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Her love of giving comes from her hawker mum
The Straits Times
|October 21, 2025
She said her love of giving was cultivated from an early age.
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When she was 10 or 11, she would invite children she met while playing to go home with her for a meal.
"My mother would simply feed them without any complaints," recalled Ms Lydia, who is the eldest of five.
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