{"id":23569,"date":"2025-12-28T00:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23569"},"modified":"2025-12-28T00:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:22:35","slug":"baey-yam-kengs-wallet-retrieved-in-france-by-woman-who-lived-in-singapore-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23569","title":{"rendered":"Baey Yam Keng&#8217;s wallet retrieved in France by woman who lived in Singapore 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Minister of State Baey Yam Keng lost his wallet in France a few days before Christmas, and was not even aware of it it &#8211; only to have his wallet retrieved by a woman who lived in Singapore a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Mr Baey, who holds portfolios in Culture, Community and Youth as well as Transport, shared the &#8220;heartwarming encounter&#8221; on Instagram on Christmas Day, during his ongoing family holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">According to <span><a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaobao.com.sg\/realtime\/singapore\/story20251227-8019284\" target=\"_blank\">Shin Min Daily News<\/a><\/span>, the family flew to France last week to visit their second son, who is currently studying there. They took the opportunity to travel for a week, but Mr Baey lost his wallet, containing his driver&#8217;s licence, credit cards, cash, and other valuables, on the third day of the trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">While dining at a restaurant with his family, a woman walked in and asked if he was from Singapore and whether he worked in a ministry. &#8220;She doesn&#8217;t look like she is from Singapore so I thought she might have lived here and somehow recognised me,&#8221; wrote Mr Baey, who is also a Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The woman named Gabriella, who indeed lived in the Republic some 10 years ago, had picked up his wallet and saw his name cards. She handed it to a nearby police station but decided to look around the carpark for the owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;She must have peeped through the restaurant windows and saw my Singaporean-looking family at the table and tried her luck,&#8221; wrote the 55-year-old, who realised that he had dropped his wallet while paying at a parking meter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">She then offered to walk the junior minister to the police station to retrieve his wallet. Even though the station had just closed for the day, a policeman named Maxence opened the door for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Maxence had called the number on his name card and left a message, said Mr Baey, and also attemped to contact him via Facebook Messenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;During our travels, it&#8217;s such kindness that leaves the deepest impression. 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