The date, Sept 16, carries a lot more significance than what has been described. The day is also the centenary of the birth of Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. There are plenty of causes for celebration in this tiny country.
Come Sept 16, Singapore’s city centre will be bustling more than usual as the annual F1 night race resumes for the weekend. In between, several high-profile business conferences, targeted at billionaires, crypto bros, and their assorted hanger-ons, are being held as well.
Hotel rates have reportedly surged past $1,000 per night as the hospitality industry continues to claw back its pandemic-year losses. The F&B industry should do fine, as bottles of bubbly — with or without the by-now infamous (and lavish-spending) Fujian Gang — will still be uncorked.
