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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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