{"id":6269,"date":"2020-07-20T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T01:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T04:51:27","slug":"singapore-and-malaysia-to-reopen-borders-for-business-travel-from-august-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/singapore-and-malaysia-to-reopen-borders-for-business-travel-from-august-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore and Malaysia to reopen borders for business travel from August 10."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A special &#8216;green lane&#8217; will be opened specifically for this purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore and Malaysia will be&nbsp;<strong>reopening borders<\/strong>&nbsp;for business travel starting from&nbsp;<strong>August 10th 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reopening is part of a&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;reciprocal green lane&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;between both countries, announced by both country&#8217;s ministries of foreign affairs, after nearly 5 months of closures due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\"><em>&#8220;These two schemes are meant to address the needs of different groups of cross-border travellers between both countries&#8221;, said&nbsp;Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan in a press statement.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6271\" width=\"579\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-440x293.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Malaysia_Singapore-Minister-of-Foriegn-Affair.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption><em>Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The RGL will only allow cross-border travel between the 2 countries for&nbsp;<strong>essential business and official purposes only<\/strong>, and all travellers will be required to undergo a swab test prior to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These new changes will also allow Singapore and Malaysian residents who hold long-term immigration passes to enter each others countries for work purposes, but they must work&nbsp;<strong>consecutively in that country for three months<\/strong>&nbsp;prior to being allowed to return home for short-term leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOfficials in Malaysia and Singapore are working expeditiously toward the targeted implementation of RGL and PCA on August 10, 2020. This will give the opportunity for the relevant agencies of both governments to continue their consultation to finalise the standard operating procedures of the two initiatives,\u201d the statement said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soutce: Albert Lee @ <a href=\"https:\/\/beamstart.com\/content\/127754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEAMSTART<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special &#8216;green lane&#8217; will be opened specifically for this purpose Singapore and Malaysia will be&nbsp;reopening borders&nbsp;for business travel starting from&nbsp;August 10th 2020. The reopening is part of a&nbsp;&#8220;reciprocal green lane&#8221;&nbsp;between both countries, announced by both country&#8217;s ministries of foreign affairs, after nearly 5 months of closures due to the pandemic. &#8220;These two schemes are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1030,99,1024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-promotions","category-travel-guide","category-travel-news","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6277,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269\/revisions\/6277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanyangtravel.com.my\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}