HE was their only child, born to them through in-vitro fertilisation.
The parents of Second Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit, 21, are still unable to believe their son is gone after his sudden death on Friday afternoon at Seletar Camp, in which an army land rover rolled back, pinning him underneath.
WHEN 30-year-old Lina Chong was diagnosed with pre-cancer of the womb last August, she told her doctor to hold off surgery for the time being. The assistant manager of leadership and personal development at Nanyang Polytechnic's students affairs office wanted to first complete the 10 youth projects she had on her plate.
On Sunday, she was one of six people to receive the annual Singapore Youth Award from Senior Minister Professor S. Jayakumar at the Istana.
ABOUT 1,000 individuals went 'botak' for a good cause on Sunday. The 'shavees' thronged Velocity@Novena Square on Sunday to raise funds for children with cancer.
So many people turned up at the seventh annual Hair For Hope event that the organisers, the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF), had to divert some of them to five partipating salons nearby.
