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The Chow familyHu family Fong family
CHOW YEW ONBE (Mech)
1966
CHOW KHAY LOON, ANTHONY
BE (Comp)1994
CHOW YOONGSIEN ‘YVONNE’
BE (Chem) 1994PhD (Biotech) 1999
ONG CHIN SOON‘ERNEST’
BE (Elec) 1997
TSUI WEI MING
BCom (Fin)2004
YAP YIN YAN ‘ANNABEL’BCom (Acc)
2004
TAN SEAN-YOUNG
BCom(Fin, Econ)
2008
SHARON CHOW BSc (Biotech) 2004
Dip Innovation Management 2004
WONG LING HONG
BE (Chem)2002
CHRISTINATANG
BE (Chem) 2005MEngSc 2005
JACKSON HUIBSurv1990
FRANK YANMBBS BSc
1994
CONNIE HUIBSc (Food Sci)
1993
LISA HUIBCom1993
CHOW KHAY KID
BE (Comp)1995
CHOW CHINGYEE
BCom1996
WONG MONG HONG
BE (Chem) 1968
HU CHIU PHING
BSc (Chem) 1969
HU CHIU FONG
BSc (Chem) 1968DipEd 1969
Hui Sen LengCousin
Winnie HuiSister
CHOW YEW KEEBE (Elec)
1969
CHOW PHOOIFONG
BSc (Math) 1973DipEd 1974
CHOW YEWHUNG
BE (Elec) 1975MEngSc 1977
CHOW YEW MUN
BE (Elec)1977
FONG VOON SENG
BSc (Chem) 1971GDip (BiochemEng
1972) Uncle
ROBERT ONG BOON LING
BE (Civil)1959Uncle
TAN WING GIAP ‘TONY’BE (Civil)
1979
FONG KIEW PINBCom
(Fin, Acc, Syst)1982
FONG KIEW CHEE
BA (Econ) 1976DipEd. 1977MCom 1992
UNSW FAMILY TREE
Chow Yoong Sien ‘Yvonne’ (BE (Chemical) ’94, PhD (Biotech ’99) has an astounding family
connection with UNSW. Since 1959, 28 members of her extended family, who now live in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, have attended the university.
“I can’t really speak for everyone, but my parents and I came to UNSW because it has a very high reputation in Asia and my mum and dad, as graduates, wouldn’t let me consider any other Australian university,” says Yvonne, who now lives in Singapore with her husband Ong Chin Soon ‘Ernest’ (BE (Elec) ’97) and three children.
Yvonne’s parents, Chow Yew Kee (BE (Elec) ’69) and Hu Chiu Fong (BSc (Chem) ’68, DipEd ’69), met at UNSW and Yvonne fell in love with her future husband here, too.
“I think that many of my relatives met their future husbands
or wives at UNSW,” she says. “My dad’s family was very poor, so as a student he had to save money and stay in shared accommodation with other students. I guess there were lots of opportunities to get to know each other!”
Her uncle Fong Voon Seng (BSc (Chem) ’71, GDip (Bio Chem Eng) ’72) used ping pong as an icebreaker. “It’s the sport that I am most passionate about,” he says. “And through this game, I made friends with Australians who played. We met regularly at the sports centre and organised the University Table Tennis team which participated in the intervarsity games.”
Their most significant match was against the visiting Chinese national team in 1973, during the Cold War. “This was the beginning of the famous ‘Ping Pong Diplomacy’; an event really unforgettable and meaningful,” he says. Above: Chow Phooi Fong (at left), with Fong Voon Seng and
Fong Kiew Chee at their graduation
Left:Yvonne Chow and ErnestOng
Above:Yvonne Chow and Ernest Ong
Front row (from left): Sharon Chow, Chloe and Kate Ong (Yvonne and Ernest’s daughters).
Middle row: John and Ernest Ong. Back row (from left): Wife of Chow Yew Hung, daughter of Chow Yew Hung, Yvonne Chow
At my Graduation
Ernest’s Graduation
A Family Gathering
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