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Chew Poh Chang
 Diving Career and Experience
Chew Poh Chang has been diving since 1991. His passion for diving saw him progress from a recreational diver to Instructor and Course Director with NAUI.
His drive to continue his education and seeking new skills and knowledge to explore beyond recreational limits led him to cross over to IANTD in 1998 and gradually progressed to Technical Instructor level with both IANTD and NAUI Tech.
Poh Chang has been teaching for more than 14 years and has trained recreational divers, technical divers, instructors and instructor trainers. He is an instructor with NAUI, IANTD, DAN and now, UTD. His key focus is to provide safe and quality training, actively promoting UTD/Hogarthian/NTEC philosophies and encourages divers to be a "thinking diver".
His diving has mainly been in exploring the deep wrecks in South China Sea, spectacular wall diving in Celebes Seas and atolls of the India Ocean around Asia Pacific region. In his leisure time, Poh Chang has developed a new passion, that is to cruise through the wrecks with his underwater scooter and documenting the wonders of underwater world with his video camera.
Diving Qualification
UTD Instructor #18
NAUI Course Director and Technical Instructor #CD-17505
NAUI First Aid/CPR/AED/Oxygen Instructor
NAUI DPV Instructor (X-Scooter)
IANTD Technical Instructor #2500
IANTD Trimix Diver
DAN Oxygen Instructor #L2-0168
Diving Interests
Poh Chang is an avid underwater photographer and videographer. When he is not teaching, you will see him in the water with his camera taking photographs and videos for his gallery. He is particularly attracted to deep wrecks as they give him a sense of mystery. Now he enjoys traveling and sharing UTD skills and knowledge to anyone around the world.
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Dawn Tan
 Dawn has always loved an active lifestyle and trying out of new sports. From jogging, kickboxing to rollerblading, none has managed to make her fall in love with though she still occasionally does it. In year 2005, Dawn decided to go underwater and took up the Open Water Diver course. Since the day she had been certified, she was mesmerized and her thoughts has been all images of the underwater beauty. She fell deeply in love with the other part of the world.
Diving Career and Experience
Dawn Tan only started diving in 2005. Her love for the underwater grew into passion where she urges herself to pursue more knowledge. She completed the Advanced Scuba Diver, Stress & Rescue, Master Scuba Diver, Deep Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox and Advanced Air Nitrox over a span of 2 years.
Still eager to learn, the next step she took was to move on to a more responsible role – being a Divemaster. She feels that it is a totally different aspect of learning diving. Dawn loves teaching and wants to share what she knows with people who are curious with the underwater. In 2007 she was certified as an instructor. She is very motivated when she sees her divers complete the course and enjoyed the diving experience and wants to move on to the next level.
Diving Qualification
NAUI Instructor #48330
NAUI First Aid & CPR Instructor
DAN Oxygen Provider #08518
Diving Interests
Dawn has been very blessed with diving trips and equipment. She was given an underwater scooter as a Christmas present in 2007 and has since started to cruise with her lifetime buddy during their leisure trips. Her current focus is to advance into the technical realm of diving, exploring the deeper ocean. Whenever the opportunity arises, she will grab her camera to practice and improve on her underwater photography skills.
Education
Life Sciences (Educator)
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Desmond Neo
 Diving Career and Experience
Desmond Neo has been diving since 1994. His passion for diving saw him progress from a recreational diver to Divemaster. In his 10 years as a DM, he made many friends through organized trips and assisting in diving courses.
His passions in sharing Scuba Diving to others have propelled him to be qualified as NAUI Instructor in 2006.
Diving Qualification
NAUI Instructor #47798
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Tynny Yeo & Dylan Neo
 Divemaster, currently on 2nd year of sabbatical leave from diving. Married to Desmond in a romantic underwater wedding held in the sunny island of Maldives, witnessed by their close diving friends. In her leisure time now, brings Baby Dylan for his swimming classes to perfect his skin diving skills.
 Dylan Neo
Our youngest team member was born in 2007. Dylan has started attending SCUBA classes while Desmond is teaching and he really enjoys it. His ambition is to be a fine Instructor like his Daddy one day.
He had traded in his pacifier for a regulator mouth piece. Right now, Dylan is attending swimming lessons and will start diving as soon as he reaches 10 years old. Meanwhile in his leisure time, he can only cuddle SCUBA tanks while he sleeps and dream of the beautiful ocean.
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Elaine Mok
 An adventurer at heart that’s Elaine. Whether it’s at the top of the mountains or the depths of the sea, you will find Elaine at these places discovering and exploring new things and creation. Diving was no less different. She knew right from the start that that’s something that she had always wanted to do. So it finally happened in 2004 when she finally had the time to pursue it and has never looked back since.
Diving Career and Experience
Elaine started diving in 2004 and has steadily progress from recreational diver to Divemaster. It was a natural progression for her from a recreational diver to a Divemaster as she is someone who believes in improving herself by gaining more knowledge in good diving practices so as to ensure safe diving for all
Her diving has mostly been in Malaysia, exploring the wrecks in Bali, going to the untouched dive spots in the Sulu Sea and coming up close and personal with sharks (one of her favorite fishes!) and manta rays in Thailand.
Diving Qualification
NAUI Divemaster
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Jerry Ho
 Diving career and experience
Jerry first picked up diving in 1996. This early start at the age of 12 was largely due to the influence of his father who is a NAUI course director and also the director of Oceanic Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., the regional office for the U.S. based diving equipment manufacturer.
Jerry continued recreational diving until the age of 18, when he got enlisted into the Naval Diving Unit, where the training taught him to dive in harsh conditions. Upon finishing his national service, he went on to further his diving education, graduating as a NAUI instructor in 2007. While Jerry aims to teach and nurture well-trained and safe divers, he also believes in achieving a healthy balance of fun.
Diving qualification
NAUI Instructor #48326
Diving Interest
Jerry is always excited when faced with the prospect of exploring dive sites which he has not visited before. Jerry enjoys underwater photography and when he is not diving, you can find Jerry on the beach, building sand castles with moats, or working on his golden tan.
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Alan Foo
 Diving Career and Experience
Alan has been diving since 1997. His passion in diving made him progress from a recreation diver to an Instructor candidate with NAUI. After completing his openwater course, he went to Pulau Redang to take his advance course, rescue and Divemaster. He worked in Redang Bay Resort for 2 years as a Divemaster and was fascinated by the rich marine life and decided to take up underwater photography as a hobby. During his free time, you can find him taking underwater pictures.
He strongly encourages divers to a take up Rescue Diver and be a safe diver.
Diving Qualifications
PADI Open Water Diver
PADI Advance Open Water
NAUI CPR / First Aid
NAUI Rescue Diver
NAUI Master Scuba Diver
IANTD EAN Diver
NAUI DiveMaster
NAUI Instructor Candidates
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Leslie Chew
 Leslie Chew started her diving adventure in 1997 and has been a recreational diver for10 years. In 2007 she decided to seek more knowledge because safety is very importance to her. Over the next 2 years she completed her Advanced, Rescue Diver and Dive Control Specialist certifications. In 2008, she was ready for leadership role and thrived to obtain her Divemaster training. Now, she is getting certified to be an Instructor and like to share her passion with her future students.
Diving Qualification
PADI Open Water Diver
PADI Advanced Open Water
NAUI CPR / First Aid
NAUI Rescue Diver
NAUI Master Scuba Diver
IANTD EAN Diver
SSI Dive Control Specialist
NAUI Instructor Candidates
Diving Interests
Leslie loves the beautiful ocean where she feels totally relaxed. After experiencing diving in 1997, her passion for underwater continues to grow. She feels that diving is fun and yet at the same time provide her with more opportunities in life. This love has enriched her with many friends and knowledge. She will continue to explore the ocean, dedicate her time to learning and capturing the beauty of their world. Most importantly, she is never too shy to ask to find out more.
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Kelvin Chan Kuen Yew
 Diving Career and Experience
Kelvin has been diving since 2004. His passion for diving saw him progress from a recreational diver to Divemaster, another division in diving profession which now involves leadership skilsl and beyond.
He always seeks out new skills to equip himself. Armed with various types of knowledge, it is to ensure that he is always having an enjoyable and safe dive. He has also adopted a positive attitude and is constantly encouraging safe diving culture to all the divers that he knows.
His diving has been mainly in exploring the neighbouring country’s dive site e.g Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur, Pulau Dayang etc.
Diving Qualification
IANTD Open water
IANTD Adv Open water
IANTD NITROX
IANTD Adv NITROX
IANTD Deep Water
IANTD Divemaster
IANTD Rec Trimix
Diving Interests
Kelvin is an underwater marine life lover. At any time he is diving, you will see him looking around and trying to locate any marine life that is around him. He will try to identify it and will find out more about it through reading, so that he will be able to share with divers on his trip
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A.Rashid Woodi
 A person who always love to be out in the sun, he has always been fascinated by the wild life. After years of exploring, in search for freshwater fishes in the Southeast Asia region, he finally open up his adventure into the marine world, hence took up diving.
Diving Career and Experience
Started diving in 2005, Rashid has steadily progress to what he has achieved. With the guidance and trainings that he has received, he not only has experienced and dived some of the most wonderfull dive sites in the world but also loves the company and friends he has made.
Diving Qualification
IANTD Open Water
IANTD Adv Open Water
IANTD Nitrox Diver
IANTD Deep Diver
IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver
SSI Rescue Diver
IANTD Divemaster
IANTD Rec Trimix
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