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Terence Chua.
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Terence Chua (b. October 19, 1970), full name Terence Chua Seng Leng (Chinese 蔡成龍 Pinyin Cài Chéng Lóng), is a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of Georgia. A former criminal prosecutor and magistrate, he is also known as a composer and performer of filk music.

He currently lives in Athens, Georgia.

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Biography

Chua was born in Singapore and attended the Anglo-Chinese School from 1977 to 1988. He entered the Singapore Armed Forces to fulfill his National Service obligations, and served from December 1988 to June 1991. After three months of basic training, he was assigned to the 4th Singapore Armoured Brigade as a clerk, and was eventually discharged with the rank of Corporal. He served in the Reserves as a 81mm mortar operator from 1998 until he was taken off the Reserve list for medical reasons in 2001.

In September 1991, he began reading Law at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, graduating in June 1994 with an LL.B. (Hons), 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division. After graduation, he returned to Singapore and attended the National University of Singapore from 1994 to 1995 as part of the first class to graduate with the Graduate Diploma in Singpore Law (Dip. Sing. Law). Following that he passed the Board of Legal Education's Practice Law Course for admittance to the Singapore Bar.

In December 1995, he joined the Singapore Legal Service, the legal branch of the Singapore civil service, and was gazetted as a Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General's Chambers. In August 1999, he was appointed as a Deputy Registrar and Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts. He was on the Subordinate Courts bench until July 2003, when he took leave from his position to enroll at the University of Georgia in the United States, where he is a graduate teaching assistant studying to obtain a Master's degree in American History. His research interests include the American Civil War, military history, cultural history and legal history.

A lifelong comic book and science-fiction fan, he is involved in science fiction fandom and has been nominated several times for the Pegasus Awards for his songs. He regularly attends and participates in various panels and filk concerts at filk conventions and the annual World Science-Fiction Convention. He is also a published author, having written a now out-of-print collection of science-fiction short stories titled, The Nightmare Factory (Singapore: Landmark Books, 1991, ISBN 9813002468).

He is a supporter of the English football club Arsenal F.C., and the American baseball team, the Boston Red Sox.

In 2005, he will be the Guest of Honor at two conventions, Dixseption (4-6 February), the 17th United Kingdom filk convention, and Consonance (4-6 March), in California.

His most watched areas on Wikipedia include Doctor Who and time travel. He is also currently contributing to pages on the presidential campaign of John Kerry and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth controversy.

Wikipedia pages he has created or heavily contributed to include: