Home Ministry seriously looking into reopening ‘shortcut’ at BSI checkpoint, says Saifuddin


JOHOR BARU: The Home Ministry is seriously looking into the possibility of reopening a “shortcut” at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI CIQ) to give pedestrians a shorter route for passport clearance into Singapore.

Its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic), said a joint committee, chaired by himself and Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, had been formed to look into matters related to overcoming the traffic congestion on the Causeway.

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