MADAM Teo Chin Tee, 82, can eat well again and even gnaw on bones, now that her Christmas wish for new dentures has been fulfilled by well-wishers.
LAST Christmas, Joel Lim, 13, had just won the latest round of a long battle with leukaemia. He was raring to return to school and pass the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) - every Singapore child's rite of passage into the teenage years.
ADELYN Koh, nine, dreamed of twirling around in ballet shoes like other little girls. But no dance instructor was willing to teach the blind but adventurous child who can ride a horse, inline-skate and play the piano.
INDONESIAN tuba player Lasnointer Marbun wanted badly to study music in Singapore, a relatively expensive proposition. But in the end, it was English, not money, that stood in his way.
HER original Christmas wish for a new companion service to lift the spirits of cancer patients during chemotherapy sessions in hospital was not easy to fulfil.
LAST Christmas, Saturday Special Report featured 10 people who had been dealt a bad hand in life.
