Education
Wong graduated with two bachelor degrees from National University of Singapore, where he further his studies after completing his high school at Han Chiang High School in Penang. He did his secondary education in Anderson School, Ipoh after leaving Seri Putera (Seri Kepayang) secondary school in Fair Park, Ipoh as well as Ho Seng Ong Methodist primary school in Canning Garden, Ipoh. He spoke a number of languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Malay, English and a smattering of French, Korean and Japanese.
Wong led a campaign to save the Chinese Language Society in Anderson School from closure in 1982. He presided over both the Geographical Society as well as Photographic Club in Anderson School from 1982-83. At the National University of Singapore, Wong headed the Architecture, Building and Estate Management (ABEM) Club serving as the President in 1989-90; as well as elected President of The Architecture Society of National University of Singapore (TASNUS) also in 1989-90. He served the Student Union 10th and 11th Councils and served as the Secretary of Disciplinary Commission, looking into the voting abuse cases in 1990 Student Union elections.
Wong's interests include educating industrialists and entrepreneurs on Company Act, the roles of legal entity, protection of minority shareholders' rights and the methodologies of fund raising. He introduced the concepts of aspirational visibility and aspirational clarity to entrepreneurs from China that attended his Entrepreneurs Roundtable networks, and the Miracles of Capital series of lectures. Wong was attributed as the origin of certain sayings among Chinese-speaking entrepreneurs and investors: 您的选择是您的选择；我的选择决定您的选择 (roughly translated to: Your choice is your choice, but my choice determines your choice) 可控制结果的叫‘投资’，不可控制结果的叫‘赌博’ (Any resources put into uncontrollable-outcome is called gambling, while any resources put into a controlled-outcome is called an investment; and 不符合您逻辑思维的就叫‘奇迹’ (Anything that does not comply to your logic is called a miracle.)
Wong practised Zen dispensation methodology, using a series of simple lines in probing and questioning. He uses mental displacement, disposition and Koan to convey business ideas, techniques and methodologies. He calls it the idiot's method of clarifying thoughts, a technique he uses in his lectures and presentations. Wong teaches corporate restructuring, financial engineering, Financial Road Maps, forward looking term sheet in corporate valuations.
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