{"id":89951,"date":"2026-10-03T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89951"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:00:01","slug":"between-frustration-and-good-news-rts-link-delay-triggers-contrasting-reactions-across-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89951","title":{"rendered":"Between &#8216;frustration&#8217; and &#8216;good news&#8217;, RTS Link delay triggers contrasting reactions across Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johor-based Mama Bakery, which specialises in Chinese New Year cookies, had also been banking on the RTS Link\u00a0for an uptick in business, given that it would make cross-border trips more convenient for Singapore shoppers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was eagerly hoping the RTS Link would bring in more customers, so we did prepare to bake more this year,\u201d said its owner, Ling Zijian.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Teh Kee Sin, adviser and founding president of the SME Association of South Johor, described the delay as a \u201cmissed opportunity\u201d for Johor retailers to draw more customers during the festive period in early 2027.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBy not commencing (RTS Link) operations at the end of 2026,\u00a0some businesses may have lost out on an opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut hopefully, Singaporeans will still come in via other modes of transport like cars and buses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/rts-delay-johor-singapore-commuters-frustrated-businesses-6427366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johor-based Mama Bakery, which specialises in Chinese New Year cookies, had also been banking on the RTS Link\u00a0for an uptick in business, given that it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}