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People spending up to $700 on just decorations and cake for parties during Covid-19 pandemic

Ms Angeline Yang celebrated her and two of her sons' birthdays last month by engaging Dreams & Doodle to set up a camping-themed party. PHOTO: ANGELINE YANG
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SINGAPORE - In August, Ms Nurhazirah Mohamed Adenan hired event planner Zeppelin Events to throw a surprise party for her fiance's 25th birthday at Dusk Restaurant & Bar in Mount Faber.

The 23-year-old nurse paid $380 for a party package that included a food platter, electronic candles, flowers, romantic styling for the dinner table - complete with a customised backdrop of fairy lights set against the picturesque view from Faber Peak.

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