Rail services stay on track

Rail services stay on track

SINGAPORE (AP): Trains continued to run smoothly between Singapore and Malaysia yesterday, the second day after Singapore abandoned its joint custom point with Malaysia and moved to a new location in Woodlands.

Malaysia has refused to relocate and its immigration officers have continued to work at the old location in Tanjong Pagar, in downtown Singapore. But they have stopped stamping passengers' passports, thus avoiding problems with Singapore's immigration at Woodlands.

Singapore proclaimed the Tanjong Pagar checkpoint illegal, saying it would allow people to obtain permission to enter Malaysia before gaining clearance to exit Singapore.

Singapore said that all immigration stamps made by Malaysian officers at Tanjong Pagar station on Singapore and other passports will be "unauthorized and improper". It also warned foreign passengers with such unauthorized travel permits on their passports that they may face difficulties at Singapore immigration checkpoints.