Tuesday May 14, 2013

Mum pens book on daughter’s victory over cancer

Compiled by JOSEPH SIPALAN, WINNIE YEOH and A. RAMAN

A FORMER drama teacher in Singapore penned a book on her six-year-old daughter's battle with cancer as an inspiration and encouragement to others, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.

The book by Joanne Poon, 38, about her daughter Maeve Low, was translated into 13 languages.

Poon said Maeve complained about abdominal pain when she was three, after her younger sister, Paige, was born.

“She was diagnosed with second stage of Burkitt's lymphoma and required chemotherapy immediately,” Poon said.

Poon told her daughter that she was a brave princess and had to lead a team of soldiers to fight the growing “stone” in her stomach.

After Maeve recovered, 2,000 copies of the books were distributed to cancer hospitals in Singapore and other countries.

> Johor Baru Hokkien Association advisor Lim Ik Kim supported Chinese newspapers for their neutral stance during the 13th general election, reported Sin Chew Daily.

He said the people should accept the results and it was unfair for politicians to call for the boycott of certain publications.

> A security guard was robbed after she was drugged by an unidentified man, reported China Press.

The victim, Mutiah, 50, said she received a call from a man asking her to go for a family gathering in Johor Baru.

He picked her up at at the Johor Baru-Singapore checkpoint.

She felt dizzy and was given painkillers. When she woke up her two gold necklaces, ring, mobile phone and S$3,000 (RM7,200) in cash were missing.

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 >, it denotes a separate news item.

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