Born in Rajah Brooke’s Sarawak, to parents from Foochow, he went to Australia in 1962 on a Colombo Plan scholarship. He never left.
He is married to a 5th-generation Australian of Anglo-Scottish heritage. They have three daughters and four grandchildren.
An activist in the Chinese community in Australia since 1984, he vows to keep fighting for a fair, compassionate and enlightened homeland for his descendants.
Not Going Gentle
Chek Ling was born in a thatched wooden hut in Sarawak, a subject of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the last Rajah. His mother was young and illiterate. His father, a Confucian scholar turned math teacher, was twice her age and twice widowed. Chek Ling grew up in a blended household filled with anxiety, ...
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