Traffic at S'pore-Malaysia land borders lighter than expected after long weekend

SINGAPORE - Traffic at Singapore's land border checkpoints was lighter than expected despite warnings by the authorities of congestion at the end of the first long weekend in May.

Ms Nisya Sya, 40, who celebrated Hari Raya Puasa with her 10-year-old son, husband and relatives in Pasir Gudang in Johor Bahru for the first time in about two years, said she was surprised by the lack of a jam after staying for as long as possible in Malaysia. She said:"My mother was worried that there will be a jam, so I left Johor Bahru later than my father, who arrived in Singapore at 3.45pm for work.ICA said last Wednesday it expected more people to cross the land checkpoints in the past weekend than the 436,800 travellers who passed through duringClose to 280,000 travellers left Singapore for Malaysia via the land borders last Friday and Saturday, according to ICA.

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