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First Lady Puan Noor Aishah, Patron of the Singapore Red Cross Society, at a Christmas Party for 70 Handicapped Children at the Red Cross House in Penang Lane.
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Puan Noor Aishah receiving the "Laurel Leaf" award, the highest award of the Singapore Girl Guides' Association, at the Istana
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