2017 onwards shops, tenants and residents have moved out of this border town located just before the border checkpoint to Johor Baru. Used to be bustling The area used to house a bus terminal, 24-hour eateries, a KFC, Shaw Brothers-owned Woodlands Cinema and money changers, besides provision shops and a hawker centre. It was the stopover of choice for Malaysians who worked in Singapore. The place will be bustling by 5am as Malaysians stream in via the checkpoints to start work in Singapore. Checkpoint extension In June 2012, the Housing Board announced that Blocks 1A to 6A of Woodlands Centre Road were bound for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers). The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) announced an extension of the checkpoint that would absorb the old town centre. The six blocks were located right smack in the old town centre. They were completed between 1980 and 1986. Residents had moved out by April 2017. The shops, located mostly on the ground floor of the four-storey blo
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