U-Ong Ye Kung, ungqongqoshe wezokuThutha eSingapore uchaze ukuthi izwe lakhe alikwazi ukulinda umuthi wokugoma.
U-Ong Ye Kung MP ukhonza njengoNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha kusukela ngomhlaka 27 Julayi 2020. Ubuye futhi waba nguNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo kusukela ngomhlaka 1 Okthoba 2015 kuya ku-26 Julayi 2020.
ISingapore ayinayo imakethe yezokuvakasha yasekhaya, izivakashi zifika ngezindiza zomhlaba wonke, futhi izwe kufanele liphinde livulwe.
Ubhadane lwe-coronavirus luthathe kanzima imboni yezindiza yomhlaba wonke, njengoba amazwe amaningi evala imingcele yawo futhi evimbela ukuhamba ukuze anciphise ukusabalala kwegciwane. ISingapore nayo ayisindiswanga futhi izama zonke izindlela zokuvuselela imboni yayo yezindiza ebalulekile.
Ezweni elincane elifana neSingapore, umkhakha wezindiza udinga "konke lokhu kuxhumana ukuze ukwazi ukusebenza kahle kwezomnotho," u-Ong Ye Kung, ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha utshele abezindaba bendawo.
Izwe laseLungu le-ASEN iSingapore selisungule izinhlelo zokusebenzisana namazwe amaningi ukuvumela ukuhamba ngezebhizinisi, kufaka phakathi iChina, iSouth Korea neMalaysia.
Yize lawo malungiselelo “omzila oluhlaza” wabahambi bezinkampani egcina “ukusebenzisana okubalulekile kwebhizinisi kuqhubeka, kusenemingcele impela futhi kungenzeka kungasizi ukuvuselela umkhakha wezindiza waseSingapore, kusho u-Ong.
Esikhundleni salokho, uhambo olujwayelekile kumele luqhubeke futhi, kusho ungqongqoshe. Wanezela ukuthi iSingapore isebenza ukusungula lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amabhamuza wokuhamba" namazwe agcine ukubheduka kwawo kweCovid-19 kulawulwa.
Ungqongqoshe wenqabile ukudalula amazwe iSingapore exoxa nawo ukusungula la magwebu okuhamba. Kepha uthe iChina, iVietnam kanye neBrunei baphakathi kwalabo abanamaphrofayili engcuphe efanayo noma angcono uma beqhathaniswa neSingapore.
Amazwe anjalo abalelwa ku-42% yenani labagibeli basemoyeni baseSingapore ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane Njengamanje, isikhumulo sezindiza saseSingapore iChangi sisebenzisa u-1.5% kuphela wevolumu yaso evamile yabagibeli.
Uchaze ukuthi amazwe athathwa "njengaphephile" angaphathwa "njengendawo eyodwa yokuhlukaniswa" neSingapore. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abantu bakulawo mazwe kungenzeka kungadingeki ukuthi bafake isicelo semvume yokuhamba ngaphakathi kwebhola, kepha mhlawumbe bavivinywa lapho befika njengokuqapha, kusho yena.
ISingapore kufanele futhi "ihlole ngenkuthalo" ukususa imikhawulo yemingcele yabahambi abavela emazweni anobungozi obuphakeme bokuhanjiswa, kusho u-Ong. Kepha kulawo mazwe, izidingo zokuhlukaniswa nabantu kungenzeka zivimbele ukuhamba noma ngabe imingcele ivulekile.
Ungqongqoshe uqambe izinyathelo ezintathu, ngokuhlanganyela, ezingangena esikhundleni sokwahlukaniswa ekufikeni:
- Iphrothokholi yokuhlolwa okuphindiwe. Lokho kusho ukuhlola abahambi ngaphambi kokuhamba kwabo, lapho befika, nangezinsuku ezithile phakathi nohambo lwabo;
- Lawula izindawo labo bahambi abangaya kuzo;
- Ukulandelwa okuqinile kokuthinta ukukhomba ngokushesha abantu abangatheleleka.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- That means that people from those countries may not have to apply for permission to travel within the bubble, but maybe tested upon arrival as a precaution, he said.
- The minister declined to reveal the countries that Singapore is in talks with to set up these travel bubbles.
- Ezweni elincane elifana neSingapore, umkhakha wezindiza udinga "konke lokhu kuxhumana ukuze ukwazi ukusebenza kahle kwezomnotho," u-Ong Ye Kung, ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha utshele abezindaba bendawo.
