SINGAPORE: Long weekends are usually when Singaporeans choose to venture across the Causeway to indulge in their favourite pastimes of shopping, eating and other activities, and this Hari Raya Haji long weekend was no exception.
Many Singaporean commuters made trips across the Causeway over the festive weekend, despite the recent increase in toll charges on both sides of the Causeway.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority had said it expected heavy traffic across the Causeway during the festive period, and some commuters said they spotted many Singapore-registered cars over the weekend.
The raised toll charges now make it five times more expensive to make a trip to Johor Bahru and back, using the Causeway.
However, some drivers who frequent Johor Bahru - as well as two firms that plan driving tours to Malaysia - said the raised toll charges are unlikely to change their habits as they do not pay the charges every day. They can also choose to share the cost of the charges with passengers in their cars.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singaporeans-flock-to-jb/1400866.html
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