AUTHORITIES in Singapore have confirmed talks are under way with Australian officials to establish so-called “green lanes” to facilitate travel between the two countries.
The proposed arrangement would allow for connectivity to be restored and facilitate short-term essential business and official travel, subject to comprehensive COVID-19 safeguards.
Speaking on Sat at a virtual press conference, Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said “reciprocal green lane arrangements mean there must be mutual assurance of each other’s test protocol and standards”.
Without establishing such travel bubbles, the alternative is for 14-day quarantines at each end of trips, making short-term travel “essentially unworkable”.
The bilateral proposal with Australia follows negotiations between Singapore & China which have already concluded a green lane deal to facilitate travel to and from Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangzu and Zhejiang.
Chan said Singapore was also talking to other countries about similar arrangements, including South Korea and New Zealand.
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