Image of Metal Detector / X-Ray Machine in Bedok MRT Shows It’s Here Liao

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George Yang
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If you’ve gone through immigration checkpoints before, you’ll know that what’s causing the human jam is usually his machine:

Image: Phonlamai Photo / Shutterstock.com

But we understand the need for it. It’s all for the security of the nation.

And let’s face it: whenever we are there, we’re usually in high spirits because it means a vacation.

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Scan lah, no worries, my hotel check-in timing isn’t that early also.

However, imagine seeing this at 7:45 a.m. in an MRT Station, when you’re late for work and a human jam is formed.

If you’ve been following the news so far, you’d know that this is going to be a reality because selected MRT stations are going to up their security checks by installing this machine.

And a Facebook user has spotted it.

Today’s the Day

According to the LTA, they’re going to hold a six-month trial at selected MRT stations where they’ll deploy metal detectors and x-ray scanners.

And by 12 November 2018, up to six stations will have the equipment but LTA did not specify which ones.

Today, by the way, is the day.

So far, there hasn’t been any hoo-ha online,  but yesterday, Facebook user Shawn Cheah saw this:

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And the MRT station?

Bedok MRT Station.

Suffice to say, it’s one of the busiest MRT stations in Singapore.

It’s, however, unknown whether it’s in operation this morning.

No News About This Anywhere

We tried Googling but couldn’t find any news pertaining to this. Chances are they might not be operational yet (if they are, trust me, we’ll be filled with complaint posts this morning).

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However, with the system in place, all I’ve got to say is this:

Bedok-ers, time to wake up earlier tomorrow.

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