Michael Oon

1. Profile

Michael Oon is a Feng Shui Consultant.  He was selected and trained in the procedures of Traditional Feng Shui; Now a member of an international team – Strategic Environs which in involved in projects in many parts of the world.

Feng Shui is the Chinese Management System of Land in the Built Environment. It provides the knowledge of how the environment affects human behaviour with the changes in time.

Michael is based in the UK and a well received public speaker. He was previously a Forensic Scientist with the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard). His interests are Personal Development and Travel.

Contact details:

Mobile:   + 44 (0) 7973 551184

Blog: https://michaeloon.wordpress.com/

Biography

2. Early Years:

Born in Singapore and brought up in a Traditional Chinese Upbringing. Had my primary education at the ACS and then to The Leys School in Cambridge (UK). Then I went to Imperial College (London) for my B.Sc in Chemistry and M.Sc in Physiological Chemistry. My first job was a Research worker at the Institute of Psychiatry (University of London) where I was awarded a PhD with a commendation by the examiner for the work done (22 peer reviewed publications).

Comments:

• Chinese Upbringing and Education: The importance of education was drummed in from an early age – in fact – it was all important particularly, the achievements of my father’s generation and the number of doctors and successful professionals in my generation.  I had to succeed.
• Imperial College: When I was there, there were 3 Nobel Prize Laureates in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments; in fact 2 gained their laureates whilst I was there.

Sir Ernst Chain; Sir Derek Barton; Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson

Imperial College then had a total of 6 Nobel Laureates and was probably at the peak of its academic excellence.

• Institute of Psychiatry and PhD. I wanted to be salaried whilst doing my research degree that had an application. I was extremely fortunate to be recommended by my supervisor (Doug Hems) at Imperial College to his previous supervisor Richard Rodnight. My five years here was an excellent training ground.

–          Project management

–          Setting up of projects and completion

–          Writing of academic papers

–          Real understanding the basis of science – what is the theoretical background

–          Attended the MRCPsychiatry – Psychiatrist training course – theoretical and practical (case conference)

–          Working with Robin Murray – the current Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of PsychiatryCareer – Forensic Science (1978-1998)

3.  Career – Forensic Science

Joined the Home Office Central Research Establishment but then moved to the Metropolitan Police (Scotland  Yard) Forensic Science Laboratory – Special Services Section.  From doing R&D, I moved to Operational case work in the Drugs Division.

• I keep recalling the good days that I had at Special Services now. It was headed by Brian Wheals where he kept it informal. People worked under slight pressure but were allowed to develop their own talents or interests.  However, prerequisite in the detail was that all projects had to solve a problem and had to be applied to operational work successfully. This was the success that Special Services had and has this legacy to this very day.
• Job applicants to Forensic Science Laboratories – In my time, there were a huge number of applicants to job vacancy – about 3,000 to 1. I understand, this ratio is even higher now because of the media interest like CSI and the prevalence of academic Forensic Science courses in Universities.
• Forensic Science is about getting it right the first time as we have to report the findings to court. There can be challenges by the defence lawyer. Any short cuts may result in serious errors which can provide wrong evidence from investigations to miscarriage of justice.
• I have been involved in a wide range of forensic investigations – murder conviction from micrograms of lung tissue to the largest haul of heroin in the UK. It has been a satisfying and rewarding career.
• For me, Forensic Science proved to be a good career but you have the overhanging responsibility that all your work can be questioned in a court of law. Should you make a mistake, you have to bear the consequences in your career as a forensic scientist.

4. Career – Feng Shui

I became a Feng Shui consultant in support of my wife Helen who worked with the magazine “Feng Shui for Modern Living”. I was extremely privileged to be able to spend time with a number of Feng Shui experts or “Masters” in the Far East. In the 2001, I was invited to be an “indoor student” of Shyan Tseng after a selection procedure and commenced training to be a Feng Shui Consultant.

• Since the mid 1990s. I have noticed how the environment can affect people’s lives. Just by making an alteration, their lives could be changed drastically – for better or worse. This led me to the learn Feng Shui – a study of the influence of the environment on a person’s life.
• Since 2001, I started to learn the basic knowledge from Shyan Tseng and then be trained in the application of the knowledge by visiting to various sites. Finally got started in working in operational teams on projects around the world.
• The unique strength of our practise is that we work in Teams. This allows us to draw on the collective strength of individual members but particularly, on the team principals who have more than 30 years of experience at the top level of Feng Shui practise. We therefore, are able to deliver the best practise to all our clients consistently.

5. Other Interests

• Public Speaking: This skills of this interest was developed by attending Toastmasters . Currently, I give talks on 2 topics to interested organisations.

1. “The World turned upside down explained and how you can benefit from it”. – An analysis of the current economic situation and the developing trends in the next decade.
2. “The Practise of Feng Shui in the West.”

• Personal Development: We can be masters of own destiny if we know how to. This technique provides us with the tools to achieve want we want. This separates the achievers from the non-achievers or the Giants from the boys.
• Future trends. I have being studying of economic history for a long time. It is generally accepted that cycles are predictable but their characteristics are not. Feng Shui methodology provides a roadmap of the future.

6. Helen Oon

Married in 1978 where Helen was in travel – American Express Travel Division. She became a published author in 1994 – has since written 6 travel guides – Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. She is extremely passionate about animals and supports an animal charity in Langkawi, an island off the Malaysian peninsula called LASSie. The holiday resort there called Temple Tree Resort supports this charity.