MR MICHAEL Puhaindran knew that Ms Lo Hwei Yen was the woman he wanted to marry from the moment he met her.

It was a brief encounter, along bustling Change Alley at Raffles Place, in 2006. She was doing her pupilage with law firm Drew and Napier then.

He recalled, with a chuckle, asking his friend who introduced them: 'Who's the babe?'

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