Singapore’s Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung said that the city-state has received a proposal from Hong Kong to re-open borders safely, saying it was studying the situation.
According to a statement in response to the Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble (ATB), the Minister said that on Monday that city-state is very happy that Hong Kong has in recent weeks kept the pandemic under control, reports Xinhua news agency.
“This is a very positive development," he added.
Singapore and Hong Kong agreed to launch designated flights under the ATB in November 2020 in an effort to resume cross-border travel and orderly restart economic activities.
But the launch of the ATB was later deferred due to worsened epidemic situation in Hong Kong. Ahead of this, on November 21, a day before flight operations were scheduled to commence, it was announced that the launch of the travel bubble has been deferred to early December.
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It was later pushed back to 2021, with the exact starting date yet to be determined. There were also no restrictions on the purpose of travel and no requirement for a controlled itinerary or sponsorship.
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