CORONAVIRUS | Singapore and China have agreed to create a fast lane to facilitate essential business and official travel between both countries.
The fast lane will be established between six Chinese provinces and municipalities - Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Zhejiang - and Singapore.
The scheme is open to residents in Singapore and China who need to make essential business or official trips between the two countries.
According to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry, the arrangement would be gradually expanded to other Chinese provinces and municipalities.
In a joint statement here, the ministries said the republic had explored the piloting of fast lane arrangements with a few other countries and regions.
“This is part of Singapore’s gradual reopening of our borders for Singaporeans and residents to conduct essential activities overseas,” said the ministries.
The republic will also allow safe travel for foreigners entering the republic in limited numbers, with the necessary safeguards in place to ensure public health considerations are addressed.
Singapore is now in phase one of reopening of its economy after ending its tighter "Circuit Breaker" period on June 1.
On May 28, Minister of National Development Lawrence Wong said that Singapore was in talks with Malaysia on green lane arrangements, for which essential travel in limited numbers and with safeguards, could be conducted safely.
Green lane arrangements are with a few countries assessed to be at an equivalent or lower risk of community transmission as Singapore.
- Bernama
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