A tidy financial centre of 5.7 million people is gradually preparing for life after the pandemic, as vaccination rates increase, social distancing measures ease and residents once again dare to daydream about leisure travel.
A short ferry ride away, a sprawling archipelago with a population of 270 million is struggling to get oxygen, daily Covid-19 cases are north of 20, 000 and the death toll exceeds 60, 000.
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