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stfriends1 - Intergenerational friends in Jeju Island in 2024, from left: Jeneen Goh, Jonathan Leong and Michael Chiang.



Photo: Courtesy of Michael Chiang

(From left) Married couple Jeneen Goh and Jonathan Leong, both 42, and their friend, playwright Michael Chiang, 69, during a holiday in Jeju, South Korea in February.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF MICHAEL CHIANG

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Playwright Michael Chiang is nearly three decades older than married couple Jonathan Leong and Jeneen Goh but the trio share a firm friendship.

Mr Chiang met Mr Leong in 2014 when he cast the younger man in the movie Our Sister Mambo, which he scripted. He was later introduced to Ms Goh, Mr Leong’s then girlfriend.

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