Twenty-four bus services will be diverted from Sunday evening (Dec 31) to early New Year's Day due to road closures for the New Year countdown celebrations across Singapore.
A large turnout is expected for a New Year countdown event at Marina Bay, with roads and lanes closed for the party and the police deploying crowd control measures.
As many as 300 shuttle buses a day will be deployed to ferry commuters affected by the closure of 10 East-West Line MRT stations on two Sundays in January 2018.
71 drivers were arrested on Wednesday night (Dec 20) in an islandwide anti-drink-driving operation that started from 4pm on Wednesday and ended on Thursday morning.