Thicker Than Water

For Michelle Ong and her three children, Adrian, Amanda and Jennifer Cheung, family comes above all else

By Tara Sobti

“When people tell me my kids are hardworking, I say: well, why not? Look at me! I’m still running around and doing things. Why wouldn’t they?” — MICHELLE ONG Getting Michelle Ong and her family together in the same room at the same time is a big task. An acclaimed jewellery designer and gala fixture, not to mention a formidable patron of the arts, Ong has built a reputation that opens doors; all three of her children have inherited their mother’s unyielding gumption and sense of their place in the world, and they lead industrious lives spanning education, business and hospitality. On the day of the Tatler photoshoot, fraternal twins Jennifer and Amanda Cheung, 30, are first to show up. Jennifer, a teacher, is off for Christmas, and Amanda, looking understandably sleep-deprived,…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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