ARTS-PHOTOGRAPHY: Malaysians working in Singapore rush home to grab belongings and return before two-week lockdown
People walking across the Singapore side of the Causeway after clearing the Malaysian checkpoint on March 17, 2020.ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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After Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced a nationwide lockdown, a mass exodus of Malaysian workers went from Singapore to Johor Baru to collect their clothes and then rush back here so they can continue in their jobs.
![Large crowds at the Woodlands Checkpoint's passenger pick-up point at 1.15am on March 18, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_larfecrowds-woodlandscheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=kte1K6yp×tamp=1584502052)
![People walking across the Singapore side of the Causeway after clearing the Malaysian checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_sg-malaysiancheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=BxHDQ6oa×tamp=1584503163)
![People walking across the Singapore side of the Causeway after clearing the Malaysian checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_peoplecrossing-sgmy_180320.jpg?itok=DbDpv_EC×tamp=1584503176)
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![People walking across the Singapore side of the Causeway after clearing the Malaysian checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_peoplewalking-sgmy_180320.jpg?itok=b6OGyUBY×tamp=1584503191)
![People walking across the Causeway after the Malaysian checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_malaysiancheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=stZXG4dE×tamp=1584503203)
![People walking between cars to the Malaysian checkpoint from Johor Baru on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_cars-mycheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=yS_oIpqG×tamp=1584503560)
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![Vehicles in a gridlock leading to the Malaysian checkpoint from Johor Baru on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_vehicles-mycheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=pYFNueRN×tamp=1584503575)
![People walking to the Malaysian checkpoint from Johor Baru on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_mycheckpoint-jb_180320.jpg?itok=3wHZxeN9×tamp=1584503591)
![People arriving from Malaysia near the Woodlands Train Checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_woodlandstraincheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=UoMfDZUW×tamp=1584503640)
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![An overhead view of traffic to and from Malaysia on the Causeway from Marsiling Lane on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_causeway_180320.jpg?itok=63TrFHRI×tamp=1584503803)
![Heavy vehicles at a traffic junction near the Woodlands Checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_goodsvehicles_180320.jpg?itok=oIbTP6wE×tamp=1584503778)
![Motorcyclists near Woodlands Checkpoint on March 17, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_motorists-woodlandscheckpoint_180320.jpg?itok=48j-1Y3n×tamp=1584503749)
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![A view of the Woodlands Causeway at 10.05am on March 18, 2020.](https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/xxx_large/public/articles/2020/03/18/rk_causeway_180320_0.jpg?itok=_up2ElU-×tamp=1584503705)
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