Candace Chong Mui Ngam () is a Chinese playwright from

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who has written scripts for play such as The ''French Kiss (2005)'', ''Murder in San José (2009)'' and ''The Wild Boar (2012)''. She has won the Hong Kong Drama Award four times in the category of Best Script and in 2010 was given the title best drama artist by the

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Life and career

Chong was born in Hong Kong in 1976 and attended St. Paul's Co-educational College before deciding to study psychology at the

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. After graduating in 1999 she majored in play-writing at the

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and then traveled to London to complete her master's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London. After completing her formal education, Chong joined the Chung Ying Theatre Company where she wrote her award-winning plays ''Alive in the Mortuary (2003)'', ''Shall We Go to Mars? (2005)'', ''French Kiss (2005)'', ''Murder in San José (2009)'' and ''The Wild Boar (2012)''. In 2011 she worked with American composer Huang Ruo to write a libretto for an opera about ''

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''. The completed work premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and later was adapted worldwide after it was well received.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chong, Candace Mui Ngam 1976 births Living people Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Chinese women dramatists and playwrights Women screenwriters Hong Kong dramatists and playwrights Hong Kong screenwriters