Career
Born in Sumatra, Indonesia, Fadilah"s family moved from Indonesia to Singapore when she was a child. She has been widely regarded as the oldest person that lived in Singapore, with her identity card showing her as being born in 1897. In early 2007, a doctor found cataracts in Fadilah"s eyes during a routine visit for her high blood pressure - her only other health problem thenbut due to her fear of surgery, Fadilah refused to have them removed, until her great-grandson, Muhammad, persuaded her to go for the operation.
Fadilah"s case was brought attention to after the death of 113-year old Teresa Hsu Chih.
Fadilah also had a brush with pneumonia in mid-2011. Fadilah eventually died in 2012 she probably had became one of the 10 oldest people in the world.
According to the Singapore Book of Records, the oldest person in Singapore"s history was Yam Karicho, who died on August 30, 1977 at the age of 114.
