Chairul Fahmy Hussaini is a political journalist with Berita Harian, a Malay-language newspaper owned by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), an established media company which publishes 18 newspaper titles in four languages.
Among his proud achievements, he won SPH’s News Of The Year Award in 2003 and won SPH’s Special Award of the Year for Excellence in 2010.
Chairul Fahmy is also a poet and known by his pen-name ‘Alang Budiman’. Since his involvement in the early 90s, he has won several literary awards, namely: Best Poetry (Young Writers Literary Movement) in 1993; Young Poet Award (Kemuning Arts Group) in 1994; and, Merit Award for Short Story (Malay Language Council) in 2001.
Interestingly, one of his works, a poem entitled “Catatan Si Anu” (A Note By Someone) was translated into Mandarin and compiled in an anthology produced by veteran writer, Madam Chan Miow Wah, in 2002.
Selected works of the writer were published in two anthologies: Manik-Manik Hijau (Green Beads) by Berita Harian and Prisma Seni (Prism of Art), by Perkumpulan Seni, both in 1995.
Chairul Fahmy was also a former radio presenter/producer for both Warna 94.2FM and Ria 89.7FM, stations of MediaCorp Radio Pte Ltd.
Born on September 6th, 1973, the writer holds a Master of Science (MSc) in International Relations from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Mass Communications from RMIT University, Australia.
