JOHOR BARU • The introduction of the Singapore-Malaysia vaccinated travel lane (VTL) for air travellers beginning Nov 29 is the first step in reopening travel between the two countries in the near future, said the Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore.
Datuk Azfar Mohamad Mustafar said that the relevant agencies in the two countries were ironing out related issues such as health, testing regimes and cross-border processes.
“These are minor issues that I am sure will be sorted out soon,” he said, adding that reopening the land border was a bit more complex than the VTL.
The Malaysia-Singapore land border was closed nearly 20 months ago on March 18 last year.
Dr Azfar cautioned that it would not be like pre-Covid-19 times, when between 200,000 and 300,000 people travelled between the two countries daily.
“For a start, we would need to have a controlled opening. That means limiting the number of daily commuters,” he said in an interview published yesterday in The Star daily.
This story is from the November 12, 2021 edition of The Straits Times.
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