But the most important thing is to explore to the end.Unlike Johor, outside the economy, there are inextricable folk, cultural, and emotional connections.
Last week, the "Bao Group Chat" program on the 96.3 Radio talked about the progress of Xinrou subway. Because the air time was too short, it could only be a little bit of water.But this topic is worthwhile, saying that it is also "happy".
In fact, you do n’t have to “run” to tell each other, or wait for the media to report that your IG Little Red Book must also receive a lot of “walking to RTS” Johor Bahru real estate advertisements in these days?After seeing too much, I probably know that the days when the subway opens to traffic is getting closer.
The reason why it is considered a happy thing is of course, of course, the people of the two places have suffered from the suffering of the level.One of my friends told me that his most shocking time was from the police station of the Johor Bahru to Woodlands. In just two kilometers, the whole car was blocked for 12 hours -from 10 pm,It was blocked until 10 o'clock the next morning!That day was Eid.He went to the police station three times because he had to use the toilet.
The people who go to a day trip can also say that there are less, or choose the time, and check the Changdi road conditions before departing, but those friends who have to come to work every day, or go back to see the family members of Malaysia, their friends, theyThe hard work is long -term.I heard that in order to avoid the peaks, I got up at four or five in the morning every day, and then had a long embankment after completion. It was usually eight or nine in the evening when I got home.After accumulation, how much time and life are consumed in the road and the customs of the customs clearance.Then you think that that is not a few hundred thousand people, but tens of thousands or more, the price has been paid.
Xinrou Changdi daily flow of people, according to the latest reports of 350,000, this should be one of the busiest multinational ports in the world, none of them.Then there are future data that few people mentioned, that is, it may go to 450,000!Therefore, the Xinrou Metro is definitely not very good, there is no project (the Xinlong high -speed rail may be).It can even be said that its implementation is lagging.The maximum transportation volume every day after opening this subway line is estimated to be 150,000.Of course, the charging will be high, not necessarily suitable for migrant workers who enter and exit every day, but if we can absorb some flow and reduce self -driving vehicles, we should be able to say "goodbye" with the suffering of Changdi.
Can I go to work without a passport?
The news of last week also mentioned some ideas and details of Rouxin Economic Zone. One of them attracted my attention, that is, to explore that the people in the area can clearly clear the two -dimensional code without having to use passports.
Indeed, customs clearance must be efficient and save users, so that users have a better experience. In addition to increasing human investment and building cross -border subway, improvement of policy and practices will also help.The two inspections that have been announced and the concept of passport exemption today will definitely be welcomed.If the latter is really implemented, I hope it is not limited to the personnel and executives of the production bases of Singapore headquarters and the special economic zone, but also to verify the efficiency and safety of the general Yandi family.If it is feasible, I think the benefits are not just accelerating customs clearance.Many Singaporeans go to work and have to bring the unit's access card. If this has been annoying enough, think about what kind of mood you have to take to work with your passport every day.
As the third terrestrial channel, the Xinrou Metro not only helps promotes people flow, logistics, employment, investment, etc., but also enhance social and emotional connections between the two places.This layer of significance is not like the economic accounts can be quantified one by one, but it is equally important and even more profound.
In fact, many of us, even if there are no relatives on the other side, there will be friends, colleagues, and classmates who come over there.And in culture, there are very few gaps, and water milk is easy to blend.Perhaps their federal cavity, or occasionally the expression of "a little effort", will give you some reminders a little, but in addition, the difference is very small.At that time, I even felt that some of my Malaysian classmates and partners were more like "Singaporeans" than me. Later, I learned that in the era of the Internet, they had been listening to each of us from childhood.Home Radio, watching the eighth wave of news, and film and television production from Wu Suo Nanyang all the way, so that the characters in the play, who else won the Red Star Award, knows far more than me.Essence
The people who are about the same age as me, the first time they go abroad, will not be the United States or Europe, playing Disney or watching the Paris Tower;EssenceLike my first foreign "attraction", it is the Guiwa fishing village in the southwest corner of Johor. It was a graduation trip when I was young. It felt like I had gone to the distance.For the first time in my life, I was even more strange to take a plane. It was not related to Zhangi or Xinhang. Instead, she had a long embankment at night. When I went to Shunai Airport, I took the inland passenger plane in Malaysia to climb the mountain.
Woodlands should have Guo Henian childhood footprints
It is said that these growth memories are mainly used to highlight the Johor Board of Johor, including the people and things there, and our deep roots, and the history of close intertwined.For example, many Woodlands residents probably do not know that this area includes Clanzhi. There was an old place name of "Old Mountain", and Ganmi was planted everywhere. LaterThe plantation, this opposite bank, is called "Johor Bahru" relative to Laoshan.
Xinrou Metro is located at Johor Bahru, located at Bukit Chagar.The shops there were very excited and were waiting for business after opening.I read the Straits Times, saying that Guo Henian, the richest man in Malaysia, was born in Wuji Chaka in 1923. At that time, his parents opened grocery stores on the street, and the family lived upstairs.After reading, I thought that the Changdi happened to be built in 1923. At that time, no passport was required for exchanges. Perhaps Guo Henian had been walking to the old mountains two or three kilometers away.His dad's ending place, if it was not for Johor Bahru, but Laoshan, and then opened the store here. Perhaps Guo Henian and his huge business kingdom belonged to Singapore (joke).
Our small country and widow people, on the way to develop economy and achieve prosperity, there are a large part of the lack of manpower and talents, which are made by Malaysians.Our ethnic composition has been stable since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is mainly Malaysian immigrants.Even the current level of Chinese Chinese, which has been concerned about, can always be supported, and can be heard everywhere in life scenes. Thanks to the Malaysians, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are "moist and silent".As for water, food, and raw materials, although they come from the transaction, they also show the reality of lip and teeth between the two places.
Nowadays, there is the Global Metropolis, and on the other hand, it is the "Big NRC", including Iska. When various resources and advantages complement each other, there are many things that can be done, and the potential is endless.
But these political evolution and economic and trade relations are not the focus of this article.What I want to say is the connection between people, especially ordinary people.
Over the years, people of Johor Bahru know that the beauty of the leftost of the source is to earn the salary of the first world in Singapore, and then return to their hometown to play its super purchasing power of 1.5.Many people even determine that the exchange rate will "break 4" sooner or later, making "south earning north flowers" is even more righteous.Of course, Singaporeans also know that once the level is over, it is too sorry for their wallets without buying and buying.
When I stayed in the KSL hotel that I entered Johor Bahru two months ago, I went to the attached shopping mall supermarkets. Sure enough, the main lineups were Singaporeans. Everyone's cart was full of goods, and some were one of them.I am not interested in queuing, there is no way to get in the level.Later, I watched the house in the "fake" in the mall lobby.It is enough to buy a unit for the second private duty to buy the second private house.It is also known that I do n’t know when it will start, and Johor Bahru has allowed foreigners to buy real estate less than RM1 million.
It is cheap and good, as well as the cat -mountain king who is now packed and packed on the side of the road. The price is only about half of Singapore.When buying a lipid -lowering medicine, it was found that in the same comparison of Xinyuan, the retail price was actually lower than the purchase price of the Singapore Clinic I know.No wonder a friend said that he must go to the pharmacy when he entered Johor Bahru -you can also "buy" on behalf of people.
What surprised me the most is the cost of playing golf.In the past, I often played with golfers. When people were young, they went to Johor's different clubs to play. There was no need to wait for people in front. There was no "chasing soldiers" in the back. There was a leisurely leisure that could not be enjoyed in the Singapore Stadium. Each person paid about RM80.It is also very cost -effective to add a meal.I have n’t played in the past seven or eight years. I checked the Internet and mobile phone applications that day, and found that there were many stadiums. We usually received only 40 to 60 holes on weekdays, and the price of non -member!This year, there are things to reduce prices, which is too incredible.
Are you ready to retire from Johor Bahru?
Of course, Johor Bahru is not just the back garden of Singaporeans, or a place where you save money.Looking at the future, I even feel that as we enter the super -aging society, Johor Bahru may be a rational and pragmatic destination.
Remember a few years ago, Uber was still operating locally, and encountered a driver. He told me that he was a retired major of the armed forces.Tianhui came in to Singapore to carry passengers. By the way, I asked an old friend to talk about dinner, saying that it was easier to have such a burden. You can "stretch my savings further" (let your old book last longer).Later, I found that there were indeed more and more people who went to Johor Bahru to buy a house, retire or prepare for retirement.There is no reason for him. Think of the low consumption level there, and the money is easy to use.
In fact, the Malaysian population is also aging. Therefore, in recent years, enterprises have begun to introduce the pension village model similar to Japan or the West.In the time of fake, there are more operators, the quality of high -quality living is guaranteed, and the location is close to Singapore. There will definitely be a market.Because of the relationship between land prices and human costs, Singapore cannot create high cost -effective pension villages.In addition, adding a pension community with popularity and vitality and adaptive care, it is always better than putting himself in the group house, and a person faces loneliness.
The manufacturers of Batuka have told me that in the 1990s, between Singapore and Batan, there were also concepts to build a cross -sea bridge or underwater tunnel.In the discussion of the plan, but there was no following, as if nothing happened.I do n’t know if this large project is economical and technical in retrospect today; politically, the conditions of that year must be immature.
But inquiry to the end, the most important thing is that we and Dan, just the friendship between the ferry.Unlike Johor, outside the economy, there are inextricable folk, cultural, and emotional connections.
So, I am looking forward to the opening of the subway in 2026.Looking forward to hearing that sentence is both familiar and novel: Next Stop, Bukit Chagar.
Of course, you don't have to bring your passport. As soon as you have a tide at any time, you can take the subway if you want to go.
The author is the deputy editor -in -chief of United Zaobao
