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With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, some may choose to do their festive shopping in neighbouring countries. But before you lug back those boxes of bak kwa from Malaysia to Singapore, take note — the new rules have yet to kick in. On JaBuying 15kg of bak kwa from Malaysia? You can't bring them into Singapore yet: SFA
With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, some may choose to do their festive shopping in neighbouring countries. But before you lug back those boxes of bak kwa from Malaysia to Singapore, take note — the new rules have yet to kick in. On Jan 8, Parliament passed the Food Safety and Security Bill, which provides more flexibility for food brought into Singapore for private consumption. Singaporeans will be allowed to bring in a total of 15kg of various categories of food from overseas, up from the current limit of 5kg of meat and seafood. However, some people thought that the new rules was already in place and had tried to bring in bak kwa from Malaysia. They were then ordered to discard the items when crossing the border. Read more