Long queues at restaurants, shops


Crowds slowly coming back to Larkin Sentral bus terminal with the reopening of the border between Malaysia and Singapore on April 1, 2022.

IT’S been more than a month since Johor sprung back to life following the reopening of Malaysia’s international borders.

After two years of lull due to the Covid-19 pandemic, local businesses such as those operating in downtown Johor Baru are thankful to be on the road to recovery.

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