He can't see, but he can cycle

Teamwork: Eddy Chong (right) with sighted cyclist Jeffrey Ng riding tandem. Photos: Filepics

Eddy Chong was struck with dengue fever at the age of 31. The illness left him blind, partially deaf, partially paralysed from the waist down, and with a weak heart and asthma. But if you met him today, you’d think that he has achieved as much as, if not more, than many who are not visually, auditorily or physically impaired.

“From my illness in 1997 until the age of 35, I decided to motivate myself and not let myself be hindered from achieving my dreams by any physical limitations. I decided to think out of the box,” he says at a recent interview, the determination clear in his voice.