Asian Diver SCUBA101 – The Essential Guide to Diving in East Asia Edition

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Asian Diver
SCUBA101 – The Essential Guide to Diving in East Asia Edition

Yorko Summer [Taiwan]
Professional Underwater Photographer
Yorko Summer is a well-known underwater photographer from Taiwan, with nearly 20 years of scuba diving experience. Multi-talented Yorko aside from being an underwater photographer, is also a travel journalist, photography lecturer and highly sought after as photo competition judge at international shows. He has collaborated with reputed brands and has been invited by Marianas Visitors Authority as a Mariana Ocean Ambassador to promote these beautiful islands.

Alan Lo [HongKong]
Professional Underwater Photographer

Alan Lo is a commercial photographer based in Hong Kong and a scuba diving aficionado. He has been selected as one of the world’s top 50 underwater photographers under Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms. Alan is the only spokesperson for Seacam Hong Kong, one of the World’s top underwater housing brands.

Connie Chan [HongKong]
PADI Course Director, Owner, Mandarin Divers (HK) Limited

Owner of Mandarin Divers (HK) Limited, business including local Chill Out diving, PADI 5 stars centre, shop located in Wanchai carrying premium brands, organizing dive travel and training to overseas. Be involved in UW360, as a Chinese Editor, am so happy to be part of the best Dive Magazines in Asia and one of the best Dive Expo the world, hope that I could help on spreading the wonderful messages from UW360 to the Chinese market. Owning and developed a PADI IDC 5 stars dive resort in Puerto Galera, Philippines, named Hai Wu Jian Dive Resort. Be one of the best training stations on PG island, we also supporting photography workshops, tech diving etc. Partner, training and marketing director at Mandarin Divers Hong Kong which was est. since 1989, we provide service for divers on distribution and retails for niche luxury brands, plus also the only one dive shop in Hong Kong which included both Recreational and Technical divers’ training. In 2016, I quit my existing business, jumped into the exploration of an interesting business, scuba diving, which is my passion, love and dream.

Andrew Lim [Singapore]
Professional Underwater Photographer

Andrew Lim published his first underwater photography book, Silhouette of Serenity, at age 21. Having donated part of the proceeds to charity, he was also invited to meet the (then) President of Singapore, Dr Tony Tan, in recognition of his work. The 26-year-old TEDx speaker and former national rock-climber strive to capture and unleash the incredible beauty of people that only underwater photography can provide.

YongZhou Bao [China]
President of Sanya Sports Tourism Association & CEO of Hainan QW Aquatic

Bao Yongzhou, President of Sanya Sports Tourism Association and Executive General Manager of Hainan Fun Play, has rich experience in the water sports industry, having been involved in operation and marketing. He focuses on improving the quality of international water sports services, spreading interesting and engaging water sports and leisure methods to the world capabilities to top scenic spots in the area such as Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town where the annual reception of diving and water sports experience amongst tourists, exceeds over 1.1 million, of which 300,000 are diving tourists. Bao Yongzhou, President of Sanya Sports Tourism Association and Executive General Manager of Hainan Fun Play, has rich experience in the water sports industry, having been involved in operation and marketing. He focuses on improving the quality of international water sports services, spreading interesting and engaging water sports and leisure methods to the world capabilities to top scenic spots in the area such as Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town where the annual reception of diving and water sports experience amongst tourists exceeds over 1.1 million, of which 300,000 are diving tourists.

Andrew Marriott [USA]
Professional Underwater Photographer

Andrew is a long time diver, photographer and writer. His work has been published in a wide variety of media around the world, but his true love is writing books. The first of these was Legends Beneath the Waves: Truk Lagoon. This book was very well received and its success has led to an additional six books in that series being committed to, with the second book on Philippine wrecks being released at ADEX 2019. Aside from the shipwreck books, Andrew also writes dive guides. His guides focus on small areas and seek to take the reader diving into that location in their mind. The first of these is Let’s Go Dive Guide to Anilao, which he created with partner Ram Yoro. Two more of these guides will be released in 2019. Andrew lives in Beijing with his awesome wife Dalice and two daughters Elly and EJ “Doomy”.

Chen Liling [Taiwan]
Underwater Model and Dive Hostel Owner

“Chen Li Ling is a scuba diver, freediver, and dive hostel owner in Green Island, Taiwan.