Commentary: What if the Singapore-Malaysia VTL slams shut?

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More COVID-variants may be lurking. Maintaining open borders is the only way to give peace of mind to many with ties across the Causeway, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Serina Rahman.

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Some posts outlined how to book tickets. There some hiccups in seat booking. The over-subscription rate was overwhelming. Others posted reliable sources of information or direct links to government website pages answering frequently asked questions.MALAYSIANS WILL FIND WAYS TO RETURN IF BORDERS CLOSE Malaysians who are Singaporean Permanent Residents can return to Malaysia without the VTL, including by land but this requires a seven-day quarantine, with an isolation-at-home option.

 

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奧密克戎病毒在社區傳播也是遲早的事了。我看不可能清零了。😊

Ifs Ifs Ifs...

its a knee-jerk reaction to be honest

If the policy is to live with virus, no matter what variants, still live with virus, right? I suppose all these would have been taken into considerations for opening border, VTL, etc? So if tighten restrictions again, shut border, meaning the policy is not able to work?

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