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Feb 24, 2009
Woman refused maintenance
By K C Vijayan
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SHE was a retired civil servant but lived like a pampered wife, making frequent purchases of jewellery and beauty treatments.
Yesterday, a High Court judged blasted Madam Rosaline Pang for living beyond her means and refused to allow maintenance for her or her son by her ex-husband in their divorce.
Justice Lai Siu Chiu said she had a number of reasons, including the fact that Madam Pang drew a monthly pension which was just $224 lower than her husband's pension of $2,131.
The judge also said Madam Pang had 'cleaned out' the monies in their joint account and withheld information on the rebates she had received when the Subaru family car was scrapped.
Three years ago, Madam Pang, filed for divorce from her husband of 32 years, Mr Chan Kong Chin, alleging that he had behaved unreasonably. The divorce was uncontested.
In her written judgment released yesterday to divide their assets, the judge did not mince her words about Madam Pang's extravagant lifestyle.
Her monthly expenses exceeded $4,000 and 'if they were to be believed', included frequent purchases of jewellery and beauty treatments which were 'hardly essential in the lifestyle of a 60-year-old retiree', said the judge.
The items listed in her monthly expenses included $227 on hairdressing, $500 on cosmetics and eye surgery twice a year at $480.
According to her former husband, who is also 60, she spent $62,356 from their joint account in two years, and admitted that her major expenses through their marriage were on cosmetics and beauty treatments.
Their accountant daughter, aged 31, works in London while the son, a 23-year-old polytechnic graduate, is doing his national service.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Feb 24, 2009
Woman refused maintenance
By K C Vijayan
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SHE was a retired civil servant but lived like a pampered wife, making frequent purchases of jewellery and beauty treatments.
Yesterday, a High Court judged blasted Madam Rosaline Pang for living beyond her means and refused to allow maintenance for her or her son by her ex-husband in their divorce.
Justice Lai Siu Chiu said she had a number of reasons, including the fact that Madam Pang drew a monthly pension which was just $224 lower than her husband's pension of $2,131.
The judge also said Madam Pang had 'cleaned out' the monies in their joint account and withheld information on the rebates she had received when the Subaru family car was scrapped.
Three years ago, Madam Pang, filed for divorce from her husband of 32 years, Mr Chan Kong Chin, alleging that he had behaved unreasonably. The divorce was uncontested.
In her written judgment released yesterday to divide their assets, the judge did not mince her words about Madam Pang's extravagant lifestyle.
Her monthly expenses exceeded $4,000 and 'if they were to be believed', included frequent purchases of jewellery and beauty treatments which were 'hardly essential in the lifestyle of a 60-year-old retiree', said the judge.
The items listed in her monthly expenses included $227 on hairdressing, $500 on cosmetics and eye surgery twice a year at $480.
According to her former husband, who is also 60, she spent $62,356 from their joint account in two years, and admitted that her major expenses through their marriage were on cosmetics and beauty treatments.
Their accountant daughter, aged 31, works in London while the son, a 23-year-old polytechnic graduate, is doing his national service.