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Can the 2020s be the new Roaring Twenties?

A booming decade followed the end of a pandemic a century ago. Is there a chance of history repeating itself as fears of Covid-19 fade?

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Whether Singapore has actually gone beyond its pre-pandemic ways, the perception is that some sort of switch has been flipped recently.

Whether Singapore has actually gone beyond its pre-pandemic ways, the perception is that some sort of switch has been flipped recently.

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An increasingly common observation – at least from the people in my social circles – is that people seem to have gone a little crazy post-pandemic.

Whether Singapore has actually gone beyond its pre-pandemic ways or whether many of us have simply forgotten what life was like before we knew what Covid-19 was, the perception is that some sort of switch has been flipped recently.

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