Born in Singapore and educated in Hong Kong, Paris and Louvain-la-Neuve, Benny Chia started the Fringe Festival in 1983, founded the Fringe Club in 1984, and steered the Fringe Club as managing director and artistic director for almost forty years. He has also scripted six stage shows, wrote three English readers published by Oxford University Press, and contributed articles to the South China Morning Post and several magazines. Benny was a founding member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association.