What will happen to Covid's lost generation?

FOR young people today, the mass disruptions that the year brought could cause more undoing than we think. Much of the school year was lost, resulting in a slowdown in education and learning that will snowball for some more than others. And as university-goers are finding, graduating into a recession dims one's prospects considerably and could have long-term effects on earnings.

Are young people the biggest losers of the Covid crisis? In Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend, we discuss how the pandemic has affected the future - and social mobility - of young people in Singapore.

The hospitality sector is finally beginning to recover, and in The Raffles Conversation, Hilton's Asia-Pacific president Alan Watts tells why he believes business will bounce back.

In the Wealth section, our Investing With Impact column says the time is now for Asia to embrace sustainable investing as the crisis has given the world the opportunity to build back better and also pushed Asian investors to prioritise sustainable investing.

2020 sparked a bigger question about what it means to be fair and good. Will this hold in 2021? Sass & The City shares conversations with friends.

The new Lexus IS looks bold and fresh . . . until you look inside. The Steering Column takes a spin in the IS300 to discover that there are limits to putting new flesh on old bones.

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In The Finish Line, our columnist recalls what has been a surreal year for sports and picks out some of the most memorable events.

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