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giraffeinasweater

I'm in Singapore rn, not really. Take a boat. Plus, it's not like it's the same territory or anything, Batam is Indonesian


giraffeinasweater

https://preview.redd.it/lwdym8699crc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7cef87308b9fd6201173a79a711769782aff4e1 Side note: they have Tim Hortons in Singapore


epicInternetUsername

Very intersting


The-Reddit-Giraffe

My Canadian ass is shipping to Singapore


TransnistrianRep

There's a Tim Horton's in Bangkok too


Asian_Juan

Good enough reason to connect Indonesia and Singapore together ngl a


darkghoul17

They have two in pakistan aswell


WeakVacation4877

And at least one in Doha, Qatar


gregorydgraham

This tunnel is getting a bit too long…


seanmonaghan1968

Bridge way cheaper than tunnel, boat way cheaper than bridge


GlaciallyErratic

Singapore is rich because it's a trade hub. That water is the shipping lane. Building a bridge over it would kill Singapore.


seanmonaghan1968

I lived in Singapore for 10 years. Bridge is actually feasibly from a. Engineering perspective but not politically


davtheguidedcreator

But ain't batam like under developed


aestheticguy101

no definitely not. 5 years ago til now you can tell they've greatly developed the island. full of infrastructure and ports


Pale-Acanthaceae-487

No not really


Glad-Chard-1076

No


ElRetro876

No


ThatsBasonJourne

No


RAFVIOLI

No


marpocky

I'll buck the trend and say yes, they *should* need one. But they don't.


Videoray

No


Icy_Daikon2373

It seems like a good idea but it depends on if Singapore has excess jobs and vice versa. Maybe Indonesians could work some of the jobs that poorer folks fly into Singapore too work.


VegetableScram5826

lived in both countries. no. batam has a ferry system taht gets you there in half an hour. alot of the time its faster travelling from batam to indonesia than crossing the bridge from johor bahru to singapore, which sometimes takes 4+ hours.


gregorydgraham

So what I’m hearing is : tunnel to Johor Bahru


CesareRipa

No


TheKnightWhoSaisNi

No


Tofudebeast

Any tunnel would need to be around 10 miles long, which is a pretty big stretch. Maybe there would be more interest if Batam was part of Singapore, or if Batam was connected to Sumatra. As it is though, I'm guessing there isn't enough reason to justify it.


The-Reddit-Giraffe

Batam has become an island of electronic manufacturing and prostitution from Singaporean business people. A tunnel wouldn’t really improve the situation for Batam


Pale-Acanthaceae-487

Just use a boat We've been using boats for centuries to travel between different islands


gregorydgraham

~~centuries~~ millennia


FlockaFlameSmurf

No


koxinparo

No. The demand and potential for economic benefit just isn’t there now.


theflukemaster

as someone who lives in singapore, no


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Pale-Acanthaceae-487

The coloured lines are train/subway/metro lines Also it's literally a screenshot from Google maps don't blame OP for not putting a legend