Malaysia and Singapore aiming to restart cross-border travel from August 10 under RGL and PCA schemes

Malaysia and Singapore aiming to restart cross-border travel from August 10 under RGL and PCA schemes

Malaysia and Singapore are aiming to resume cross-border travel between the two countries beginning August 10, which will also see the implementation of two schemes – the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) and Periodic Commuting Arrangement (PCA) – to cater to different groups of travellers.

“The RGL scheme will enable cross-border travels for essential business and official purposes between both countries. Eligible travellers will have to abide by prevailing Covid-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed upon by both countries, including undergoing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab tests,” read a joint statement issued by the ministry of foreign affairs of both countries.

“They will also be expected to submit to the relevant authorities of the receiving country a controlled itinerary and adhere to this controlled itinerary during their visit,” it continued. Meanwhile, the PCA scheme is meant for residents who hold long-term immigration passes for business and work purposes in the other country to enter that country for work.

Malaysia and Singapore aiming to restart cross-border travel from August 10 under RGL and PCA schemes

“After at least three consecutive months in their country of work, they may return to their home country for short-term home leave, and thereafter, re-enter their country of work to continue working for at least another three consecutive months. These travellers will also have to abide by the prevailing Covid-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed on by both countries,” the statement read.

Both countries are currently in the midst of preparing the requirements, health protocols and application process to enable cross-border travel between them, which will be published 10 days before the August 10 targeted start date. Malaysia closed its borders on March 18 following the start of the movement control order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moving forward, the two countries will develop other appropriate schemes for the cross-border movement of people including a daily cross-border commuting proposal for work purposes for travellers from both countries, while considering the required health protocols and available medical resources in both countries to ensure the safety of citizens of both sides.

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  • Frankly speaking I am not comfortable with it. A big chunk of our citizen going over there to work as labourers and factory workers, so unavoidably they will mingle with foreign workers in S’pore, having the high risk of catching COVID since their community is overwhelmed by this infection. Those who work there could highly likely be the 2nd wave to bring COVID back into the country and if that happens, I don’t think we can afford for a 2nd MCO. Take a look at Melbourne having to undergo an entire state lockdown again because they were careless and over optimistic, perhaps egotistical, they had beaten the threat. Both countries should learn from this folly.

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    • Malaysian on Jul 14, 2020 at 10:53 pm

      Not true. Nearly all cases are those staying in dormitories. And they are are confined and tested treated before they are allowed into the community. All foreign workers are documented in Singapore unlike Boleh land. Community cases are very low at single digit. And how true is the figures of Malaysia is any one guess. I would rather trust Singapore figures and their containment actions are more logical than us. Our worries should be the other way round. Singaporeans should fear us more then we fear them.

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      • Hafriz Shah (Member) on Jul 15, 2020 at 9:34 am

        Have more faith in Malaysia, buddy.

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      • Ghani on Jul 15, 2020 at 9:54 am

        If their containment action was effective, they wouldn’t have reached 10k infections, and still going up til today.
        And yes, have more faith in Malaysia’s statistics. We have infection/death ratio which is quite par with other countries but the i/d ratio for Singapore is ridiculously low which leads me to believe a coverup happened.

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      • Trust Singapore? Do you know why they have the lowest Covid 19 death in comparison to number of infection? Many dead was not counted because they claimed its due to other complications. C19 does not directly kill a person, its the complications caused by C19 that kills and Singapore says not counted!

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