Jun De Seah

In just six months, 31-year-old Miza Amira Ismail lost both her unborn child and her husband. She suffered a miscarriage in April - about three months after getting married. Then on July 16, her husband, Haritsa Zaihan, also 31, died in a road accident while on his way to work. "Our life together was very short... I had a miscarriage in the third month after we got married," she told Berita Harian. "Now, it's my husband's turn to leave forever.

BYSeah Jun De Stepping into an eatery, the last thing most diners would expect is a menu entirely in a language they don't understand. After all, English is Singapore's lingua franca and the working language of the civil service, bringing its diverse communities together.

BySeah Jun De A woman narrowly avoided injury last Sunday when a chunk of concrete fell from the toilet ceiling in her flat at Block 81 Commonwealth Close in Queenstown. After reading a report about spalling concrete last week, Ho Ai Ling, 52, began keeping a close watch on a crack in her toilet ceiling and avoided standing directly beneath while showering. She told Lianhe Zaobao that she escaped injury as she was standing close to the wall when the concrete collapsed.