29/11/2008 THE Sultan of Johor is expected to open the much-awaited RM1.3 billion new Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex in Bukit Chagar on Monday. State Local Government, Housing, Works and Public Amenities Committee chairman Datuk Ahmad Zahri Jamil said the public could use the complex after the opening ceremony by Sultan Iskandar. Ahmad Zahri said some government agencies had already conducted dry runs at the complex since four months ago. The complex will be the main gateway for those entering and leaving the country from Johor Baru to Singapore. Mok Chek Hou (BN-Stulang) had enquired whether the state government could put up the wall barriers to shield nearby residents living in Jalan Quek Keng Kong off Jalan Ah Siang. The residents had claimed that they were forced to put up with the noise caused by large lorries heading to the CIQ complex. Responding to a supplementary question on the concern expressed by residents in the area about noise pollution from the complex, Ahmad Zahri assured that such problems would not arise. He said the project's consulting engineers had explained that the sound-proof wall barriers, used to shield noise from the access road, were unnecessary.
