"travel bubble"

Under the current arrangement, Singaporeans are allowed to enter Indonesia via specific ferry terminals in Batam and Bintan.

South Korea inked a travel bubble agreement with Singapore on Oct. 8, the country’s second following a similar deal with Saipan. The deal is to allow those who are vaccinated to travel freely without the need for quarantine starting on Nov. 15. Their COVID-19 vaccination certificates will also be mutually recognized.

Southeast Asia witnessed a rise in new Covid-19 infections and a decline in deaths on Saturday, collated data showed.

PETALING JAYA: Several countries in Asia have been working towards opening up their tourism sector by opening travel bubbles between low-risk countries.

Factories that have been assessed according to the Thai Stop Covid (TSC) online platform are 4.5 times less likely to spark infection clusters, a top official from the Industry Ministry said.

SINGAPORE - The air travel bubble to allow for quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Hong Kong is likely to be delayed yet again, given the rising number of Covid-19 community cases in Singapore.

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s air travel bubble arrangement with Singapore will come into force on May 26 after being delayed for half a year after the two governments hammered out rules for quarantine-free travel.

A quarantine-free air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore is finally slated to get off the ground with a start date of May 26, following setbacks that led to the plan initially being shelved last November.

The government plans to reopen the country to foreign tourists in three phases, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday.

SINGAPORE - Singapore's Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung said Monday that the city-state has received a proposal from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to re-open borders safely, saying it is studying the situation.

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s air travel bubble with Singapore has been postponed until next year as the special administrative region reported 82 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.