The_King Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Ever since the borders reopened some four months ago, the Causeway has seen a flurry of activity, just like how things were during pre-pandemic days. And while many are thrilled to reunite with family or carry out their day trips, one issue has resumed as well: The dreadful long queues. More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite. For traveller Mitsueki Ademaro, she encountered an especially bad human jam over the weekend at the Malaysian Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, queuing for well over five hours to clear customs. She documented her experience in a TikTok video that was uploaded on Saturday (Aug 27), which as of the time of writing, has over 352,000 views and 510 comments. Calling it the "longest immigration queue ever", Ademaro said she reached CIQ at about 11.50 am. Clips of the crowd situation showed throngs of people queueing up to get their passports stamped at the immigration counters. In an update at the third-hour mark, the exasperated Ademaro could be seen sitting on the floor while still queuing. She shared that she and her travel companions were so hungry that they resorted to eating biscuits and snacks "picnic-style" during the wait. "I could even read a book," she said. The final clip showed an equally bad queue situation at around 4 pm and eventually at 5 pm, Ademaro finally cleared customs and entered JB. "I can't believe we endured this," she said in the video captions. AsiaOne has reached out to Ademaro for her comments. In the comments section, some netizens expressed their shock at the long queues, with one even saying that you could fly to Hong Kong during that period of time. FYI, it takes about four hours to fly from Singapore to Hong Kong. PHOTO: Screengrab/TikTok/Mitsueki Others shared their personal experiences at the customs and some said that the queues the week before were no better, with one claiming that they queued for seven hours to clear customs, from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm. PHOTO: Screengrab/TikTok/Mitsueki Ademaro isn't the only one who had issues crossing the border this weekend. TikTok user Qtmin1308 shared that she had issues returning to Singapore on Sunday (Aug 28). The video showed her standing at the back of the immigration counter hall as she panned her camera to show lines of people queueing to get their passports stamped. "Can't come home," she wrote in Chinese. The immigration counters weren't the only place that had a human jam. Another TikTok user Maxx_kumar on Friday (Aug 26) showed a video of the bus bay packed with travellers. This isn't the only time the borders have seen such abysmal queues. Back in April, during the Good Friday long weekend, there were snaking queues of people over at Woodlands Checkpoint. The police were even deployed to direct people. Apart from human jams, there are car jams too. In June, one driver got stuck in an especially bad one and he took a good seven hours to clear two land checkpoints before making it home. While he was stuck at the Second Link for three hours, he even had time to eat some putu mayam on the car's bonnet with his friend. He also helped to direct traffic for a few hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 nothing new. shop online better else go offpeak la 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Suppose to go this week! I go walk walk makan local food! See minah ! @socrates469bc Ai mai go? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Bigbird said: Suppose to go this week! I go walk walk makan local food! See minah ! @socrates469bc Ai mai go? limpeh got better recommendations for bird didi. wahahahahahahahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_O Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 14 hours ago, The_King said: For traveller Mitsueki Ademaro, she encountered an especially bad human jam over the weekend at the Malaysian Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, queuing for well over five hours to clear customs. what do you expect from them? they are fucking lazy period. they dun give a fuck if it's crowded. they wont open more counters to cater to you. efficiency is not in their dictionary. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Tink is they purposely slow down 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 21 hours ago, socrates469bc said: limpeh got better recommendations for bird didi. wahahahahahahahaha I got no budget for KTV leh! This is where? JB or China? The XMM there got more money then me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 12 hours ago, Coffee_O said: what do you expect from them? they are fucking lazy period. they dun give a fuck if it's crowded. they wont open more counters to cater to you. efficiency is not in their dictionary. When i was there a few weeks ago. I can see their system is quite slow! Can see the look on the myr custom person faces, is also very sian! When i scan my fingers, i had to wait a few minutes (4-5mins) and then the custom officer told me to scan again! I missed the old MAC days! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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