Category: Marlborough Malaysia
Marlborough College Malaysia is committed to ensuring that pupils travelling to the school from Singapore on a daily basis do so in the most cost effective, efficient and safe manner.
Negotiations continue with various ministries and IRDA (Iskandar Regional Development Authority); most encouragingly all parties aim to achieve the outcome as outlined above.
Although we have no finalised agreement, all parties are working towards pupils carrying a 'pass', not a passport, leaving Singapore on a small coach (maximum size 24) which will go through the Singapore immigration in a green channel. The coaches will stop at the Malaysian border where the passes will be examined and pupils identified, possibly by biometric analysis; pupils will not be required to leave the coach. On the return journey the inspection would take place at the Singapore border control by a similar means.
We hope to receive a statement of intent for the above from the relevant authorities in the next few months. In the event that the intended plan is not actionable by 27th August 2012, we will have a fall back position involving the use of people carriers rather than coaches.
We are confident that the issue will be resolved and fully expect the average journey time from Singapore to the school to be approximately 40-50 minutes.