What price networking over a meal? This question has caused an unusual degree of local tension in Singapore as the city state prepares to welcome the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, which will be the largest attempt at a big in-person conference since the pandemic began.
To widespread frustration, Singaporeans remain under tight domestic restrictions even as the country begins to open up to the world through vaccinated travel lane initiatives. People may only dine at restaurants in groups of two, a system that is rigorously imposed even among families who arrive together and sleep in the same house at night.
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