On the first day where masks were no longer required to be worn on public buses or trains, CNA observed most people taking off their face coverings after alighting from a ride or exiting a station.
SINGAPORE: Mask-wearing on public transport in Singapore ceased to be mandatory on Monday but most commuters were seen retaining their face coverings while on trains and buses Monday morning.
"The train was really crowded," he told CNA."For me, I just recovered from an illness so it's more out of consideration for others as well ... It's just more socially responsible.""Eventually . But for now, probably out of precaution, because it has worked so far, so why change something that has worked?" said Mr Ang, adding that trains and buses were more enclosed than other indoor areas.
," said Ms Yap, who had been looking forward to Monday's further relaxation of public transport safeguards.From 8am to 9am on a crowded East-West Line train with people making their way to work, only a handful of commuters in each cabin chose not to wear a mask, CNA observed. "Because a lot of people still had their masks on ... I'm not from here so I wore one, I thought people would give me trouble if I didn't wear it," she said.
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