Roundtable on Labuan tourism travel bubble
Published on: Sunday, September 19, 2021
By: Bernama
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LABUAN: The Labuan Disaster Management Committee (LDMC) hosted a virtual roundtable with community leaders, representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government officials to gather inputs to prepare for launching the island’s tourism travel bubble programme.The two-hour discussion on Friday night, led by Labuan Health Department Director Dr Ismuni Bohari, was to work out a consensus on the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the proposed travel bubble take-off.
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“We have prepared proposals for the SOPs on the inflow of travellers into the island and received recommendations and inputs from community leaders on the do’s and don’ts.
“It was merely a virtual open discussion and whatever was discussed will be brought to the central National Security Council (MKN) for approval. We have reached an understanding but no concrete decision has yet been made on the travel bubble SOPs,” Dr Ismuni, who is an LDMC member, said Saturday.
He said the SOPs would help to keep Covid-19 at bay and prevent Labuan from falling into difficult times again.
“Being healthcare frontliners, our job is to control the possible spread of the disease. Our concerns are that the influx of travellers to Labuan from all across the country could lead to a setback in the fight against COVID-19 if the SOPs are too relaxed.
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“The SOPs must be balanced with island’s economy and public health. We want to strike a balance between saving lives and livelihoods,” he said.
Labuan People’s Representative Council Chairman Mohd Dzulfaizal Ab Manan said such discussions would avoid the emergence of a ‘blaming syndrome’ towards the Labuan Health Department and LDMC for any problems in the future.
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