Malaysia-Singapore border re-opening: Singapore cannot pre-determine the date for now


A bus ferrying travellers into the Johor side of the Malaysia and Singapore border along the Causeway under the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL-Land), which started on Nov 29. - THOMAS YONG/The Star

SINGAPORE, March 12 (Bernama): Singapore welcomed Malaysia's announcement to reopen its border on April 1, noting that it can’t pre-determine the date of re-opening on its side for now, according to the republic’s Multi Ministry Taskforce (MTF) on Covid-19.

At a virtual press conference on Friday night (March 11), the MTF’s co-chair Gan Kim Yong reiterated that the island-state is working out the detailed operation arrangements with its northern neighbour and will share more details when it is ready.

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