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    Taken in front of FID at SZB in year 1985 after the terminal undergone renovation. From the FID there were :

     

    Departures

    SQ SIN 9:45

    MH PEN/MAA 10:00

    MH BKI/MNL 10:00

    MH PEN/MES 10:05

    MH IPH/PEN/KBR 10:15

    SQ SIN 10:15

    MH IPH 10:50

    MH HKG 11:00

    MH KCH/LBU/BKI 11:10

    MH SIN 11:45

    MH TGG 11:55

    9P (or DP ?) KERTEH 12:00

    MH PEN 12:00

    9P (?) MKZ 12:25

    TG BKK 12:45

    MH JHB 12:50

    SQ SIN 13:15

     

    Arrivals :

    MH PEN 10:00

    MH IPH 10:20

    MH SIN 10:35

    BA LHR/AUH 11:25

    MH KBR 11:05

    9P (?) KERTEH 11:30

    MH KUA 11:30

    MH SIN 11:35

    TG BKK 11:50

    9P (?) PEN 12:15

    MH IPH 12:25

    SQ SIN 12:35

    MH KCH/JHB 13:00

    RJ AMM 13:15

     

     

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    The photo is heavily cropped to get rid of unwanted model :p

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    We have once fly with Garuda SYD-CGK-KUL with original transit time in CGK about 2 hours. However, few weeks before our departure GA changed the departure time from SYD to a later time thus same day connection to KUL at CGK was not possible. Although GA did arrange overnight accommodation in Jakarta for us, we need to pay for the visa for 4 of us (I think it was USD100 back then). I asked the ground staff if the visa fee could be reimbursed but the answer was no. I wrote to GA but did not receive any response from them :glare:

     

    Wonder if anyone has similar experience ?

  19. Posted · Edited by Kee Hooi Yen · Report reply

    There are customs officers at the domestic arrivals' baggage hall. I found it strange at first, but I was told they're only interested in the bags from international connections

    Ok, thanks for the clarifications

    Just to make sure smiling sweetly at the custom officers as per Mr Tam's experience :)

  20. Posted · Edited by Kee Hooi Yen · Report reply

    For Malaysia, I thought you clear customs on arrival at the domestic airport?

     

    I have not done that in Malaysia, but it happens to us in Japan where we are required to retrieve our baggage on arrival from an international flight for custom formality before check in again for the connecting domestic flight, even though we have already checked thru to the final destination at the origin airport. (the baggage tag shows our final destination)

     

    I believe the same procedure in Australia as well unless the final domestic flight arrives at the International Terminal.

     

    With the way it works in Malaysia, is there any possibility a foreigner enters the country without going thru the custom properly by having a connecting domestic flight as his / her final sector (especially when the domestic flight arrives at domestic terminal) ?

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    Based on my recent experience, if a flight involves an international sector and then onto a domestic sector, then you need to go through the immigration and reclaim your baggage for custom check during transit, before you can proceed to the domestic sector. In this case, it will be your DPS-KUL-KCH

     

    However if the flight involves a domestic sector and then onto an international sector, then you baggage may be check thru to your final destination, this will be your KCH-KUL-DPS.

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    I believe WLG runway has taken the headwinds into account for the required take-off length. IIRC, there was one occasion where a Virgin flight with full load (a B737 i think it was) has to delay its take-off due to no headwinds at WLG around its STD time.

     

    So what's next for SQ ? Perhaps SIN-HBA-ZQN ? :D

     

    Anyway congratulations to SQ and wish them do well on this route.

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    Good point. This is why outside Malaysia, Malaysian restaurants do not do as well as Thai restaurants for example. The food is too varied. You can crave Thai food in general and go look for a Thai restaurant, but there is no such thing as craving "malaysian food", you would instead crave for single items like nasi lemak, chicken rice, satay, etc., but even this you only do if you know Malaysian food very well. There is a lack of a single identity.

     

    And because we modernise too much, there is a distinct lack of "culture" to see.

     

    Agree, lack of a single identity. Taking the food is a good example.

     

    However, that only applies to those who do not know Malaysia very well and have not 'tried' it. Many foreigners have negative perception towards Malaysia until they have actually step on Malaysia soil, and they will like to return once they have been there. Without knowing much about Malaysia, they rather don't risk their time and money and instead spend it on other places like Singapore, Thailand or Indonesia (Bali to be precise) which they think they know better.

     

    Likewise for Malaysian food, it is far less popular than say Thai food in foreign countries. Take Malaysian food in Sydney, for example, many of my non-Malaysian friends are reluctant to try it. However, once they have tried it, they like it very much.

     

    Rich multi-cultural identity indeed is a gift to Malaysia and I think Malaysia should preserve it. The challenge for Malaysia is how to promote it. The negative news and 'incidents' happening in Malaysia definitely wouldn't help foreigner's perception towards Malaysia.

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