PM Lee met Singaporeans based in the region on Sunday after he arrived in Cape Town for a six-day visit. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CAPE TOWN - In 1995, Ms Christina Tan and her business partner made a preposterous decision: they would go to South Africa to sell high-end luxury goods such as designer handbags and fine Swiss watches.
Ms Tan was among some 60 Singaporeans based in South Africa and the region whom Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met on Sunday evening, the same day he landed in Cape Town for“To a certain extent, Covid-19 actually brought us a lot more business - because we were all locked-down, we got a lot more local customers,” said Ms Tan, 57. “So business has boomed... I would just say it has more than doubled.
Like Ms Tan, the majority of attendees at the reception were Singaporeans based in South African cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg. “ a lot of vibrance and, increasingly, business being done and Singaporeans going there: some staying there, and blazing new paths in new areas and starting things,” he said.
Others include Mrs Chloe Duthie, 31, who moved from Singapore to Cape Town after tying the knot with her South African husband. She was soon bitten by the entrepreneurship bug due to “the thriving culture here, which is very creative and competitive”.
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