Wedding dinners in Singapore can sometimes be a mercenary affair. Don't be fooled into thinking that wedding ang baos (red packets) are purely a gift from the heart. In Singapore, your ang bao symbolises your well-wishes as well as covers the cost of your seat at the banquet table. Though the couple might not admit it, in their heart.
Direct flights now take people and goods between Hong Kong and other cities around China and Southeast Asia, but in decades past, small coastal vessels connected the region at a much slower pace.