Lee Lin Chin
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Lee Lin Chin is the weekend presenter of World News Australia
on the Australia
n SBS TV
, a network addressing a multi-cultural audience. She has been part of SBS for many years.
, Indonesia
, and grew up in Singapore
, where, in 1968, her media career began in both television and radio. Her varied career has included newsreading, research, reporting, interviews, selecting and programming music, voice-overs for commercials, and making in-flight programs for international airlines. She has a reputation for being a highly-professional and respected news anchor.
In 1992, she starred in a minor role as a newsreader in the independent Australian movie Resistance by Hugh Keays-Byrne
. She also had a small role, playing a Thai
interpreter, in the 1989 Australian mini-series Bangkok Hilton
, with Nicole Kidman
.
The SBS fashion show Fashionista
was built around her idiosyncratic fashion sense. She keeps up with the latest fashion trends and eccentric hairstyles, and has an extensive collection of glasses that correspond in colour to her outfits.
SBS World News
World News Australia is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service. Its flagship nightly bulletin is broadcast at on SBS One with additional weeknight 'late' bulletins at on SBS One...
on the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n SBS TV
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
, a network addressing a multi-cultural audience. She has been part of SBS for many years.
Biography
Lee Lin Chin was born in JakartaJakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, and grew up in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, where, in 1968, her media career began in both television and radio. Her varied career has included newsreading, research, reporting, interviews, selecting and programming music, voice-overs for commercials, and making in-flight programs for international airlines. She has a reputation for being a highly-professional and respected news anchor.
In 1992, she starred in a minor role as a newsreader in the independent Australian movie Resistance by Hugh Keays-Byrne
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Hugh Keays-Byrne is an English character actor who moved to Australia in 1973. He is well-known in Australia as a television and film actor...
. She also had a small role, playing a Thai
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
interpreter, in the 1989 Australian mini-series Bangkok Hilton
Bangkok Hilton
Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.-Plot:Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton...
, with Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
.
Career At SBS
Her career at SBS began in the mid 1980s in the subtitling unit, adding English subtitles to Chinese language films, and became weekend news presenter in 1992.The SBS fashion show Fashionista
Fashionista (television show)
Fashionista is a documentary-esque fashion show hosted by Lee Lin Chin on the SBS network in Australia. Fashionista is usually broadcast on SBS' Saturday late-night line-up ....
was built around her idiosyncratic fashion sense. She keeps up with the latest fashion trends and eccentric hairstyles, and has an extensive collection of glasses that correspond in colour to her outfits.