprint scanned, something that was done selectively in the past. On top of this, all vehicles are checked, even schoolbuses.
But lorry drivers have been most affected, and the mood among them when The Straits Times visited Woodlands Road early on Tuesday morning can be described in one word: restless.
Some had left their cabins to stretch their legs, chat with fellow sufferers or puff on a cigarette.
A group of drivers who worked for a vegetable wholesaler had laid out sheets of newspaper on the road and were playing cards.
The six mobile toilets provided by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) were hardly used.
Malaysian driver G.K. Tan, 57, who travels between Pasir Gudang in Johor and Singapore almost every day, scoffed at them.
Lorry drivers just do it in the bushes, he said.
Sanitary conditions are of far less concern to him than lack of sleep. Forced to stay awake to make his way up front slowly, he figured he has had about two hours of sleep a night for the past fortnight.
'It's dangerous for lorry drivers to work on such little sleep,' he said.
'Some of us are ferrying dangerous substances and have to drive to as far as Penang. What happens if we get into an accident?'
But getting past the Singapore checkpoint does not mean a clear road into Malaysia. Because the lorries carry goods, they must also pass through the Malaysian cargo customs - which does not operate between 11pm and 6am.
But there, it's a slightly better wait for the drivers, who simply park their trucks in the customs complex, switch off their engines and catch 40 winks.
At the complex in Johor, several trucks were parked within the compound by 2am.
In an hour, about 100 trucks and lorries had formed a queue from the Johor customs complex along the Causeway, almost reaching the Woodlands Checkpoint.
Mr Tan hopes the nightmare will end soon. 'If this continues, I can't go on,' he said.
A spokesman for the Royal Malaysian Customs told The Straits Times that it has no plans to extend opening hours for now.
The ICA declined comment when asked if there were talks with its Johor counterpart to ease the situation for lorry drivers.
In a statement yesterday, the ICA said that traffic through the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints is expected to be heavy over the coming Good Friday long weekend.
For departures, the build-up is expected to start from Thursday evening and for arrivals, traffic is expected to be heavy on Sunday and Monday.
The best way to avoid the congestion is to adjust travel plans and avoid the peak periods, it said.
carolynq@sph.com.sg
diothman@sph.com.sg |
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March 19, 2008
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Tuesday that traffic
flow through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas is expected to be heavy
over the coming weekend, due to enhanced security and the Good Friday holiday
. -- ST PHOTO: EDWIN KOO
Weekend traffic jams expected at Woodlands, Tuas checkpoints
By Diana Othman
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) issued an alert to motorists
this week to expect slow-moving traffic at both Woodlands and Tuas at certain
times. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM
THE early birds are likely to take off for Malaysia this evening to make the most of the Good Friday weekend.
But it may take longer than you think to get past the intensified security in place since detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escaped.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) issued an alert to motorists this week to expect slow-moving traffic at both Woodlands and Tuas at certain times.
For those leaving Singapore, the build-up is expected from tomorrow. And if you are returning, the worst times are likely to be from this Sunday to Monday.
You could try to avoid the congestion by changing your travel plans to avoid the peak periods, the ICA said.
But if you really must go during the busiest times, brace yourself for the worst and try to make things bearable for everyone by staying in your lane. It might also help to car-pool or use public transport.
At about 5pm on Wednesday, cars were already crowding the departure lanes at the Woodlands Checkpoint. |
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New measures introduced to cut delays at Woodlands Checkpoint
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 20 March 2008 2343 hrs
Gamma ray scanner that scans lorries
SINGAPORE: The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has introduced several measures to cut the long queues at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
This is due to the increase security checks following the escape of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari.
While the wait may still be long, it's not as bad as before.
ICA said the average wait to enter Malaysia during peak hours is now about four to five hours.
That's a drastic drop from last week when many lorry drivers complained that they had to wait up to 24 hours before they could make it across the border.
But the ICA said the stringent measures are necessary because a person can easily hide inside in a truck.
Bhopinder Singh, Director of Operations, Immigration and Checkpoint Authority, said: "We caught somebody hiding in the luggage compartment of a departing bus. So again if we had not done 100% checks he would have been undetected. So this points out the challenge we face."
And to meet the challenge of cutting delays, additional manpower from other home team agencies have been mobilised.
There's also help in the form of new technology.
A gamma ray scanner was deployed at the checkpoint on 4 March for the scanning of lorries.
But by evening on 20 March the long queues were back.
However, ICA pointed out that traffic will be heavy due to the long weekend as Friday is the Good Friday public holiday.
ICA said it plans to beef up manpower and speed up its processes in the coming weeks to further improve the situation. - CNA/vm |
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March 21, 2008
More lorry lanes opened to cut delay at Woodlands
By Carolyn Quek
MORE MANPOWER: Extra personnel have been roped in from the SCDF, the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Singapore Armed Forces to cope with the situation. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM
THE Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has opened up more lanes to cope with tightened checks on lorries leaving Singapore.
Drivers have suffered long delays since officials began scouring their vehicles in an as-yet-unsuccessful bid to find fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari.
Woodlands Checkpoint's director of operations Bhopinder Singh said the number of lanes open at the crossing's cargo complex has more than doubled to about 16.
Currently, a truck has to wait for about four to five hours to clear the Woodlands Checkpoint during the peak hours. It used to take half the time in the past.
More machines capable of scanning the inside of lorries have also been deployed at Woodlands and Tuas.
The ICA has put in other measures to make things smoother for other vehicles.
Officers are working overtime and extra personnel have been roped in from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Singapore Armed Forces.
ICA had earlier advised travellers to adjust their travel plans, car-pool or take public transport during the long Easter weekend.
But while it is pulling out all stops to speed up clearances, The Straits Times still saw snaking queues of vehicles at Woodlands yesterday evening as scores of people headed to Malaysia for the long weekend.
Malaysian housewife June Yek, together with her husband, was on her way back to Johor after fetching their 13-year-old child from his school in Woodlands.
She said the jam yesterday evening was worse than the day before.
'We took one and a half hours to clear the checkpoint yesterday. It took only half an hour on Wednesday,' the 39-year-old said. |
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The Immigrations & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)has reopened the former Woodlands Checkpoint as an alternative route to ease the traffic congestion caused by intensified checks in the search for escaped terrorist Mas Selamat bin Kastari.-- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
March 26, 2008
Old checkpoint reopened to ease causeway traffic
By Teh Joo Lin
A trial has been ongoing at the old Woodlands Checkpoint for the last two days to get the lorries through using the alternative checkpoint. -- ST PHOTO: ALAN LIM
HAVING to deal with trucks lined up bumper-to-bumper at the Causeway has prompted the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to open up a new route - in its old complex.
A trial has been ongoing at the old Woodlands Checkpoint for the last two days to get the lorries through using the alternative checkpoint, located not far from the current one.
The old checkpoint has been closed for the last nine years, but on Tuesday lorries started to trundle through.
This is the latest step the ICA has taken to try and ease traffic jams leading up to the Causeway, caused by checks on every vehicle in the search for fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari.
An ICA spokesman confirmed the old checkpoint was being used on a trial basis when when lorry traffic is heavy.
At about 4.45pm on Wednesday, the gates to the old checkpoint were opened to a line of waiting trucks on Woodlands Road, and traffic wardens waved vehicles to the new route.
The thorough checks will also be in place at the old checkpoint, said the ICA spokesman.
The alternative is a godsend to drivers like Mr Baskar Muttiah, 45, who said he waited in line for about two hours on Tuesday before being diverted to the new route.
He had to go through the same stringent checks, which include X-rays, thumb-printing and a check on his cargo, he said, but clearance took just 10 minutes.
Traffic jams at Singapore's land checkpoints have been a daily affair during peak hours since Mas Selamat's Feb 27 escape.
The ICA had tried other things to ease congestion before this, including doubling of the number of open lanes at the Woodlands Checkpoint's cargo complex to 16.
The changes appear to have helped.
Lorry drivers near the checkpoints on Wednesday told The Straits Times they had been waiting about two hours, compared to the 19 hours some drivers waited weeks ago.
Speaking on Wednesday morning, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng said the ICA would 'work with all the stakeholders to explore practical ways to...try to bring the congestion level back to as close as before Mas Selamat escaped.'
'I understand and fully empathise with Singaporeans and other road users for the inconvenience and congestion that they face at the checkpoints.' |
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ishh akhir2 nie teruk gak trafic kat S'pore.. dah 2 bulan x turun S'pore...
minggu lepas ingat nak gi umah atok saudara.. x jd.. sbb ada majlis kenduri tahlil kat umah cousin...  |
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Reply #857 alysa79's post
off topik jap...
eh tak nak jumpa ahkak V ke???
sekali pandang avatar tu like looking at myself in front of the mirror  |
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Reply #859 sutera_abadi's post
bukan pujilah... macam sama muka aku dgn alysa ni
ala.. mcm muka aku dgn temah.. cam kembar 
eh tig ckp sama arr |
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Category: Negeri & Negara
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Post time 16-3-2008 02:41 AM
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