A "SINGAPORE PASSPORTS ONLY" lane @ land checkpoints?

[PaLmEr]

Like the ones at the airports & seaports where there are:

1) "SINGAPORE PASSPORT ONLY" lanes

2) "All Other Passport" lanes

 

This should ease the jam for our citizens who travel in and out of Woodlands and Tuas land checkpoints.

 

Our TUAS checkpoint BIKES biometric system lanes are almost closed all the time, making it rather useless for BIKES users to use that system.

 

Even the Malaysian citizens have an "express lane" at their land based borders.

 

 

 

Your CONSTRUCTIVE views here please.

[ShnHwA-]

YES!!!! A lane for SG passport only pls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

had enough of carbon breathing liao..later haf lung cancer how!?!?!

 

waste of time being stuck together at the jam wif msian bikes..

[xiaostorm]

yup ... everyday there is lots of malaysia bike in and out of sg

and jam up the whole checkpoints ... why is that so that we don't have our "SINGAPORE PASSPORT ONLY" lanes so that the traffic for our side is much easy to access ...

[xiaoxiao]

good idea!

 

even if its only one lane. it would be so much more faster.

 

[wait4me]

casue the govt dun encourage us to go over .....

so if u wanna go over , must be prepared for the hassle

[bladeboy]

My life already so short liao somemore breath carbon/smoke/2T + waiting lagi short liao hmmmmmm shake head . . .

[zart]

i think even they have for sg passport lane.. still jam. cos the ica staff take their sweet time. kena 1 time she can even eat junk snack.. listen to radio.. one hand typing.. one hand feeding herself.. i gave an arrogant look at her. lol.

[Metal Gear]

customs check is one area where i really hope that one day, they have some automated robot/computer behind the damn counter doing the job. would be bloody faster and more efficient.

[allenkey]

customs check is one area where i really hope that one day, they have some automated robot/computer behind the damn counter doing the job. would be bloody faster and more efficient.

 

dream on. they wont implement such advance system unless its a system that suck our money...e.g ERP

[PaLmEr]

customs check is one area where i really hope that one day, they have some automated robot/computer behind the damn counter doing the job. would be bloody faster and more efficient.

 

some jobs still require manual intervention, especially when it comes to human contact.

[xiaostorm]

casue the govt dun encourage us to go over .....

so if u wanna go over , must be prepared for the hassle

 

yes the govt don't encourage us to go in but it does mean that we won't go ... :cheeky:

[Metal Gear]

dream on. they wont implement such advance system unless its a system that suck our money...e.g ERP

 

yea. they will surely find ways to pass on more expenses to the road users. *dreams*

[readysetgrind]

i think even they have for sg passport lane.. still jam. cos the ica staff take their sweet time. kena 1 time she can even eat junk snack.. listen to radio.. one hand typing.. one hand feeding herself.. i gave an arrogant look at her. lol.

 

hehe. guess tts the desperate measures they take when they only have 15 mins break, which includes buying food/toilet break/moving to the next counter. btw,u sound so singaporean...

[DaN zI]

who can suggest it to ICA ? its really a good idea

[xiaoxiao]

i think even they have for sg passport lane.. still jam. cos the ica staff take their sweet time. kena 1 time she can even eat junk snack.. listen to radio.. one hand typing.. one hand feeding herself.. i gave an arrogant look at her. lol.

 

think can complain? shoot a email up or smth?

[BIKER1605199362]

sometimes... its not that we can't have a lane to ourselves... take a look at it this way... if its really really bad jam... until the top of the bridge... those JB bikes even " makan" the car lane.. what makes u think that u can make it to the front to settle the immigration ?

 

biometrics also having the same problem...

can't seem to get to the front... also have to breath in fume from those idiots who read newspaper while waiting and totally no leg power to push their bike.. move 0.5m also must open throttle accelerate...

 

what to do, its us who wans to go in to enjoy the benefits of cheap food, gas and cigarettes.. gain some and lose some.. thats life

[299]

Can't we just go pass the SG customs just like the malaysian do when they are entering in/out from their country?

[loufu]

Can't we just go pass the SG customs just like the malaysian do when they are entering in/out from their country?

 

coz malaysia boleh!! sillypore tak boleh....

[PaLmEr]

we are still required to "check in" and "check out" of the country. This is understandable from a security point of view.

[wait4me]

they might wan to take a look at the motorbikes lanes..

from 4 to 5 lanes of queing to become onli 2 lane ..

then after that spilt to various booth again

[Michael-]

to make it work , maybe we will have to pay .example maybe a person to pay like 10 dollar per month.still think is all rite for it.

[Pplater]

This would have a low chance of implementation. Firstly, you need a lot of lobbying, and with most of us here (my guess) being arm-chaired typists in front of monitors, there is little nudge in favour of such a policy implementation. And then, the politicians are more likely to take care of the oil companies' interests than a few typists in this thread. It is quite clear that many of us bikers go in for petrol runs. Even if implemented, whether "Singapore Passport Only" bike lanes will shorten the time for our petrol runs is a doubt. When it becomes easier to make petrol runs, it is likely more bikers will make such trips. At some point, the amount of time spent in jams on Singapore lanes will regulate the amount of bikers crossing over again. The issue is not about lanes for bikes. At the heart of the issue is the unequal petrol prices between Singapore and Malaysia. Either Malaysians pay equally high prices as us, or we stop paying petrol prices that rises every month. With this imbalance, the phenomenon of SG bikers jamming customs will continue, SG passport lane or otherwise, unless the 3/4 tank rule applies to bikes. Given that the gulf in petrol prices between us and them are getting wider, this problem is likely to get worse.

[Michael-]

if 3/4 tank is on the bike , i rather drive a car

[Keynes]

This would have a low chance of implementation.

 

I totally agree wif u.

 

Sg govt is using the jam to regulate (or control) the number of people going Malaysia. The reasons are simple, we singaporeans, goes there on to spend, be it petrol, food, clothes, cigarettes, VCDs, DVDs, entertainment so on and so forth, in economy terms, the SG $ is flowing out of the country.

 

M'sia govt, on the other hand, though "officially" doesn't encourge its countrymen to work overseas (in SG) but has no other choice to solve the country's unemployment issues, and Malaysia cannot pay their countrymen in Sg $, so although openly does not encourge, the Malaysia govt knows very well that by making clearance easier for its citizens, these hardworking guys lives would be made easier, and therefore bear less grudges to the govt.

 

Even Sg gvt encourges Malaysia to come here to fill the job vacancies of SG, which many S'poreans try to avoid. Car mechanics, bus drivers, waiters, factories workers, shipyard workers, wo malaysians, do u thk Sg govt can fill up those jobs vacancies, unless we import China workers by container loads.

[minorsage]

don't mind paying $5-$10 per entry/exit if there is a "fast"-lane.