Arumugam (right) busy attending to customers at his shop in Jalan Trus.
FOR most Johoreans, this Deepavali will be extra special, thanks to the reopening of the borders with Singapore this year after being shut for two years.
As most of them work in the island republic or have a family member living there, they were unable to be together for the festivities since 2020.
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