Travel across the Malaysia-Singapore frontier, once one of the world’s busiest, resumed on Monday after more than a year and a half of coronavirus curbs. “It is timely for us to reopen our borders progressively and safely,” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said during a press conference with his Malaysian counterpart, Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Lee played down any prospect of a hasty reversal due to the new Omicron virus variant, saying: “Even if Omicron disrupts these plans, our goal will still be to have more open borders between Singapore and Malaysia.” Ismail Sabri said both leaders agre…

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