Press released on 15 December 2020, last updated on 3 February 2021
Singapore is set to launch a new segregated travel lane for business travellers on short-term stays, Chan Chun Sing, the country's Minister for Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday via a post on his verified Facebook account.
The special travel lane, called the Connect@Singapore initiative, "will be open to a limited number of business, official, and high economic value travellers from all countries who are coming to Singapore for short-term stays of up to 14 days," Chan said. The applications for this initiative will open in mid-January of 2021. "We will ensure that strict health and testing protocols are put in place," ensured Chan.
He added that business travellers wishing to partake will have to "stay at an appointed facility under the Connect@Singapore initiative, undergo regular routine testing and strictly observe all prevailing Safe Management Measures."
Chan said the initiative is aimed at boosting Singapore's global reputation and support the eventual economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The new travel lane comes just weeks after the postponement of a highly anticipated Hong Kong and Singapore "air travel bubble." The bubble would have allowed quarantine-free air travel between the two Asian hubs. But a spike in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong forced them to scrap the plan just 24 hours before it was due to launch on November 22.
Travellers would have had to meet certain parameters before embarking, such as having made no trips in the previous 14 days and undergo compulsory Covid-19 testing. But they wouldn't be subject to any quarantine or stay-at-home notice requirements, or a controlled itinerary, upon arrival.
Source: CNN
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