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From 1,000 guests to 20. Farah Hani and Khairul Anuar were ready to get married in 2020, having prepared for their big day more than a year in advance. Covid-19 swiftly put paid to those plans.
As Singapore implemented stringent safety measures, the couple faced a predicament - to proceed with a scaled-down event or to postpone it. Our venue vendor suggested to postpone our wedding to February 2021, with the assurance that 1,000 guests would be allowed, said Farah, 25, a specialist teaching associate. She tied the knot with Khairul, 25, a commercial analyst, in July 2020 instead.