SINGAPORE: Good news for tourists and investors – there are now direct flights between Singapore and Timor Leste.
A new route by Austasia Airlines has made Singapore the third country – after Indonesia and Australia – with commercial flights to Timor Leste.
Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta was onboard the inaugural flight home on Friday.
» Channel NewAsia has more here…
MFA Spokeman’s Comments
In response to media queries on Singaporeans requiring a visa to visit China, the MFA Spokesman said:
“At present, Singapore ordinary passport holders intending to travel to China for a period of 15 days or less do not require a visa. MFA has been informed today by the Chinese authorities that with effect from 01 July 2008, this visa-free facility would be temporarily suspended.
Singapore ordinary passport holders would require a visa for entry into China. We have been given the assurance that the visa requirement is a temporary measure. The visa-free facility for travels of 15 days or less would be reinstated after the Beijing Olympics. The Chinese authorities have not informed us of the exact date when the visa-free facility will be reinstated.”
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
21 APRIL 2008
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Legislators urged the Department of Health (DOH) to require that restaurants serving dishes with shark fins provide warnings cautioning pregnant women not to eat the prized ingredient, which can contain dangerous levels of mercury.
Press release from Singapore Tourism Board
TA/01229
TAN CHEE HONG TIMOTHY
MANAGING DIRECTOR
ECO ADVENTURES WORLDWIDE PTE LTD
Dear Sir/Madam
PUBLIC ADVISORY TO TRAVELLERS VISITING COUNTRIES WITH ONGOING OR RECENT TRANSMISSION OF POLIOMYELITIS (POLIO)
1. The Ministry of Health would like to remind members of the public travelling to countries with ongoing or recent transmission of polio to be fully immunised against the infection.
2. Polio is an infectious disease affecting mainly infants and young children. Common symptoms include fever, tiredness, headache, nausea and vomiting. Paralysis occurs in less than 1% of infections. The majority of people who are infected do not show any symptoms but they can still spread the infection to others.
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The Department of Tourism, Bhutan has authorised the increase of Bhutan’s Daily Tariffs by US$20 per person per day.
This increase is to a “US dollar devaluation adjustment” and brings the Daily Tariff to USD $220 per person per day for Peak months of January, February, March, April, May, August, September, October, November, December, and to USD $185 per person per day for Off-peak months of July and August.
Please see the Circular advised to the Association of Bhutanese Tour operators.
Silkair commences weekly regular scheduled flight to Christmas Island
Commencing August 2007, the Singapore and Australian Governments have approved this flight as a weekly regular scheduled passenger flight. Departing every Thursday from Changi International Airport at 1650 hours and returning back to Singapore at 2205 hours, the flights arrive on Christmas Island at 1805 hrs local time and depart for Singapore at 1850 hrs after a ground time of 45 minutes.
View or download the Press release from Austasia Airlines here.
Rainforest World Music Festival 2008
Date: 10th - 14th July 2008
Venue: Sarawak Cultural Village, Kuching, Sarawak
Official Website: http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com/
The internationally acclaimed Rainforest World Music Festival brings together music from both all over the world as well as from the inner depths of Borneo in this weekend-long festival of music workshops, concerts and performances.
For nearly a decade, the Rainforest World Music Festival has had fans and musicians from all corners of the planet flocking to the famous Sarawak Cultural Village for three days of jamming and grooving to eclectic world sounds.
As we have every year since the festival started, Eco Adventures introduces our Rainforest World Music Festival 2008 package.
THE popular UNESCO World Heritage tourist attraction Huangshan Mountain will be closed for 3 years to allow the vegetation to recover from damages made by tourists.
Huangshan or “Yellow Mountains” is renown for its beauty and has inspired countless landscape paintings, and attracts millions of visitors each year.
The Yellow Mountains are a marvel within an area of 154 square kilometres where there is a crowd of peaks, 72 of which have names indicating the shapes they resemble. Lotus Brightness Apex and Celestial Capital are the three major ones, all rising above 1,800 metres. The mountains are a body of granite, often with vertical joints. Erosion and fracture contributed to shape the rocks into huge columns giving rise to lofty peaks and deep ravines. When it is cloudy the pinnacles loom in mists as if they were visionary, while in sunshine they unfold in all their majesty and splendour.
The Yellow Mountains change their colour and appearance with the alternating seasons. In spring blooming flowers decorate the slopes in a riot of colour and fill the valleys with fragrance. In summer you see verdured peaks rising one upon another and nearby springs gurgling merrily. Autumn dresses the mountains in red and purple, as maples are all in blazing-red; winter turns them into a world of frost and ice with silver boughs and rocks everywhere.
So from ancient times it has been frequented by tourists seeking their mystery and admiring their scenery. They come to the conclusion that the fantastic pines, the grotesque rocks, the sea of clouds and the hot springs are the four major attractions of the Yellow Mountains.
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From: Helen Newman
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 11:35 AM
Subject: RE: Raja Ampat Update - New Annual Tag system to commence 15th July 2007
Importance: High
Dear Operators,
I am pleased to let you know that the Bupati has agreed to the latest proposals worked out with his government representatives. The new fee system will be signed into law and all the materials required for the new tag system (tags/receipts) will be ready for the launch on the 15th July 2007.
The annual tag will normally be valid from the 1st January until the 31st January of the following year. This year the tags will be valid from 15th July 2007 until 31st January 2008.
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