Chuin-Wei Yap covers growth and development in Pasco County. He grew up in Singapore and is a graduate of Oxford University and Columbia University. After spending four years working in economic policy and company regulation, he became a reporter. He interned with Newsday in New York and Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C., and then he wrote for the Morning Sentinel in Maine before joining the Times in April 2006. He enjoys business narratives, heist movies and snow storms. He dislikes high barstools.

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E-mail: cyap@sptimes.com