1903
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Born in Hong Kong.
Family moves to Singapore when he was seven months old.
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1909
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Sent to live with his relatives in China.
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1913
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Returns to Singapore.
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1914
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Attends a private school in Chinatown.
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1936
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Works as a technical supervisor at United Engineers.
Purchases his first professional camera.
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1942
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Sets up his own engineering workshop at the back of his house, which included a photographic darkroom.
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1952
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Shoots Rowing at Dawn, which won the first prize in the Klang Photographic Exhibition and later brought him many awards at international salons and exhibitions.
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1960-1973
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Works as a commercial photographer and technician at Tien Wah Press.
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1961
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Becomes a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.
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1966
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Becomes Vice President of the Photographic Society of Singapore
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1971
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Receives the Merlion Pewter award for Fisherman’s Hurry from the 29th Singapore International Salon for Photography.
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1972
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Awarded the Honorary Excellence Distinction by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique.
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1973
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Retires from Tien Wah Press and begins running a provision shop in Kreta Ayer.
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1976
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Becomes an advisor for the Kreta Ayer Community Centre Camera Club.
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1980
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Named one of ten Honorary Outstanding Photographers Century (Seascape Specialist) by the Photographic Society of New York, USA.
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1983
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Awarded the Honorary Excellence Distinction by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique for the second time.
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1984
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Receives the Cultural Medallion for Photography.
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1986
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Publishes Yip Cheong Fun’s Pictorial Collection.
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1989
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Passes away in Singapore.
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