'I won't take for granted the simple happiness': Singer Angie Lau on her battle with cancer

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When veteran singer Angie Lau last sat down for an interview with TNP in 2016, following a two-year absence from the Hungry Ghost Festival, she was ecstatic to be back on the getai circuit. At the time, she had just won a two-year battle with Stage 3 breast...

By March this year, she had committed to a new season of variety show Golden Age Talentime as a music instructor.

Lau was even crowned champion of Mediacorp's reality singing competition GeTai Challenge Season 2 in 2018. Mr Quan, 55, a business owner, tells TNP:"My wife and I visited Angie in hospital, and we realised it was going to be a long-drawn battle. I sought permission to share a photo and an update on her condition on my Facebook, along with her mobile number that's linked to her PayNow account."went viral, with various news outlets picking it up. Lau's fans and other singing students also went on to share it.

Together with eight other former contestants from the show, they will stage a three-hour mini concert #SupportAngie at HaveFun Karaoke in Safra Toa Payoh from 7pm to 10pm.A total of 100 tickets at $100 each were sold out in just 24 hours after the news was made public. They hope to raise $20,000. Lau, who started out as a getai singer when she was just eight, says: "I can only say I love to sing — it made me happy and it helped me forget all the bad stuff in my life. Singing also gave me the chance to make a living, especially during the period when my marriage broke down.Singing, says Angie Lau, has always made her happy.

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