For Singaporeans who have the most visa-free access globally, let us take pride in this landmark achievement in 2023 and be grateful for the luxury of our red passport, for being citizens of this implausible little red dot, whose success in this increasingly bifurcated multipolar world should never be taken for granted.
Whenever I am feeling low
I look around me and I know
There’s a place that will stay within me
Wherever I may choose to go
This Aug 9, I will be in Shanghai. My first trip to China since BC (Before Covid). It is a coincidence that visa-free access for two weeks to Singaporeans has just been released, sending the high prices of flight tickets skyrocketing. Fortunately, my trip was planned well in advance and I have an Apec Travel Card, which means I could skip the one-month booking for a queue number and one-week visa processing time at the Chinese Embassy.
