Taskforce to explore other options to facilitate inbound travellers: Ong Ye Kung

Tue, Oct 06, 2020 - 1:54 PM
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THE multi-ministry taskforce will explore "other practical schemes" to welcome travellers from countries with higher infection rates but are "economically important" to Singapore, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung in his ministerial statement on Tuesday.

"There are ways to facilitate...

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