SINGAPORE, Dec. 26 -- Singapore's Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Transport Baey Yam Keng has shared a heartwarming Christmas encounter from a recent trip to France, after a stranger went out of her way to return his lost wallet.

In a Facebook post, Baey recounted how he had dropped his wallet while paying at a parking meter, only realising later while waiting for dinner at a nearby restaurant with his family.

"While waiting for our food, a lady walked in and asked me if I am from Singapore, and whether I work in the ministry," he wrote, adding that he initially thought she might have recognised him from having lived in Singapore.

That turned out to be only partly true. The woman had lived in Singapore about a de...