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Simon Wong came across a pair of beautifully restored vintage Vespa sidecars outside a Singapore shophouse seven years ago, he was instantly smitten. The branding professional approached owner and sidecar maker Johnny Chen and offered to buy them on the spot. So began a friendship that reached a watershed moment in 2015, when the pair set out to raise money for cancer research in memory of Wong’s late wife. Together, they parked seven Vespa sidecars on Orchard Road during a car-free day and invited

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