Monday October 5, 2009
Fish Leong and fiance seen at Taipei registration office
Compiled by LEE YUK PENG, A. RAMAN and SHAUN HO
MALAYSIAN songstress Fish Leong, who has announced her wedding plans for March next year, was spotted at Taipei’s Sindian City Household Registration Office with her husband-to-be and future in-laws, Chinese papers reported.
China Press reported that Leong, wearin g sunglasses, was spotted walking with her fiance, known only as Tony (who is of Chinese descent) and an elderly couple believed to be Tony’s parents at the registration office.
The hugely popular singer fell in love with Tony three months after they met abo ut two years ago. Tony proposed to Leong on her birthday in June, presenting her with an RM80,000 diamond engagement ring.
When reporters asked the couple if they had registered their marriage, Leong replied: “Not yet.”
She only said that she had gone to the registration office with Tony to get more information about the registration process.
Both Tony and Leong denied speculation that their marriage would be brought forward because they were expecting a baby.
Despite their vehement denials, the paper noted that many still believed that the couple had gone to the registration office to officially tie the knot, given that both need not be present at the office if they had only wanted to seek information.
> Sin Chew Daily reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak congratulated Tan Sri Pheng Yin Huah after he was elected president of the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia, known as Hua Zong, when the latter showed up at his Hari Raya open house in Pekan.
Najib was quoted as saying that he was happy for Pheng, who is from Pahang, adding that he had known him for years.
Najib said he believed Pheng was capable of playing his role as president of Hua Zong and work with the Government in assisting the Chinese and business community to develop further.
Pheng is planning to convene the first meeting of Hua Zong on Oct 18 to nominate other office bearers and to raise funds for a Hua Zong building.
- Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a > sign, it denotes a separate news item.
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