Robert Chua Wah-Peng (born 20 May 1946) is an Asian broadcaster.
Background
Born in 1946 in
Colony of Singapore
Singapore was a British colony for 144 years, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1942 to 1945 during the Pacific War.
When the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, at the end of World War II, S ...
,
on 20 May 1946, he has worked internationally in
Australia,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
and
China as well. Among other activities in his career, he was part of the launch of television production company
TVB in 1967; the creator of ''
Enjoy Yourself Tonight
''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' or ''EYT'' is a popular variety show that was produced in British Hong Kong. It first aired on TVB Jade on 20 November 1967. The show lasted 27 years with its last broadcast on Friday, 7 October 1994.Chinanews.com.c ...
'', the longest-running "live" variety show in Hong Kong; and the founder of
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioiso ...
television channel
A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, wit ...
of
China Entertainment Television
China Entertainment Television (CETV) was a Mandarin Chinese-language satellite television channel in the Greater China region, owned jointly by the Hong Kong-based TOM Group ( majority shareholder) and the United States’ TBS Networks (3 ...
(CETV).
References
Further reading
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External links
RobertChua.com- Robert Chua's official website
Health and Lifestyle Channel
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1954 births
Interactive television producers
Living people
Television executives
Singaporean emigrants to Hong Kong
Singaporean people of Chinese descent