A bond so strong till death


Romance for the ages: Tai and Chang were promised in marriage as toddlers in the mid-1930s and wed when Chang turned 18 (inset).

PETALING JAYA: A couple who shared 80 years of life together passed away just hours apart from each other, staying true to the vow “till death do us part”.

The couple – Tai Hong Kee, 86, and his wife Chang Siew Lian, 84 – remained loving till the end of their lives in Jementah in Segamat, Johor.

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