Compiled by JIA QI CHOK, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       THE eyes of a girl in China’s Zhejiang province would instantly swell when she is stumped by a difficult maths question, China Press reported.

       The mother noticed the peculiarity as her daughter would often ask for tissue paper whenever she started doing maths.

       The mother noted that this did not happen when the girl was studying other subjects.

       The most severe incident left her unable to open her eyes till the next day due to the swelling.

       Worried, the mother took the girl to see a doctor, who diagnosed the condition as an allergy.

       The woman revealed that her daughter was prone to allergies since young and believed that anxiety from attempting maths questions triggered the allergy.

       > A mooncake seller from Johor burst into tears after being accused of being a scammer just for pricing the delicacy reasonably, Sin Chew Daily reported.

       The man, known as Ke Li Xu, said he was left with thousands of mooncakes on hand after a customer reneged on a deal.

       To recoup his losses, Ke tried to sell the mooncakes at a cheaper price before they went bad.

       However, little did he expect to receive a barrage of comments accusing him of scamming buyers by selling mooncakes priced below the market value.

       Unable to withstand the criticisms, Ke held a two-hour livestream session explaining the reason he was selling the mooncakes at a lower price.

       The seller could not hide his emotions and started sobbing during the session.

       > The National Union of Heads of Schools has agreed with the Education Ministry’s plan to reopen schools next month, describing the guidelines as “flexible and appropriate”, the daily also reported.

       Its president Lim Bee Khim pointed out that the pandemic had severely affected students’ learning, with many encountering a variety of problems while attending online classes.

       She added that the lack of monitoring at home had also caused many students to fall behind in their lessons.

       Lim agreed with the Education Ministry that schools should be reopened to facilitate learning, even though not all parents were happy with the idea.

       “There will never be a policy which will satisfy everyone. For us teachers and headmasters, our priority is the safety of the children,” she was quoted as saying.

       Lim, who is the headmistress of the SJK(C) Taman Connaught, reminded parents not to let their children go to school or even onto the school bus if they were ill.

       ● The above article is 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 this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.