Singapore - Hungry after a late-night chat, a hairstylist helped herself to biscuits, but choked on them and died.

Madam Huang Yan Ping, 33, was in the Jurong East flat she shared with two others at around 11.30pm on Tuesday when this happened, the evening Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday.

Her flatmates tried to force the biscuits out of her mouth, but she passed out after a coughing fit. She was pronounced dead at the National University Hospital.

Madam Huang, who came here from Johor 10 years ago, was married and had two children, said a friend identified only as Ms Zhou.