EconomySingapore starts QR code clearance at busy crossing to Malaysia
Nikkei reporters traveling by car needed only 20 seconds at immigration counter
Singapore's new system allows travelers to scan a QR code to clear border checkpoints without showing their passports. (Photo courtesy of Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)
TSUBASA SURUGA and DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writers
JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia -- Singapore on Tuesday launched a QR code-based clearance process at its land checkpoints for travelers departing from and arriving in the city-state by car, in an effort to ease congestion at its border with Malaysia, one of the busiest crossings in the world.