SINGAPORE - Dr Chiew Yoke Fong and her husband had been married for about 10 years when they decided to adopt a child. Then in their early 50s, they wanted an infant but were advised to consider an older child, who is less physically taxing to raise.
Dr Chiew, a 63-year-old part-time pathologist, and her retired engineer husband, 64, are now parents to two girls, aged 13 and 10.
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