Benny Se Teo and Chan Mei Kam: For richer or for poorer

Mr Benny Se Teo and Ms Chan Mei Kam met and married in their 50s. ST PHOTO: HEDY KHOO
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SINGAPORE – Theirs is no conventional love story. They were in their 50s when they met in 2013 through mutual friends.

He was 54, never married, and a former heroin addict-turned-chef and entrepreneur with a big Facebook fanbase.

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