SINGAPORE: The republic has temporarily stopped vegetable consignments from Malaysia after a wholesaler at the Pasir Panjang Vegetable Wholesale Market (PPWC) was recently diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said he had informed his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Dr Norwawi Effendi, of the market’s 10-day closure, and that all vegetable consignments from Malaysia intended for the PPWC would not be able to enter Singapore during this period.