Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
IT took 1,200 drones, a RM500,000 spectacle and an exclusive, custom-made tiara-shaped ring for Datuk Fazley Yaakob to pop the question to beauty mogul Datuk Seri Vida, Berita Harian reported.
Vida, whose real name is Hasmiza Othman, 55, said she did not expect Fazley’s special surprise, especially since they had not seen each other for three days.
“I had actually lost my appetite for two days because I had not seen him. I was in Kuala Lumpur but did not meet Fazley at all because he said he was busy.
“Little did I know that he had a surprise planned,” she added.
She was deeply moved by the proposal on stage and admitted that she nearly fainted when Fazley, 48, presented her with a ring in front of their children.
The proposal, which cost RM500,000, was also sponsored by several parties, helping to make the grand occasion possible.
Apart from the drone display, Fazley presented Vida with an exclusive tiara-shaped ring worth RM7,000, specially commissioned for her.
Meanwhile, Fazley hoped the proposal would put to rest speculation among the public that their relationship was merely for social media content.
He said no wedding date had been set, although the couple planned to tie the knot next year.
They first sparked public interest during the second season of the reality programme Talk To My Manager.
Their romance began after Vida’s daughter, Cik B, and Fazley’s eldest son, Fariedz Fazley, teased them and arranged a meeting at a Japanese restaurant.
Fazley was previously married to Azrene Soraya Abdul Aziz for 18 years before their separation in October 2024.
> Braving rain and slippery branches, Semaq Beri Orang Asli villagers in Jerantut, Pahang, are climbing dokong trees for a daily pay of RM150 during the year-end monsoon season, Utusan Malaysia reported.
Orang Asli resident Suhaimi Asing, 45, said he and two of his siblings had been hired by an orchard owner to climb trees and harvest the dokong fruit, which continued to bear fruit despite the year-end monsoon season.
“Since the beginning of this month, dokong trees in most orchards around Damak have continued to bear fruit.
“They need to be harvested promptly to prevent them from becoming rotten, especially with heavy rain,” he said.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
