He joined The Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS) in 1997 and has been serving in the Council since 1999. Chu Teik achieved the APSS, Associateship of the Photographic Society of Singapore in 2000, and the ARPS, Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in 2002. Chu Teik is an award winning photographer, who travels intensively for photography. One of his travel photos had won him the Nikon PSS Photo of the Year 2010-2011. As a product engineer by profession, his creative designing instincts prompted him to invent the Softlight Diffuser in 2007, which offers as an interesting soft lighting without the need of bulky boxes, solving harsh shadows found in flashlight photography. He was awarded Honorary Fellowship, Hon.FPSS from The Photographic Society of Singapore in 2011 for his outstanding photographic achievements and contributions.