Compiled by LIEW JIA XIAN, FAZLEENA AZIZ and R. ARAVINTHAN

       MANY celebrities took to social media to profess their love for their families and loved ones on Mothers Day.

       Former member of K-pop group Super Junior, Han Geng, 38, announced on Weibo that his 36-year-old Hong Kong actress wife Celina Jade (pic) is pregnant, Oriental Daily reported.

       Han showed off several pictures of his wife’s belly, to which she responded that she had been “promoted”.

       He also cheekily showed a picture of his fake big belly.

       The couple announced their marriage on Dec 31, 2019, and had a wedding ceremony in New Zealand.

       > King of Mandopop Jay Chou announced the birth of his baby girl on his Instagram page, Guang Ming Daily reported.

       “It was a tough ride for both mother and daughter. Thank god for this beautiful gift!” the 43-year-old wrote.

       His wife, Taiwanese-Australian actress Hannah Quinlivan, 28, posted a black-and-white photo of two pairs of hands cradling two tiny feet on her Instagram page.

       “Just when you think you know love, something little comes along to remind you just how big it really is,” she wrote.

       Chou confirmed in March that the couple were expecting their third child.

       They have been married for seven years and have two children, Hathaway, seven, and Romeo, five.

       > Taiwanese supermodel Lin Chi-ling, 47, who delivered her first child – a boy – on Jan 31, expressed her feelings about being a mother on her Facebook page.

       In her first celebration as a mother on Mothers Day, she thanked herself for not giving up, China Press reported.

       “Thank you to me for not giving up and thank you to my baby, who is the strongest so that we can be so blissful now.

       “Thank you to my big baby (husband) for the flowers, happy first Mothers Day,” she posted.

       On the bouquet was a handwritten note by her musician husband Akira: “The best mom in the world! Thank you, my baby.”

       Since her marriage to the member of the Japanese boy band Exile in June 2019, Lin has kept a low-profile in Japan.

       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.