Seow Tian Chye, professionally known as Ye Fong (Sometimes spelt as Ya Fong or Ye Feng) (1932 – 1 September 1995), was a Singaporean comedian. He was part of a Singaporean comedy duo, with Wang Sa, who were akin to the Laurel and Hardy of the East.^[1]

Ye was born in 1932 at Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.^[2] His elder uncle, who was without children, adopted Ye from his parents at the age of 4.^[2] With his adoptive father, Ye stayed at Malacca, Malaysia and subsequently moved to Singapore.^[2]

Ye studied at Ying Sin School (應新學校) which was managed by Ying Fo Fui Kun, a Hakkaclanassociation in Singapore.^[2] He would later transferred to study at Qifa Primary School.^[2]

Ye's adoptive father was a goldsmith which influenced Ye to join the same trade.^[2] He learned the trade within fifteen months and became a goldsmith.^[2]

Ye often performed with Wang as a comedy duo at the New World Amusement Park and on television in the 1960s and 1970s.^[3][4]

Ye, in his first film role in The Crazy Bumpkins, won the Best Comedy Actor in the 20th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1974.^[5]

Ye died of a heart attack on 1st September 1995. He was 63.^[1][6]

At the Star Awards 2003, Ye together with Wang, were awarded posthumously the 40th Anniversary Evergreen Achievement Award.^[7]

In 2024, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) and Mediacorp jointly produced a documentary series, Documentary: Legends Of Singapore Comedy, and an exhibition, Legends Of Singapore Comedy: An Exhibition On Wang Sha And Ye Feng, at SCCC on the lives of Ye and Wang.^[8][9]