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Seow Tian Chye, known as Ye Fong (1932 – September 1995), was a Singaporean comedian. He was part of a Singaporean comedy duo, with Wang Sa, who were akin to the Laurel and Hardy of the East.[1]
Ye was born in 1932 at Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.[2] His elder uncle, who was without children, adopted Ye from his parents at the age of 4.[2] With his adoptive father, Ye stayed at Malacca, Malaysia and subsequently moved to Singapore.[2]
Ye studied at Ying Sin School (應新學校) which was managed by Ying Fo Fui Kun, a Hakka clan association in Singapore.[2] He would later transferred to study at Qifa Primary School.[2]
Ye's adoptive father was a goldsmith which influenced Ye to join the same trade.[2] He learned the trade within fifteen months and became a goldsmith.[2]
Ye often performed with Wang as a comedy duo at the New World Amusement Park and on television in the 1960s and 1970s.[3][4]
Ye, in his first film role in The Crazy Bumpkins, won the Best Comedy Actor in the 20th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1974.[5]
Ye died of a heart attack in September 1995.[1]
At the Star Awards 2003, Ye together with Wang, were awarded posthumously the 40th Anniversary Evergreen Achievement Award.[6]
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