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Singaporean duo in NZ crash were there to feast bday
Mr Chen and Ms Ong, who got married six years ago, were also colleagues at Crestron Singapore. PHOTOS: FACEBOOK/RENA ONG, CHEN ZHI HAO
They got married six years ago, and were in Fresh Zealand for a 10-day excursion to feast the wifey’s latest bday.
But the vacation ended in tragedy for Ms Rena Ong, 29, and 39-year-old Chen Zhi Hao. They died in a car crash last Thursday after their camper van crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck.
The duo had been planning the excursion since January, according to software developer Edmund Cheh, who has known Mr Chen for more than twenty years.
Mr Cheh, 39, very first met Mr Chen when they were in Primary three at Changkat Primary School.
Fresh Zealand police said Mr Chen Zhi Hao and Ms Rena Ong died after their camper van crossed the centre line for “unknown reasons” and crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck. The truck’s driver had an arm injury. PHOTO: STUFF.CO.NZ
Hubby and wifey worked at audio-visual rigid Crestron Singapore, based in Kaki Bukit, where Mr Chen was a technical director while Ms Ong was an operations executive.
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Singaporeans who died in Fresh Zealand were loving, married duo on vacation: Childhood friend
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Singaporean man and woman killed in car crash in Fresh Zealand
Mr Cheh described Mr Chen as “adventurous” and someone who “loved to travel”, adding that their mutual friends from primary school are still in shock.
“He was a big brother to me,” he said. “He took care of his family, took care of his friends, and organised outings and chalet gatherings for us. He was very loving to his wifey.”
The accident occurred on State Highway 1, south of the township of Dunsandel, about 40km south of Christchurch on Fresh Zealand’s South Island.
The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with an arm injury.
Senior Sergeant Pete Stills told Fresh Zealand media that the camper van that Mr Chen and Ms Ong were in had crossed the centre line for “unknown reasons” and crashed into the other vehicle.
The duo had left Singapore on Wednesday for a 10-day tour to feast Ms Ong’s 29th bday, which fell on April 26.
One of Ms Ong’s former classmates at CHIJ Katong Convent, who gave her name only as Ms Nicole, said Ms Ong was a friendly and loving person.
“She was an easy-going friend, always there to help when she could,” the 29-year-old housewife told The Sunday Times yesterday.
While the duo did not have any children, a colleague of theirs said they had recently began planning for their very first child.
The colleague, who did not want to be identified, said she very first learnt of Ms Ong and Mr Chen’s deaths on Friday, when Crestron Asia-Pacific chief executive Stuart Craig broke the news to the office.
“Most of us broke into tears,” she said, adding that staff had been permitted to take the day off to grieve.
When contacted, Ms Ong’s family declined to comment. The family of Mr Chen could not be reached. The Sunday Times understands that the earliest the figures can be brought back to Singapore is May 17.
• Extra reporting by Zhaki Abdullah and Ng Jun Sen
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The Straits Times
Singaporean duo in NZ crash were there to feast bday
Mr Chen and Ms Ong, who got married six years ago, were also colleagues at Crestron Singapore. PHOTOS: FACEBOOK/RENA ONG, CHEN ZHI HAO
They got married six years ago, and were in Fresh Zealand for a 10-day tour to feast the wifey’s latest bday.
But the vacation ended in tragedy for Ms Rena Ong, 29, and 39-year-old Chen Zhi Hao. They died in a car crash last Thursday after their camper van crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck.
The duo had been planning the tour since January, according to software developer Edmund Cheh, who has known Mr Chen for more than twenty years.
Mr Cheh, 39, very first met Mr Chen when they were in Primary three at Changkat Primary School.
Fresh Zealand police said Mr Chen Zhi Hao and Ms Rena Ong died after their camper van crossed the centre line for “unknown reasons” and crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck. The truck’s driver had an arm injury. PHOTO: STUFF.CO.NZ
Spouse and wifey worked at audio-visual rock-hard Crestron Singapore, based in Kaki Bukit, where Mr Chen was a technical director while Ms Ong was an operations executive.
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Singaporeans who died in Fresh Zealand were loving, married duo on vacation: Childhood friend
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Singaporean man and woman killed in car crash in Fresh Zealand
Mr Cheh described Mr Chen as “adventurous” and someone who “loved to travel”, adding that their mutual friends from primary school are still in shock.
“He was a big brother to me,” he said. “He took care of his family, took care of his friends, and organised outings and chalet gatherings for us. He was very loving to his wifey.”
The accident occurred on State Highway 1, south of the township of Dunsandel, about 40km south of Christchurch on Fresh Zealand’s South Island.
The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with an arm injury.
Senior Sergeant Pete Stills told Fresh Zealand media that the camper van that Mr Chen and Ms Ong were in had crossed the centre line for “unknown reasons” and crashed into the other vehicle.
The duo had left Singapore on Wednesday for a 10-day excursion to feast Ms Ong’s 29th bday, which fell on April 26.
One of Ms Ong’s former classmates at CHIJ Katong Convent, who gave her name only as Ms Nicole, said Ms Ong was a friendly and loving person.
“She was an easy-going friend, always there to help when she could,” the 29-year-old housewife told The Sunday Times yesterday.
While the duo did not have any children, a colleague of theirs said they had recently embarked planning for their very first child.
The colleague, who did not want to be identified, said she very first learnt of Ms Ong and Mr Chen’s deaths on Friday, when Crestron Asia-Pacific chief executive Stuart Craig broke the news to the office.
“Most of us broke into tears,” she said, adding that staff had been permitted to take the day off to grieve.
When contacted, Ms Ong’s family declined to comment. The family of Mr Chen could not be reached. The Sunday Times understands that the earliest the figures can be brought back to Singapore is May 17.
• Extra reporting by Zhaki Abdullah and Ng Jun Sen
