Man's gift of love to girlfriend - a kidney

Ng, a taxi driver, and Ms Chua, a part-time cashier, have applied for a flat and plan to marry in the next two years.ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM.

SINGAPORE: Ng Chai Lai dated his girlfriend for six years before popping the question in 2013. But instead of a marriage proposal, he offered her the gift of life - one of his kidneys.

Back then, Chua Bee Leng had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant for 10 years after an autoimmune disease caused her kidneys to fail in 2004.