Alexander Fong is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. As of 2016, Fong still holds several Hong Kong swimming records. He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong. Fong caught the attention of record executives with his popularity amongst teenage girls and became a singer in 2001. He had been assigned to work with Stephy Tang of former pop-group Cookies/Mini Cookies for the past few years. They now have eight duets: 好心好報, 好好戀愛, 十・分愛, 我的最愛, 重爱, 七年, 同屋主 and 危城. Aside from releasing albums and filming movies, Fong is also one of the hosts of TVB's hit cooking comedy show, Beautiful Cooking, along with Ronald Cheng and Edmond Leung. On 24 April 2009, Fong and Kary Ng appeared at the Melbourne Arts Center for their 2009 Melbourne show. In 2011, Fong left his previous record company Gold Typhoon and signed to Huayi Brothers as his new record label. In July 2016, Fong became an exhibitor with the Art of the Olympians.
Fong competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the Hong Kong Swimming Team. He took part in men's 200 m individual medley, men's 400 m individual medley and men's 200 m backstroke, he won his heats in 400 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke. He is the current Hong Kong record holder in 200 m backstroke and 400 m individual medley. Both records were set at the Sydney Olympics. He is also a member of the team that set Hong Kong records for 4×100 m medley relay and 4×200 m freestyle relay.
Marathon swimming
Fong announced on 1 August 2019 that he would do a Hong Kong Island circumnavigation swim on 5 November to raise money for charity. As part of his training, he did the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, a 15 km marathon swimming race held annually in Hong Kong, and won the race in the solo category. He completed the charity swim in 10 hours and 38 minutes, breaking the previous record set by Simon Holliday in November 2017.
Personal life
Fong and Stephy Tang, his colleague in multiple movies including L for Love L for Lies, Marriage with a Fool, and Anniversary have reportedly been in a relationship for 10 years as of 2016. This was announced by Mark Lui at his THANK YOU Concert at the HK Coliseum in June 2013. He is also a guest manager for Tang's amateur volleyball team Loey, named after her own fashion label. As of 18 March 2016, it has been reported that Fong and Tang had ended their 10-year relationship.
