KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26 -- The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) will be finalising its standard operating procedures (SOPs) on its proposed travel bubbles with selected nations by next week, its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said.

Nancy said her ministry has also been engaging ambassadors of foreign nations here, to discuss the concepts of a reciprocal green lane and periodic commuting arrangements, pointing to Singapore as an example of the latter concept.

"And now, Motac has been tasked by the government, by all the other ministries, to put forward our proposal with our SOPs. It should be ready latest maybe next week, for us to propose to the National Security Council. That is the status for the moment," she told reporters ...