The destination of
choice for millionaires and billionaires from Indonesia, China, India, Europe, and the
United States during the pandemic, because of the island state’s relative low infection, mortality, and crime rates, compared to the rest of the developed world, where white
racism or supremacism, nativism, and xenophobia, often condoned by right-wing inept politicians, are at an all-time high.
More than a tax
haven for the filthy rich from both the East and the
West, Singapore is now a “corona sanctuary” for the wealthy and the celebrities escaping the ravages of the pandemic
sweeping their countries, whose oft-ill-run health systems leave much to be desired.