Firms turn to tech, online space to weather pandemic storm
More businesses closed in the first five months of this year compared with the same period last year. Sectors like F&B, tourism and retail trade have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sunday Times looks at how some are coping and what they are doing to stay afloat.
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Chinese fine dining restaurant Jing Seafood has been a mainstay in Marina Bay for over a decade but owner Loh Lik Peng was forced to down the shutters last month after struggling with border closures and dine-in curbs.
Mr Loh said: "We were hoping that this year, the Covid-19 pandemic would turn the corner.