Kuala Lampur, March 28 -- Something has changed in the bars that dot the trendy enclaves of Singapore.

Of course Covid-19 has changed a lot of things and it's great that our trendy areas are still lively and crowded - though everything still shuts at 10.30pm due to Covid control measures.

But beyond social distancing and closing hours, something has changed. The demographics of those at the bars.

For years, the patrons or a large proportion of the patrons at the high-end water watering holes in Holland Village, Robertson Quay and Keong Saik were distinctly Western Expat.

If you went out to those places, that's what you'd see. While the heavy segregation of the 90s and 2000s when expats dominated the high-end bars and cafes across the ...