Anthony Fok is a Singaporean private

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Biography

In 2004, Fok started a tuition center, Xue Hai Tutorial Centre, later renamed as Little Professors Education Group, during his undergraduate days in

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(NTU). After graduation from NTU with a degree in accountancy and economics in 2007, Fok sold off the tuition center to his partner. Fok then worked at an accountancy firm but left after five months. He then joined the

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to become a school teacher, teaching Economics, Principles of Accounts and Business Studies In 2012, Fok left the teaching career to pursue a PhD at the

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. While studying, Fok set up another tuition center, JCEconomics.com, specialising in teaching in A-level economics. In 2016, several media stories included Fok in a list of 'super tutors' who could obtain high incomes for conducting private tuition. In 2017, several tutors including Fok founded the ''Association of Tutors (Singapore)'' and Fok held the role of president in 2017. Fok is also a board member of Association of Person with Special Needs, a charity organization with runs special education programmers for special needs students. On 6 October 2022, Fok was elected to the board of Singapore Disability Sports Council. In 2021, Fok sued rival tutor Edmund Quek for defamation and received S$170,000 in damages.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fok, Anthony Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Singaporean economists Nanyang Technological University alumni 21st-century economists Monash University alumni Economics educators