Special Feature: Reopening of Singapore-Malaysia land border expected to ease labour tension in city-state

Cars and motorcyclists queuing at woodlands checkpoint at 11.55pm of 31 March, 2022 as travellers prepare to cross the borders to Malaysia. Crowds were seen at the woodlands checkpoint taxi stand on the evening of 31 March, 2022 as travelers prepare to cross the borders to Malaysia. Singapore and Malaysia to reopen their land borders for fully vaccinated travelers from 1 April 2022.

SINGAPORE, April 3 (Xinhua): Nicholas Lee, a vocational educator, is among many Malaysians who gave up their jobs in Singapore for fear of being fired or separated from their families living in neighboring Malaysia under tough Covid-19 lockdown measures.

As the cross-border restrictions have now been removed, Lee is able to resume his work in Singapore again.