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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Notice how the poor SG cab driver and his passenger were made to look expendable by the reporter? In fact she completely left out news on the condition of the taxi driver! No wonder the cab driver held on to his breath till his family assured him by his bed side that he was not at fault before he passed on. Hope the cab driver would bless the WP resounding victory against the FAP - the real culprit in betraying and endangering SGs to such unbelievably level.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120514-345827.html
By Valerie Koh
The New Paper
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The knock on her front door on the eve of Mother's Day was a precursor to tragedy for this mum.
It was around 7am yesterday when the police turned up at her doorstep with grave news - her son was dead.
Mr Ma Chi, a Chinese national, was behind the wheel of the red Ferrari involved in the tragic tri-vehicle crash yesterday morning.
The Ferrari collided with a taxi, which then hit a motorcycle at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street.
Mr Ma, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene. The taxi's woman passenger died later. On receiving the news, Mrs Ma rushed down to identify her son's body together with her pregnant daughter-in-law, granddaughter and maid.
She was emotional and had to be supported as she alighted from the car.
Her legs gave way before she could even enter the morgue and she sank to the ground in tears, reports Shin Min Daily News.
The dead man's friends, who had also been notified by then, helped the elderly woman into the morgue.
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She could not bear to identify her son's body, Lianhe Wanbao reports. Instead, the distraught mother sobbed inconsolably on her maid's lap.
Later, she had to be half-supported, half-carried out of the morgue.
She wailed: "My son... What happened?"
Her bereaved daughter-in-law, too, succumbed to tears at the sight of her husband's body. The couple had been anticipating the arrival of their second child.
Just a week ago, Mr Ma had accompanied his wife to a routine pregnancy check-up. She is expected to give birth soon.
Yesterday, heavily pregnant and with their three-year-old daughter in tow, she had to be supported by another woman as she left the morgue.
Their daughter has yet to be informed of her father's death, says Mr Tony Du, a family friend, at the wake last night.
"Where's Daddy?" the little girl had asked repeatedly on the way to the morgue.
No one could bear to answer the child.
"We won't be telling her any time soon. She's too young to understand what happened," says Mr Du.
Mr Du, 56, is the president of the Tian Fu Association - a group for new Chinese immigrants here. Mr Ma was an association member.
Only close acquaintances were informed of the accident, and one by one, they came quietly to the wake to pay their respects.
Mr Ma's mother wasn't present at the wake last night.
She was resting at home. The grief had affected her and she collapsed several times in the day, reveals Mr Du.
Mr Ma moved from Sichuan to Singapore with his wife and daughter about three years ago. His mother joined him later.
He had applied for permanent residence status for the entire family but had yet to attain it. Mr Ma, a private investor, often travelled overseas for work. Whenever he was in town, he would arrange to meet his friends.
He had returned from Hong Kong just two days before the accident.
His body will be cremated tomorrow afternoon and the ashes will be taken back to his hometown in Sichuan.
He was a good man who loved his family dearly and didn't hesitate to help those in need, says his close friend, who wanted to be known only as Mr Wang.
"He would tell us - as a man, I have to be responsible," he says.
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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Notice how the poor SG cab driver and his passenger were made to look expendable by the reporter? In fact she completely left out news on the condition of the taxi driver! No wonder the cab driver held on to his breath till his family assured him by his bed side that he was not at fault before he passed on. Hope the cab driver would bless the WP resounding victory against the FAP - the real culprit in betraying and endangering SGs to such unbelievably level.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120514-345827.html
By Valerie Koh
The New Paper
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The knock on her front door on the eve of Mother's Day was a precursor to tragedy for this mum.
It was around 7am yesterday when the police turned up at her doorstep with grave news - her son was dead.
Mr Ma Chi, a Chinese national, was behind the wheel of the red Ferrari involved in the tragic tri-vehicle crash yesterday morning.
The Ferrari collided with a taxi, which then hit a motorcycle at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street.
Mr Ma, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene. The taxi's woman passenger died later. On receiving the news, Mrs Ma rushed down to identify her son's body together with her pregnant daughter-in-law, granddaughter and maid.
She was emotional and had to be supported as she alighted from the car.
Her legs gave way before she could even enter the morgue and she sank to the ground in tears, reports Shin Min Daily News.
The dead man's friends, who had also been notified by then, helped the elderly woman into the morgue.
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She could not bear to identify her son's body, Lianhe Wanbao reports. Instead, the distraught mother sobbed inconsolably on her maid's lap.
Later, she had to be half-supported, half-carried out of the morgue.
She wailed: "My son... What happened?"
Her bereaved daughter-in-law, too, succumbed to tears at the sight of her husband's body. The couple had been anticipating the arrival of their second child.
Just a week ago, Mr Ma had accompanied his wife to a routine pregnancy check-up. She is expected to give birth soon.
Yesterday, heavily pregnant and with their three-year-old daughter in tow, she had to be supported by another woman as she left the morgue.
Their daughter has yet to be informed of her father's death, says Mr Tony Du, a family friend, at the wake last night.
"Where's Daddy?" the little girl had asked repeatedly on the way to the morgue.
No one could bear to answer the child.
"We won't be telling her any time soon. She's too young to understand what happened," says Mr Du.
Mr Du, 56, is the president of the Tian Fu Association - a group for new Chinese immigrants here. Mr Ma was an association member.
Only close acquaintances were informed of the accident, and one by one, they came quietly to the wake to pay their respects.
Mr Ma's mother wasn't present at the wake last night.
She was resting at home. The grief had affected her and she collapsed several times in the day, reveals Mr Du.
Mr Ma moved from Sichuan to Singapore with his wife and daughter about three years ago. His mother joined him later.
He had applied for permanent residence status for the entire family but had yet to attain it. Mr Ma, a private investor, often travelled overseas for work. Whenever he was in town, he would arrange to meet his friends.
He had returned from Hong Kong just two days before the accident.
His body will be cremated tomorrow afternoon and the ashes will be taken back to his hometown in Sichuan.
He was a good man who loved his family dearly and didn't hesitate to help those in need, says his close friend, who wanted to be known only as Mr Wang.
"He would tell us - as a man, I have to be responsible," he says.
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