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Otto Fong
Otto Fong Yong Chin (born 1968) is a Singaporean comic artist, playwright and teacher. Early life and education Fong was born in Johor Bahru in 1968. His father was trade unionist and politician Fong Swee Suan and his mother is former trade unionist Chen Poh Cheng. He has a brother and a sister. He studied at The Chinese High School (Singapore), The Chinese High School and later Hwa Chong Junior College. He studied engineering at the Oklahoma State University in the United States and took up a two-year diploma course in film directing at the Beijing Film Academy in 1994. Career Fong wrote several plays, including ''We Are Family'', ''Cetacea (play), Cetacea'', ''Another Tribe'', and ''HERStory''. After studying in Beijing, Fong returned to Singapore in 1997 and worked as a video editor and graphics artist for a year. His first comic book, ''Buddy Buddy'', was published by the China Friendship Publishing Company in 1998. In 1999, he became a science teacher at Raffles Institution. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru, abbreviated as JB, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the core city of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia's second-largest district by population and the second-largest district economy. Covering an area of 391.25 km2, Johor Bahru had a population of 858,118 people as of 2020, making it the nation's largest state capital city by population. It is located at the southern end of the Peninsular Malaysia, adjacent to the city-state of Singapore. Johor Bahru is the financial and business centre of southern Malaysia. It is the second best-performing city in the country behind the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in terms of economic competitiveness and prosperity, and ease of doing business, according to World Bank. It also has the fastest urbanisation growth and internet speed among cities in Malaysia. Connecting with Singapore, Johor Bahru has the world's busiest international border crossing, primarily via the Johor-Singapore Causeway, KTM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
