PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians have been caught off guard by the Malaysian high commission in Singapore’s sudden decision to cap its consular services at 70 cases a day.
The decision, effective yesterday, was announced on Monday through the high commission’s official website and Facebook page.
This led to widespread inconvenience and frustration among those reliant on its consular services, the Straits Times reported.
The high commission said that among the services affected were birth, marriage and death registrations, as well as document attestation.
“Queue numbers will be issued at the guardhouse from 8am, subject to availability,” it said.
Malaysians have expressed concern and irritation at the inconvenience caused by this decision.
“People may take leave from work to get things done, but fail to get a number and need to come back another day.
“Even then, you won’t know whether you can secure a slot or not,” one Gxf Cai commented on the high commission’s Facebook page.
However, some Malaysians, like senior storekeeper Tan Tiam Lai, who has worked in Singapore for about three decades, said they were not affected.
Tan said he usually applied online for services such as passport renewal and trips to Johor Bahru to run errands.
According to data provided by former human resources minister V Sivakumar, 1.13 million Malaysians reside in Singapore. - FMT
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