Candace Chong Mui Ngam (Chinese: 莊梅岩; Jyutping: zong1 mui4 ngaam4) is a Chinese playwright from Hong Kong who has written scripts for play such as The French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012).

[2] Chong attended St. Paul's Co-educational College before deciding to study psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

[1] After completing her formal education, Chong joined the Chung Ying Theatre Company where she wrote her award-winning plays[3] Alive in the Mortuary (2003), Shall We Go to Mars?

[4] In 2011 she worked with American composer Huang Ruo to write a libretto for an opera about Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The completed work premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and later was adapted worldwide after it was well received.