However, Chiang Ah Swang, a Singaporean woman who lived to the age of 110, is an outlier. I kept thinking there would always be another birthday to do so,” said Ms Ong, speaking about her beloved Ah Chor. “Because of this, Hong Ye, who had raised Ah Chor like a daughter, also became her mother-in-law,” Ms Ong shared. “She was afraid of losing her job, so she didn’t report the injury and continued working,” Ms Ong shared. Mdm Chiang later spent 23 years working in a school canteen before retiring at the age of 68.