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Mediacorp artiste JJ Neo has always loved dogs. But the daughter of former Ch 8 Lucy Chow never had the chance to own one.

“[My mum] is very, very OCD, and doesn’t want the house to be dirty,” says the 30-year-old actress and singer-songwriter, who made up for it by volunteering with shelters instead, even when she was staying in Taiwan for a couple of years.