Mum falls for man matchmade to daughter

A 49-YEAR-OLD single mother accompanied her daughter to meet the man who was to be her match but instead ended up falling in love with the prospective groom, Guang Ming Daily reported.

The woman from Jiangsu province, China, went with her 21-yearold daughter to meet the businessman who was matchmade to her last year.

But the daughter was not interested in the 29-year-old man so they did not pursue a relationship.

Early this year, the daughter checked her mother’s phone and found out that she had been secretly dating the man for months.

The daughter was angry and wanted her mother, who is now four months’ pregnant, to break up with the businessman.

The dispute was settled after they went for counselling, the newspaper reported.

> A hole-in-the-heart baby from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, is in need of RM65,000 for surgery, Oriental Daily reported.

Ten-month-old Goh Chen Kai needs to undergo the surgery before he turns one.

His parents, Goh Kong Yee and Tan Chai Fen, could only raise RM20,000 for the operation which is expected to cost RM95,000.

On Monday, One Hope Charity & Welfare donated RM10,000 to the family and the couple called on the public to help their baby.

For details, contact Henry Cheah or Mandy Lau at Gleneagles Penang Hospital (04-222 9162) or One Hope Charity & Welfare at 016-419 2192 or 04-505 9800.

> Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported that a five-year-old boy tore up a stack of 100 yuan notes, causing his father to lose about 50,000 yuan (RM31,200).

The man, identified only as Gao, from Shandong province, China, left his son alone at home while he went out to buy groceries on May 18.

When Gao returned, he was shocked to see the money he kept at home had been torn to pieces.

Gao brought the notes to several banks but was told that he could only exchange them for new notes if he could piece them back together.