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BT EXCLUSIVE: VIRUS OUTBREAK

Business 'bubble' scheme put on ice

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Sun, Feb 7, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    THE launch of a pilot plan to bring "business, official and high-economic value travellers" into Singapore and put them in a "bubble" was pushed back, The Business Times has learnt.

    Under the original plans for the Connect@Singapore initiative, the first travellers would have been able to arrive from mid- to late January.

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