The Big Story: S'pore, HK agree to set up air travel bubble; MRT breakdown

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Singapore has agreed in principle to set up an air travel bubble with Hong Kong, which will allow people to travel between the two locations without the need to be quarantined. They will also have no restrictions on their itinerary or purpose of travel.

This is Singapore's first two-way air travel bubble arrangement. News editor Karamjit Kaur discusses the significance of the move, and what it could mean for future travel.

SMRT says that an attempt to fix a power cable fault led to a chain reaction that worsened last night's train breakdown, where thousands of commuters on three MRT lines endured delays and disruption. Senior transport correspondent Christopher Tan tells us what he makes of both the breakdown and SMRT's response.

In The Straits Times' Life picks, we check in with film correspondent John Lui, arts correspondent Olivia Ho and journalist Anjali Raguraman on their film, festival and drinks picks for the weekend.

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