Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       WHAT was meant to be a matchmaking date ended up in a man and woman living together briefly when the Chinese city of Zhengzhou went into lockdown due to Covid-19, reported Sin Chew Daily.

       It all started when the woman, whose surname is Wang, went on a date with a potential suitor.

       The man invited her home to try his cooking, to which she agreed.

       Wang was about to leave after the meal but she was stopped by the authorities as Zhengzhou had suddenly been placed under lockdown.

       Wang found that the man led a very disciplined life. Apparently, he would cook and clean his house every day.

       Unfortunately, their interactions were awkward, with Wang describing the man as being “like a wooden mannequin” with hardly anything to say.

       However, gave him favourable reviews for how he leads his life.

       Many Internet users joked that Wang was already smitten with the man despite spending only three days together, with some betting that she would be married to him in three months.

       > The manager of Taiwanese pop star Show Lo has dispelled talks that the celebrity was using a dating app to meet fans and threatened legal action against those who spread the lies, reported Sin Chew Daily.

       Rumours were that Lo had returned to his philandering ways after an Internet user posted screenshots of a supposed conversation involving Lo on the dating app, WooTalk.

       According to the manager, the app user was pretending to be Lo and that the real Lo does not use WooTalk.

       The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.