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For 1 1/2 hours yesterday,  technician Tan Kim Weng waited patiently at Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange. His two teenage sons were arriving from Malaysia, on the first day of the land vaccinated travel lane (VTL).
That wait was nothing,

After all, the 50-year-old had not seen his sons, aged 14 and 17, for nearly two years.  Both boys  are Singaporeans studying in Malaysia.

Mr Tan, who had taken leave to welcome his children at the interchange, said: "Before Covid-19, I used to go back every week to meet them...I've been quite lonely in Singapore without my family."

Last night, the three of them finally sat down for dinner together.

When the bus from Johor Baru pulled in 1.35pm- nearly three hours behind schedule- the Singapore permanent resident could not hide his excitement.  Every few minutes, he would look around for his sons.

His older son Wen Long was elated to see his father again.

"I  hope to go cycling with my family while I am here, "said the 17-year-old, who has returned to do his national service.

Part of an article found in today's The New Paper

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The father is still a PR? The sons are Singaporeans. Mother? A Singaporean or Malaysian?

And why study in Malaysia?

Learning Malay instead of English is better? SPM better than GCE O level?

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The father is still a PR?  The sons are Singaporeans.  Mother?  A Singaporean or Malaysian?

And why study in Malaysia?

Learning Malay instead of English is better?  SPM better than GCE O level?

The son is a Singapore citizen and is going to enlist in National Service.  Our education system is not inferior to that of Malaysia, where our students are educated in English as a first language.  Those who are educated in Malaysia, in Malay as a first language will find it hard to land a job in many countries.......