Background info on our GP tutor
Colin Cheong
Colin Cheong Wye Mun (Zhang Weimin) was born in Singapore in 1965. He attended Hwa Chong Junior College from 1982 to 1983 and graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1988. He worked as a journalist from 1990 to 1994 before becoming a teacher in 1996.
From secondary 3 till the year before he graduated from university, he was a photographer and stage actor - experiences which had significant influence on his writing. He began writing seriously in 1988 and has since written or edited nearly 30 books, four of which have won national awards.
He retired from writing in 2004 and returned to acting in 2005.
Books
Non-fiction (as author)
1. Framework and Foundation: A History of the Public Works Department (1990) Times Editions
2. Survival Guide to the General Paper Jungle (1991) Times Editions
3. New Frontiers: 25 Years of the Jurong Town Corporation (1991) Times Editions
4. Dharmala: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1995) Times Editions
5. Festivals of the World: China (1996) Times Editions
6. I Love Bishan (2001) Times Editions
7. Philips: 50 Years in Singapore (2001) Times Editions
8. Can Do!: The Men & Machines of Keppel FELS (2002) Times Editions
9. Make Money Make Sense with the Three Bears and Goldilocks (2002), Paper Plane Press
10. Why the ISA? (2003) Ministry of Home Affairs
11. Book co-authored with the Heart Institute (to be released 2004), Singapore National Printers
12. Book for the Keppel Club’s Centenary (to be released 2004), Marshall Cavendish
Non-fiction (as editor)
1. Dentistry in Singapore (1992), Times Editions
2. Suntec City (1993), Times Editions
3. The Leading Edge (Republic of Singapore Air Force) (1994), Times Editions
4. Tides of Fortune (1999), Times Editions
5. Pulau Ubin, Ours to Treasure (2001), Ketano Publications
6. Munchy Isn’t Everything (2003), Paper Plane Press
7. Break to Dawn (2003), Paper Plane Press
8. Zoonami Fitness Diary (2003), Paper Plane Press
9. One Home, One Team (2004), Ministry of Home Affairs
Fiction& Poetry (as author)
1. The Stolen Child (1989), Times Editions (NBDCS Highly Commended Award 1990)
2. Poets, Priests & Prostitutes (1990), Times Editions
3. Life Cycle of Homo Sapiens, Male (1992), Times Editions
4. seventeen (1996), Times Editions
5. Void Decks & Other Empty Places (1996), Raffles Editions (SNP) (Singapore
Literature Prize Commendation 1995)
6. Tangerine (1997), Raffles Editions (SNP) (Singapore Literature Prize 1996)
7. The Man In The Cupboard (1999), Raffles Editions (SNP) (Singapore Literature Prize 1998).
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