Singaporean Jeremy Chua getting his pastry fix from Hiap Joo Bakery in Johor Baru on April 1, 2022. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
He was speaking to The Straits Times outside Hiap Joo Bakery in Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, where he was getting his pastry fix. "I notice the place is a lot more quiet since the last time I was here. A lot of shops were not open when I drove past this stretch. I hope everything will be back to normal in the next few months, with the opening of the borders."
This was after they found out that the traffic into JB was not so bad. Mr Wong said: "It was our day off today, which coincided with the opening of the borders, so we made an impromptu decision to come." A Singaporean, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ramli, said he drove into JB at about 7am with a friend.