Malaysia hopes Singapore considers flexibility on PCA theedgemarkets.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theedgemarkets.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SINGAPORE - Travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia will be allowed from May 17, amid Covid-19 restrictions that ban the bulk of cross-border movement.
The details of such travel arrangements will be released later, but these will include steps like testing visitors for the coronavirus as well as the need for quarantine, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Sunday (May 2).
Dr Balakrishnan made the announcement together with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who was on a two-day official visit to Singapore till Sunday.
Mr Hishammuddin said that the compassionate grounds would refer to situations when people on either side request to make trips across the border to be with those who are critically ill or to attend funerals.
May 02, 2021
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (right) and Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein speak to the media after their meeting in Singapore, on May 2, 2021.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia will be allowed from May 17, amid Covid-19 restrictions that ban the bulk of cross-border movement.
The details of such travel arrangements will be released later, but these will include steps like testing visitors for the coronavirus as well as the need for quarantine, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Sunday (May 2).
Dr Balakrishnan made the announcement together with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who was on a two-day official visit to Singapore till Sunday.
Share this article
Share this article
ResearchAndMarkets.com s offering.
Singapore Access Control System Market revenue size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% during 2020-2026.
The Singapore Access Control System marketis anticipated to grow at a significant rate over the forecast period on account of latest technological innovations along with the rising adoption of cloud computing platforms.
Moreover, government initiatives such as Infocomm Media 2025 and Singapore Smart Nation vision would play a pivotal role in raising digital capabilities to pursue technological innovations which would further propel the demand for access control system market in the country. However, the outburst of COVID-19 pandemic is expected to adversely impact the Singapore access control systems market on account of the nationwide lockdown being imposed by the government resulting in the closure of all sort of business operations in the country which would, in turn, impact the demand and supply