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SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat’s decision to step aside as Singapore’s potential Prime Minister is a setback to succession planning, but depending on the leadership’s next steps, the impact can be contained, analysts told CNA on Thursday (Apr 8).
08 Apr 2021
Aussies may be allowed to travel quarantine-free to some Asian and Pacific countries as soon as August, following on from Tuesday’s announcement of the impending two-way travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand.
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that “multiple senior government sources” confirmed Singapore will be the next priority for quarantine-free travel, as well as other Asian countries will low rates of COVID-19 from around August.
The sources also told
SMH that the government is also looking to establish agreements with Pacific nations, with Fiji as a priority.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that “Singapore and Japan and South Korea and countries like this” would be next in line for Aussies to travel to after New Zealand, but added that the government is not yet in a position to move forward with this plan “at this point”.
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at a press conference on Apr 8, 2021. (Photo: MCI)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday (Apr 8) thanked Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat for his “selfless decision” to step aside as leader of the country’s fourth generation of ministers.
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