Catherine Keng

Catherine Keng is part of Metro TV’s groundbreaking “Metro Xin Wen” team, the country’s first daily Mandarin language television program. As one of the team’s anchors, Keng helps provide an important source of information for Indonesia’s sizeable Chinese community. She also serves as Metro TV’s assistant to the general manager of marketing.

In August 2005, Keng reported on the signing of the peace agreement between the Aceh Independence Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government. She interviewed all presidential candidates in the 2004 election. Her one-on-one interviews include Ma Ying Jeow, leader of Taiwan’s opposition political party, and Hong Kong superstar actor Jackie Chan.

Keng joined Metro in September 2000. Prior to that, she was an English-language lecturer in university and high school classes. She was born in Jakarta and holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta. She speaks Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia and English.