Chiew Chee Phoong is Assistant Group Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times (www.bt.com.bn).
He began career as a teacher in Pai Yuek School, Bangar, a remote Chinese Primary school in the rainforest of Temburong from January, 1960 to August, 1961. Went to Taiwan and got a B.A. degree from the National Taiwan Normal University in June, 1965.
Returned to Brunei and continued the teaching profession in the Chung Ching Middle School, Seria, Brunei and the Chung Hua Middle School, Kuala Belait, Brunei. Was appointed the Principal of the latter from January, 1975 to July, 1977.
Joined the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, B S Begawan as Trade Assistant in July, 1977 and then went to work as an information officer in the Government Information Office, Taiwan from April, 1981 to April, 1985.
In May, 1985 he joined Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore and was assigned as Hong Kong Correspondent in August, 1990. Two years later was transferred to Beijing as China Correspondent until February, 1994 when was named Taipei Correspondent. Successfully established its first bureaus in Hong Kong, Beijing and Taipei respectively.
In November, 1994, joined the Hong Kong edition of the mass circulated United Daily of Taiwan. After the daily stopped publication at the end of 1995, moved to the TIME magazine style Chinese news weekly YAZHOU ZHOUKAN as Senior Editor in February, 1996 and was promoted to Deputy Editor-in-Chief in 2000. He retired in July, 2003.
In August, 2004, was invited by Li Ka Sheng Education Foundation, Hong Kong, to teach journalism at the Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, Shantou University, Guangdong, China, as a Visiting Professor. Resigned and returned to Brunei in February, 2006. Joined The Brunei Times in April, 2006.C
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