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Alex Fong Lik-sun, 20, represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics, setting Hong Kong records in the 400 metres individual medley(4:29.02) and the 200m backstroke(2:05-47). He has his own fan club, has starred in two television films and has recently branched out into ads.
Q: Where are you most likely to be at 10a.m on a Sunday?
Swimming at the South China Athletic Assocation(SCAA), Caroline Hill, where I practise every Sunday from 10a.m until noon.
Q: Where are you most likely to be at 10a.m on a Friday?
At home, surfing sports news on the Internet or checking my e-mail.
Q: Where do you live?
Pokfulam.
Q: Where do you go to escape in Hong Kong?
A private room in the SCAA, where I play snooker alone.
Q: Whom in Hong Kong do you most admire?
My dad, an art dealer with a wide range of interests. He has taught me about sport, the arts, literature, business and many other things about the world.
Q: Whom do you least admire?
People who dont know what they are doing, who fool around wasting their lives, getting poor school grades. People with no ambition.
Q: What inspires you?
My dad's attitude; he discusses things with me when I'm not doing so well in races, and warns against being carried away by my ego when I'm doing well.
Q: What has been your most memorable experience?
I was on a plane this year when we ran into turbulence. People were screaming, the ligths went on and off and meals and drinks were scattered on the floor. It lasted only about a minute but I did think of death. I wasnt too scared though because there were so many people with me.
Q: When was the last time you were furious?
A few years ago when my best friend, a teammate I've known since I was 10, accused me of stealing his swimming cap. It was a souvenir he was given by a swimmer from a foreign team. Other teammates defended me but he wouldnt believe them. It was sad to see him losing faith in an old friend.
Q: What have been your biggest achievement so far?
Representing Hong Kong in the Olympics. But my best performance was in the 4x200m freestyle relay in the 1998Asian games in Bangkok. I spent a year training for the event, and although we just missed out on a bronze medal we broke the Hong Kong record my more than 10 seconds.
Q: What was your childhood dream?
To be a fireman, because I love water and loathe heat.
Q: What is your favourite resturant?
Home, because it provide the most comfortable environment
for dinner and I dont have to worry about table manners.
Besides, my mum is an excellent cook. When I am out I
usually eat roast pigeon at a dai pai dong.
Q: What's your favourite saying?
"Super."
Q: What's your best virtue?
I am always cheerful and optimistic, and I dont lose my
temper easily.
Q: What would you like to be reincamated as?
A sportsman, but I would choose basketball in my next life. Although I like swimming it can be a pretty boring sport because you just keep doing lengths; basketball requires teamwork and strategy and there are more tricks. And it would be nice if I could play in the NBA.
Q: What is your most indispensable accessory?
A transparent beer mug with my initials on it given to me by my best friend at college in Pennsylvania.
Q: What are your plans?
I would like to attend Hong Kong University to do a business adminstration degree, then get into the business field, possibly as a broker- although it would still like to be in films!
Q: Give us some wisdom ...
It isnt what you used to be, it's what you are today.