KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Malaysia is expected to receive the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (KL-Singapore HSR) compensation claim from Singapore in the next few weeks.
MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR Corp) chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Nur Ismal Mohamed Kamal, however, said the claim amount would need to be verified and agreed between the two countries.
“Currently, we are still waiting for Singapore to submit the claim to us. Once it is submitted, we will do our due diligence to ensure that the claim is reasonable and can be verified,” he told a media briefing here, today.
Earlier this week, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Malaysia holds the view that the amount of compensation needed to be paid to Singapore for the termination of the HSR project is much lower than S$270 million (approximately RM820.76 million) incurred by Singapore.
Singapore’s sea cargo one bright spot amid pandemic
While Covid-19 has severely affected many aspects of transport, Singapore’s sea cargo volume has been doing well, remaining close to pre-pandemic levels.
Compared with the start of the year, the volume of sea cargo here stood at 97 per cent in November, according to figures of Singapore’s air, land and sea sectors released by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) in a Facebook post yesterday.
Commenting on the performance of the maritime sector in a separate Facebook post, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said it was a “bright spark during such difficult times”.
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials of a new service that will allow for quicker verification of Covid-19 test results, potentially paving the way for the introduction of vaccine passports.
Instead of checking health certificates manually for their authenticity, immigration staff will scan a QR code using an app developed by a Temasek-linked technology firm.
This will shorten the time needed for travellers to clear immigration and will improve their travel experience amid the pandemic, said SIA yesterday.
The new service is coming ahead of the expected introduction of vaccine-related travel rules by aviation authorities worldwide.
SIA worked with the International Air Transport Association (Iata) on the new service as part of a push to introduce industry-wide standards in the reopening of borders.
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SIA trials service that speeds up verification of test results
The new service can be used to verify the Covid-19 vaccination statuses of travellers.PHOTO: ONG YE KUNG/FACEBOOK
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SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 29 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Dec 22), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
It is the highest daily number of cases reported since Sep 21, when 31 cases were reported.
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All 29 new cases reported on Tuesday were imported, and were placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon their arrival in Singapore, MOH said.
Three Singaporeans and a permanent resident who returned from the United States, Costa Rica, Indonesia and India were among the new cases.