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SINGAPORE – Pastor Philip Chan, who dedicated his life to helping drug addicts and co-founded halfway house The Hiding Place with his wife Christina, died on Monday (Feb 3).
Mr Chan, who suffered from liver cancer, was 69.
His only child, Ms Joaquim Chan, a 39-year-old chef, said Mr Chan was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer in 2016 and his condition worsened last year. It was his second bout of the disease, after being struck with colorectal cancer in 2006.
Ms Chan said her father died peacefully in his sleep on Monday morning. He is survived by his wife, 73, and daughter.
She added: “I have been given ample time to prepare for this day. But no matter how much time is given, when it (death) comes, it feels like I have been hit by a truck.
“Dad is like a crab, soft on the inside but firm and stern outside. My dad has a very big heart and he will give whatever he has to others. I will definitely miss him so much.”
A former drug addict, Mr Chan used to work as a salesman in his father’s trading firm and led a self-described “havoc” life of drinking and drugs up to his early 20s.
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