Vital to keep border with S'pore open as 300,000 Malaysians depend on it for livelihood: Johor MB

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JOHOR BARU: Close to 300,000 Malaysians depend on the land border between Johor and Singapore to earn a living and both countries intend to keep it open, says Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad.

He said this included the 141,000 Malaysians stuck in Singapore due to the closure of the border during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"This means that there are almost 300,000 of our citizens who travel back and forth between Johor and Singapore to earn a living," he said in his speech at the launch of a town farm in conjunction with state-level World Town Planning Day celebration at Masjid Taman Impian Emas on Sunday . "In my meeting with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan during his visit to Johor a few days ago, he said closing the border again is a drastic measure that would only be taken as a last resort.

 

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