Private Life
Ong's interests include traveling, trekking, jogging, swimming and cycling. He enjoys meeting people and discovering their way of life. He has gone on traveling-cum-painting expeditions in the past, while "recording vanishing ways of life of exotic places" in his paintings
An ardent trekker, Ong has visited the Tianshan region of Sinkiang in China, the Nepalese Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau many times to paint and to trek.
As an artist himself, he is an avid fan of paintings. His collectors include Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister of the People's Republic Of China, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, President of the Republic of Korea, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, the President of the Republic of the Philippines; the Prime Minister of Japan, the Prime Minister of India; the Governor of Hokkaido; Singapore Arts Museum; Singapore, Maritime Museum, the Agung Rai Museum and Neka Museum in Bali, Indonesia ; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters, Foreign Missions and Embassies of the Republic of Singapore.
Ong is married with three children. His wife is Nam Ah Moy.
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