Mary Seow, the 60-year-old Singaporean featured in an Associated Press report about homeless people in Hong Kong who spend the night at a McDonald's, is finally home back home and reunited with her family.
According to various reports, Seow arrive on Saturday night with her only son, 28-year-old Edward Goh. He paid her a surprise visit in Hong Kong on Friday and returned home with her the next day with tickets sponsored by Jetstar Asia.
Tricked by Chinese nationals she met in a Singapore church years ago, Seow had sold her house and followed them to China to make investments, which obviously failed.
Seow found herself homeless and made a living as an illegal "parallel trader". Because she didn't want to lose face, she refused to return to Singapore.
After the AP report came out, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted her family in Singapore (who had previously lodged a missing person report), while the Singapore Consulate-General in Hong Kong offered to assist her.
Her son was able to convince his mother to return to Singapore, and assured her that the past will not be brought up.
Photo: AP / Vincent Yu
Mary Seow, the 60-year-old Singaporean featured in an Associated Press report about homeless people in Hong Kong who spend the night at a McDonald's, is finally home back home and reunited with her family.
According to various reports, Seow arrive on Saturday night with her only son, 28-year-old Edward Goh. He paid her a surprise visit in Hong Kong on Friday and returned home with her the next day with tickets sponsored by Jetstar Asia.
Tricked by Chinese nationals she met in a Singapore church years ago, Seow had sold her house and followed them to China to make investments, which obviously failed.
Seow found herself homeless and made a living as an illegal "parallel trader". Because she didn't want to lose face, she refused to return to Singapore.
After the AP report came out, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted her family in Singapore (who had previously lodged a missing person report), while the Singapore Consulate-General in Hong Kong offered to assist her.
Her son was able to convince his mother to return to Singapore, and assured her that the past will not be brought up.
Photo: AP / Vincent Yu