Vivian Wong

Research Editor

Fast, exact, unsparing.

Sydney, 1998. Born in Hong Kong, family moved to Sydney in 2002 when she was four. Father had been a mid-level civil servant at the HK government, took early retirement during the SARS aftermath and started a small import business in Sydney. Cantonese at home, English everywhere else. Sydney Girls High School, then UNSW for a double degree in economics and statistics, graduating 2021. Two years at a Sydney sports analytics firm doing client work for the AFL and NRL, then a year at the Australian Financial Review sports desk as a data journalist. Moved to Hong Kong in early 2025 for the Wang Report. Lives in Sai Ying Pun. Competitive sabre fencer. Has been to every Hong Kong Sevens since she was nine.

Beat Sports Desk research and verification. Co-bylines on Sports Desk pieces. Co-author with Aya Nakamura of the HKJC Read, the publication's twice-weekly horse-racing data feature.

Reads the database before the press release

On the masthead The desk's data and verification spine. The first Research Editor on the publication's masthead. Pushes back on Dev's framings before pieces file.

Phrases this correspondent will not file

data shows (unsourced) the GOAT debate legendary it's a numbers game the analytics suggest (without the analytics)