Melvin Tong's Profile – Malaysia Boleh!

About Melvin Tong

Melvin Tong is the founder of Extreme Cars Sdn. Bhd, a car dealership specializing in imported cars based in Malaysia. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Information Systems from University of Portsmouth majoring in E-Commerce. You can view related articles at:

• The Star Malaysia – Joy for twins
• University of Portsmouth: Sweet Success for Malaysian Twins
• UOP – International Office – 2007 Graduation Ceremony

Melvin is an entrepreneur, visionary and risk-taker. Over the years, Melvin has involved himself in a wide range of businesses but his passion is now into cars and charity work, especially in his cause in raising awareness for the abused children.  The most important lesson he learned in business and life is – If you put your heart and soul as well as your time, effort and love in doing something, nothing is impossible to you.

One of his most notable achievements is developing a very successful online publication for computer hardware news and reviews despite having no prior working experience and driven only with a strong passion for computers in his teenage years. Now Melvin is focusing most of his time in his automotive business dealing with new and reconditioned imported cars.

Melvin was diagnosed from a rare type of malignant tumor known as fibrosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer that necessitated a limb amputation when he was 17. He had a hip disarticulation on his right leg shortly after the biopsies confirmed his diagnosis. Related articles at:

• The Star Malaysia – Cancer victim has twin to lean on during SPM
• The Star Malaysia – Twins tough it out through trying times

The crisis made Melvin look at life from a different perspective. Melvin stopped his online publication and dedicated his time giving back to the community, particularly at Shelter Homes and Rumah Hope, homes for the neglected and abused children. He found Christ or Christ found him, literally. He is still on a soul-searching life journey. He vowed to never let his disability get in the way of his life.

Melvin recently took on the  challenge to climb Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in South East Asia. For more information, please visit:

• The Star Malaysia – March 6th, 2010 – Climbing a mountain against child abuse
• The Star Malaysia – April 3rd, 2010 – Disability not a drawback for Tong
• Berita Harian – March 27th, 2010 – Melvin Boleh! (in Malay language)
• Kosmo! Newspaper – April 17th, 2010 – Tawan Kinabalu dengan satu kaki (in Malay language)

Melvin successfully reached the top of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah on April 20th. He was among 33 people who climbed Mount Kinabalu to raise awareness on child abuse and collect funds for Shelter Home. He achieved another milestone when his mountain-climbing effort got him into the Malaysia Book of Records for being the first amputee to climb Mount Kinabalu.

• The Star Malaysia – April 26th, 2010 – One-legged Tong makes climb to raise awareness on child abuse
• The Star Malaysia – May 20th, 2010 – Kinabalu feat recognised,Tong gets into record book

You can also find out more about Melvin by adding him on Facebook.

You can reach Melvin using the Contact form or email him at melvintong@gmail.com. Feel free to ask him any questions about anything – whether on cars, life, coping with cancer and chemotherapy or hip disarticulation’s recovery.