JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA
THE day dawned with little din on the roads with no school buses picking up children and many people staying indoors because they need not go to work.
By the middle of the day, however, there was a lot of bustle in the streets with the faithful going to mosques for Friday prayers and others jamming shopping malls and eating joints. This was Friday in Johor, where the public sector no longer observes Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days.
Banks, shopping malls and many businesses, however, were open as they have the option of either following the public sector or continue observing Saturday and Sunday as their weekly rest days.
Public Bank Bhd senior financial exe-cutive Ben Yu Wei Leong, 26, said lea-ving for work in Taman Sentosa from his house in Taman Bukit Kempas was a smooth journey yesterday. “Usually, it takes about 45 minutes to reach my working place.
But today (Friday), I reached the office in 20 minutes because there was less traffic,” he said.
Some places at Johor shows the Fri-day is the weekend. A sign at a government department indicating the new workweek.
Creative executive Rosman Kasiman, 35, from Taman Perling, said traffic was relatively smooth as there were no school buses on the roads or parents sending their children to school.
But, he added, there was a downside to the off-day as he found it difficult to get a parking bay when he returned to his office at the City Square shopping centre after returning from the mosque.
Policeman Badrul Hasnan said he took the new weekend as an opportunity to bring his parents, nieces and nephews to the Johor Zoo.
The Star/ANN
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