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Malaysia's 20 best and brightest: Shanon Shah, Sonny Liew, Ng Chun Seong, Yuna

Friday, 02/10/09 - 12:20PM Filed in Blog by myra | Views: 1350 | Comments: 0
Tags: kl, kuala lumpur, malaysia, 20 under 40, lists

Today we shine the lime light on 4 amazing people from KL who  part of KLue's 20 Under 40 list. We see the potential and talent of Malaysians through people like these who just fill us with inspiration and hope:

Shanon Shah (31): A singer-songwriter, writer and activist with an award-winning play to boot

"He is a relentless go-getter and over-achiever – something his dear friends find deeply annoying and something he sunnily does not mind a bit. Shanon seems able to be everywhere at once: he singing in a gig in Ampang, chairing a session at the Sexualiti Merdeka forum at the Annexe, covering a by-election in Penang and working on his next play based on the Kedah legend Merang Meraowongsa. At the moment, he works at the Nutgraph."

Written by Jo Kukathas: Artistic Director of the Instant Cafe Theatre, actor, writer, director and friend.

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Sonny Liew (35): Eisner-nominated comic artist and illustrator

"And he won’t commit to a stand without a bloody solid reason, because he tries to say what he means, always means what he says, and appreciates shades of grey (Cambridge degree in Philosophy, y’all)."

Written by friend Lee Tse Ling.

Check out Sonny's website to see his works!

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Ng Chun Seong (25): Computer graphics maestro who's making waves in Hollywood

"Today, my fiancé, Chun Seong Ng, is a proud visual effects artist with more than ten feature films to his name, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Bedtime Stories, Fast & Furious 4, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk, Meet Dave, Jumper and Aliens vs Predator – Requiem. Whenever I watch a movie in the cinema and cheer when his name comes up in the credits, I remember that determined teenage boy with big dreams."

Written by fiancée Tee Lee Chin.

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Yuna (23): KL's songbird with beautiful melodies in our heads

"If there’s anyone that could move mountains, mud wrestle, fend off evil spirits, drive with a blindfold on, write wonderful songs and still looks gorgeous doing all that, just look around for a girl with a white guitar in one hand, and a promise of greater things to come in the other."

Written by guitarist and manager Pa'an.

Listen to some of Yuna's songs here.

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Previous 20 Under 40 posts:

Malaysia’s 20 best and brightest: Ken Hor, Bob Chua, Project Muff+Stit & Cziplee

Malaysia’s 20 best and brightest: L'es Copaque Production, Fried Chillies.com, Leong Mun Yee & Yeo Joon Han

Malaysia's 20 best and brightest: Arabyrd, Dr. Lennard Lee, Ethaya, & Bunkface

Malaysia's 20 best and brightest: Amir Muhammad, Elizabeth Wong, Chris Chong, KRU Studios

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That's it folks! If you'd like to recommend someone you know for next year's 20 Under 40 list, then drop us an email at editor[at]klue.com.my.


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