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[[Image:Terencechua.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Terence Chua<br/><small>''photo taken June 12 2005</small>]]
'''Terence Chua''' (b. [[October 19]] [[1970]]), full name ''Terence Chua Seng Leng''
({{zh-cp|c=蔡成龍|p=Cài Chénglóng}}) is a Deputy Registrar and [[Magistrate]] of the Singapore [http://www.subcourts.gov.sg Subordinate Courts]. A former criminal [[prosecutor]], he is also known as a composer and performer of [[filk music]].
==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 [[British 81 mm mortar|81mm]] [[mortar (cannon)|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, University of London|Queen Mary and Westfield College]], [[University of London]], graduating in [[June]] [[1994]] with an [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] (Hons), 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division. He returned to Singapore and attended the [[National University of Singapore]] from [[1994]] to [[1995]] as part of the first class to graduate from the Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law (Dip. Sing. Law) program. He then passed the [http://www.lawsoc.org.sg/home/board Board of Legal Education's] Practice Law Course for admittance to the Singapore [[Bar (law)|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 [http://www.agc.gov.sg 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]] at [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] in the [[United States]], becoming a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of [[History]] with research interests in the [[American Civil War]], [[military history]], [[cultural history]] and [[legal history]].
He was eventually awarded a [[Master's degree|Master of Arts]] in [[History of the United States|American History]] in [[May 2005]]. The title of his Master's [[thesis]] is '''''[[Mickey Mouse|"Messing with the Mouse"]]: [[Copyright]], [[Parody]] and the [[Counterculture|Countercultural Wars]] in [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]] v. The [[Air Pirates]]'''''. He returned to Singapore to resume working at the Subordinate Courts in [[July 2005]].
==Interests==
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A lifelong [[comic book]] and [[science-fiction]] [[Fan (aficionado)|fan]], he is involved in [[science fiction fandom]], starting as a charter member of the now-defunct Science Fiction Association of Singapore in [[1989]], where he was Features Editor of the association magazine, ''Tesseract''. While in London, he joined the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[fan club]] Starfleet Command, and founded the first Singapore ''Star Trek'' club in [[1992]], serving as its president until leaving the club in [[1994]].
In [[1999]], he attended his first [[Worldcon|World Science-Fiction Convention]] in [[Melbourne]] and began to compose and perform filk music. He has been [http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/terence-chua.html nominated] several times for [[Pegasus Award|Pegasus Awards]] for his songs and regularly attends and participates in various panels and filk concerts at [[science fiction convention|filk conventions]] and Worldcons, at which he also speaks about comic books and [[H.P. Lovecraft]].
He is also a fan of the long-running British [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Among other television series he watches and highly recommends are ''[[Farscape]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Babylon 5]]'', ''[[Firefly (television series)|Firefly]]'' and currently running, ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2003)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.
Chua is 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 (soccer)|football]] club [[Arsenal F.C.]], and the American [[baseball]] team, the [[Boston Red Sox]].
In [[2005]], he was the Overseas Guest of Honour at [http://www.contabile.org.uk/dixsept/ Dixseption] ([[February 4]]-[[February 6]]), the 17th [[United Kingdom]] filk convention in [[Southsea]], and the Guest of Honor at [http://www.consonance.org/ Consonance] ([[March 4]]-[[March 6]]), the 16th Bay Area Filk Convention in [[Milpitas, California]].
==Wikipedia==
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[[Image:Rouge-Admin.png|thumb|right|This user is suspected of being a Rouge Administrator. [[Caveat lector]]. (awarded by [[User:Func|Func]])]]
Chua joined Wikipedia on [[April 14]] [[2004]] and was made an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] on [[April 27]] [[2005]] (thanks to all those who [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Khaosworks|voted in support!]]). His most watched areas on Wikipedia include ''[[:Category:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' and [[:Category:Time travel|time travel]]. He also contributed to pages on the [[2004]] [[President of the United States|presidential]] campaign of [[John Kerry]] and the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth]] controversy.
===Contributions===
Wikipedia pages he has created or heavily contributed to include:
===='''[[:Category:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'''====
'''[[Doctor Who]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Featured_articles|featured article]]), [[Bad Wolf references in Doctor Who]], [[Doctor Who Confidential]], [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]], [[Eye of Harmony]], [[Fictional websites in Doctor Who]], [[Gallifrey]], [[History of Doctor Who]], [[Mary Tamm]], [[Matrix (Doctor Who)|Matrix]], [[Nicholas Courtney]], [[Scream of the Shalka]], [[TARDIS]], [[Time War (Doctor Who)|Time War]], [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]]
See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Doctor Who]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who]], [[Template:Doctorwho-stub]], [[Template:Doctorwhoproject]]
===='''[[:Category:Doctor Who characters|Doctor Who characters]]'''====
[[Template:Doctorwhocharacter]], [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]], [[Abslom Daak]], [[Beep the Meep]], [[Black Guardian]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Captain Mike Yates]], [[Chang Lee]], [[List of minor Doctor Who villains#Count Grendel|Count Grendel]], [[Davros]], [[List of minor Doctor Who villains#Henry van Statten|Henry van Statten]], [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Jackie Tyler]], [[List of minor Doctor Who villains#Jagrafess|Jagrafess]], [[Mickey Smith]], [[Miranda (Doctor Who)|Miranda]], [[Muriel Frost]], [[Omega (Doctor Who)|Omega]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Rassilon]], [[Sergeant Benton]], [[Shayde]], [[List of minor Doctor Who villains#The Editor|The Editor]], [[Other (Doctor Who)|The Other]]
===='''[[:Category:Doctor Who companions|Doctor Who companions]]'''====
[[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]], [[Adam Mitchell]], [[Adric]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[C'rizz]], [[Charley Pollard]], [[Compassion (Doctor Who)|Compassion]], [[Destrii]], [[Dodo Chaplet]], [[Erimem]], [[Evelyn Smythe]], [[Fey Truscott-Sade]], [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Frobisher (Doctor Who)|Frobisher]], [[Grace Holloway]], [[List of minor Doctor Who companions#Gus Goodman|Gus Goodman]], [[Hex (Doctor Who)|Hex]], [[Izzy Sinclair]], [[Jack Harkness]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Jo Grant]], [[John and Gillian (Doctor Who)|John and Gillian]], [[K-9 (Doctor Who)|K-9]], [[Kamelion]], [[Katarina (Doctor Who)|Katarina]], [[Kroton (Cyberman)|Kroton]], [[Leela (Doctor Who)|Leela]], [[Liz Shaw]], [[Melanie Bush]], [[Nyssa of Traken]], [[List of minor Doctor who companions#Olla|Olla]], [[Peri Brown]], [[Polly (Doctor Who)|Polly]], [[Rose Tyler]], [[Sara Kingdom]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Sharon (Doctor Who)|Sharon]], [[List of minor Doctor Who companions#Sir Justin|Sir Justin]], [[Steven Taylor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], [[Vicki]], [[Victoria Waterfield]], [[Vislor Turlough]], [[Zoe Heriot]]
===='''[[:Category:Doctor Who races|Doctor Who races]]'''====
[[Template:Doctorwhorace]], [[Auton]], [[Cyberman]], '''[[Dalek]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Featured_articles|featured article]]), [[Dalek Empire]], [[Dalek variants]], [[Draconian (Doctor Who)|Draconian]], [[Ice Warrior]], [[Movellan]], [[List of Doctor Who monsters#Reaper|Reaper]], [[Sea Devil]], [[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurian]], [[Slitheen]], [[Time Lord]], [[Vortisaur]]
===='''[[List of Doctor Who serials|Doctor Who serials]]'''====
[[Template:Doctorwhobox]], [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]], [[The Evil of the Daleks]], [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Season 6B]], [[Spearhead from Space]], [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], [[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]], [[Terror of the Autons]], [[The Dæmons]], [[Day of the Daleks]], [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Three Doctors]], [[Frontier in Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]], [[The Ark in Space]], [[The Masque of Mandragora]], [[Mawdryn Undead]], [[Terminus (Doctor Who)|Terminus]], [[Enlightenment (Doctor Who)|Enlightenment]], [[The Five Doctors]], [[The Two Doctors]], [[Remembrance of the Daleks]], [[The Curse of Fenric]], [[Doctor Who (Enemy Within)]], [[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]], [[The End of the World (Doctor Who)|The End of the World]], [[The Unquiet Dead]], [[Aliens of London]], [[World War Three (Doctor Who)|World War Three]], [[Dalek (Doctor Who episode)|Dalek]], [[The Long Game]], [[Father's Day (Doctor Who)|Father's Day]], [[The Empty Child]], [[The Doctor Dances]], [[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]], [[Bad Wolf]], [[The Parting of the Ways]]
====Others====
[[Air Pirates]], [[Anglo-Chinese School]], [[Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association]], [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], [[Bucky]], [[Captain America]], [[Dan O'Neill]], [[Ellery Queen]], [[Global Frequency]], [[Iron Fist]], [[Iron Man]], [[Predestination paradox]], [[Sapphire & Steel]], [[Wikisource: Senate floor speech of March 27, 1986 - John Kerry|Senate floor speech of March 27, 1986 - John Kerry]], [[Quatermass and the Pit]], [[Swift Vets and POWs for Truth|Swift Boat Veterans for Truth]], [[The Sandbaggers]], [[War Machine]]
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
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== External links ==
*[http://www.khaosworks.org Khaosworks.org] - his web site.
*[http://www.khaosworks.org/filk/ strangled warblings of the apocalypse] - his songs, including [[MP3]] recordings.
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/khaosworks an icepick through the keyhole] - his web journal.
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