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SINGAPORE: Just five minutes away from the Tuas checkpoint, a road lined with factories has become an unofficial interchange for tour buses plying the Singapore-Malaysia border.
Every other hour, large coaches from Malaysia arrive at the two-lane Tuas Link 2. Scores of tourists, with luggage in tow, get off to board another coach to take them further into Singapore.
This constant flurry of activity has become more than an inconvenience for businesses in the area. The buses hold up traffic, block entrances to factories and park against the flow of traffic.
To make things worse, the tourists often leave behind rubbish and trespass into factories to use the toilets. Some even urinate and defecate in the open, businesses told CNA.
Steeltech Industries managing director Tonie Ong said these buses often obstruct the entire road.
Every other hour, large coaches from Malaysia arrive at the two-lane Tuas Link 2. Scores of tourists, with luggage in tow, get off to board another coach to take them further into Singapore.
This constant flurry of activity has become more than an inconvenience for businesses in the area. The buses hold up traffic, block entrances to factories and park against the flow of traffic.
To make things worse, the tourists often leave behind rubbish and trespass into factories to use the toilets. Some even urinate and defecate in the open, businesses told CNA.
Steeltech Industries managing director Tonie Ong said these buses often obstruct the entire road.