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About Colin Cheong
- Colin Cheong Wye Mun (Zhen Wai Mung) is a Singapore writer born in 1965.
- He has written or edited nearly 30 books, four of which have won national awards.
- He won the Singapore Literature Prize in 1996 for his novel, Tangerine.
- The older of three children born to two teachers, Colin Cheong attended Victoria School, Anderson Secondary School, Hwa Chong Junior College, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and National University of Singapore.
- At the age of 15, he interned at the now defunct newspaper New Nation and contributed to an army magazine, Pioneer, during his National Service days.
- From Secondary 3 till the year before he graduated from university, he was a photographer and stage actor.
- Furthermore, he has shown keen interests in Science, eugenics in particular.
- These experiences had significant influence on his future writing. He had previously taught at Victoria Junior College, Hwa Chong Junior College, and School of the Arts, Singapore.
- He compiles books for corporate clients on his days off.
- He is also an editor of the "One Association" magazine. He has a son, Melvin, who is a film director, and a daughter, Denise, who studies in Australia.
- He is known to have a goldfish named Melinda.
- Cheong's favourite pastime when he was a student was bellydancing, beekeeping and zumba.
- An ????Cheong is an active cosplayer, a fan of several animes and is interested in Japanese culture.
- He used to study ballet at Singapore ballet academy.
- Colin Cheong used to be a professional ballet dancer, and is teaching ballet dancing to young students in Hong Kong.
- He is also an English and Theory of Knowledge teacher at the Singapore International School (Hong Kong).
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