Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Famous people from Ipoh

1. Michelle Yeoh, (James Bond, Tomorrow Never Dies, Memoirs of a Geisha. (She is an alumnus of Main Convent Ipoh, and was awarded the honorary title Dato' by the Sultan of Perak in recognition of her achievements.)
2. Cartoonist Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, from Jalan Pasir Putih school and secondary education in Anderson School.
3. Angie Cheung Wai Yee, a Hong Kong based-actress who was born in Ipoh.
4. Michael Wong (光良), a Taiwan based-singer,was a student of Sam Tet school.
5. Badminton players Cheah Soon Kit (Atlanta Olympics Silver Medallist for men's doubles), and Koo Kien Kiet. The latter was a student of St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh.

adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipoh

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i guess you must be from ipoh.

So...are you going to add your name into the list? =P