{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{For|the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous|Edward Leung}} {{Family name hatnote|[[Liang (surname)|Leong]]|Edward Leong|Leong Che-hung|lang=Hong Kong}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2009}} {{Use British English|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] |name=Edward Leong |native_name = {{nobold|梁智鴻}} |native_name_lang = zh-hk |honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|GBM|GBS|OBE|JP}} |image= Leong Che-hung 2015.jpg |image_size= 180px |caption= Leong in 2015 as the chairman of the Council of the [[University of Hong Kong]] |office=Member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]] |term_start=1 November 2005 |term_end=30 June 2012 |appointer=[[Donald Tsang]] |office1=Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] |constituency1=[[Medical (constituency)|Medical]] |term_start1=22 September 1988 |term_end1=10 September 2000 |term_start2=25 January 1997 |term_end2=30 June 1998<br />([[Provisional Legislative Council]]) |predecessor1=[[Chiu Hin-kwong]] |successor1=[[Lo Wing-lok]] |majority1= |office3=Chairman of the [[Hospital Authority]] |term_start3=1 October 2002 |term_end3=8 July 2004 |predecessor3=[[Lo Ka-shui]] |successor3=[[Anthony Wu]] |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|4|23}} |birth_place=[[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] |party=[[Hong Kong Democratic Foundation|Democratic Foundation]]<br />{{small|(1989–92)}}<br />[[Meeting Point]]<br />{{small|(1992–94)}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Read Their Lips (I): A Dossier of political leaders in Hong Kong|publisher=Pace Publishing Ltd|year=1993|page=194}}</ref> |occupation=Medical doctor |spouse= Lilian Leong Fung Ling-yee |education = [[Queen's College, Hong Kong|Queen's College]] <br /> [[St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong|St. Joseph's College]] |alma_mater = [[University of Hong Kong]] ({{small|[[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]]}}) }}
'''Edward Leong Che-hung''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|GBM|GBS|OBE|JP}} ({{lang-zh|c=梁智鴻}}, born 23 April 1939) is a Hong Kong physician and politician who served as a non-official member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong]] from 2005 to 2012. He previously represented the [[Medical (constituency)|medical]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]] in the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] from 1988 to 2000, and was Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Hong Kong]] from 2009 to 2015.
== Early life and education == Leong was born in [[British Hong Kong]] to a family of doctors in 1939 and spent his childhood in the [[Yau Ma Tei]] neighbourhood of [[Kowloon]], growing up in a subdivided flat on Hak Po Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=梁智鴻：醫的藝術 {{!}} 編輯精選 - 灼見名家 |url=https://www.master-insight.com/%E6%A2%81%E6%99%BA%E9%B4%BB%EF%BC%9A%E9%86%AB%E7%9A%84%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723025223/https://www.master-insight.com/%E6%A2%81%E6%99%BA%E9%B4%BB%EF%BC%9A%E9%86%AB%E7%9A%84%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93/ |archive-date=2023-07-23 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.master-insight.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Leong briefly attended [[Maryknoll Convent School]] before switching to [[St Joseph's College, Hong Kong|St Joseph's College]], where he received most of his primary and secondary education before moving to [[Queen's College, Hong Kong|Queen's College]] for his final year of [[Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination|A-Levels]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=政情：金刀梁自爆小學讀女校 - 東方日報 |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20120710/00176_094.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723025745/https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20120710/00176_094.html |archive-date=2023-07-23 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=orientaldaily.on.cc |language=zh-hk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2017 |title=Queen's College Old Boys' Association Annual Report 2016-17 |url=https://www.qcoba.hk/filemanager/AnnualReport/en/upload/32/AR1617.pdf |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref> He subsequently enrolled at the [[University of Hong Kong]], graduating in 1962 with a [[Bachelor of Medicine]] and [[Bachelor of Surgery]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr LEONG Che Hung - Honorary University Fellows - Honorary University Fellowships |url=https://www4.hku.hk/honfellows/honorary-university-fellows/dr-che-hung-leong/ |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www4.hku.hk}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Early medical and academic career === Leong became a doctor after graduating, specialising in [[urology]] and [[nephrology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Che Hung LEONG, Edward, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP {{!}} Advisory Board {{!}} Our Team {{!}} About Immuno CureImmuno Cure BioTech Limited |url=https://www.immunocure.hk/en/about_immuno_cure/staff/3/ |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.immunocure.hk |archive-date=19 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419021156/https://immunocure.hk/en/about_immuno_cure/staff/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He joined the [[Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine|medical faculty of HKU]] as a lecturer in the Department of Surgery in 1966, rising to senior lecturer and finally [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] when he left the university in 1978. Leong was elected president of the [[Hong Kong Medical Association]] in 1988.<ref name=":0" />
=== Legislative Council === He was elected to represent the medical constituency in the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] in the [[1988 Hong Kong legislative election|1988 election]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000603131801/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr99-00/english/members/elch.htm Dr Hon LEONG Che-hung, JP] (archived from [http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr99-00/english/members/elch.htm the original] on 3 June 2000)</ref> unseating [[Chiu Hin-kwong]]. He was successfully re-elected in the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|1991]] and [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995]] elections, and was elected to the [[provisional Legislative Council]] by the 400-member [[Selection Committee (Hong Kong)|Selection Committee]] in the [[1996 Hong Kong provisional legislative election|1996]] election. He ran for re-election for the last time in [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]], before standing down at the [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]] election. He was Chairman of the House Committee of the Legislative Council for many years and often presided over debates in the Council as Deputy President. Leung also served as a member of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee|Basic Law Consultative Committee]].
=== Later career === Leong was appointed as the chairman of the [[Hospital Authority]] in 2002, but stepped down two years later due to mishandling of the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|SARS outbreak]]. During his leadership, the HA was ill-prepared for the severe pandemic. He failed to coordinate among different clusters to formulate an effective and comprehensive strategy to respond to the disease.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Ma | first=Ngok |date= 2004 | title=SARS and the Limits of the Hong Kong SAR Administrative State | journal=Asian Perspective |volume= 28 | issue= 1 | pages=115 | doi=10.1353/apr.2004.0035 }}</ref>
After leaving the Hospital Authority, Leong served as a non-official member of the Executive Council from 2005 to 2012. He was chairman of the [[University of Hong Kong#Governance|HKU Council]] until 6 November 2015 and also chairman of the Standard Working Hours Committee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctor in the eye of another storm|date=3 August 2015|first=Kang-chung|last=Ng|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref><ref>[https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1872028/university-hong-kong-alumni-vow-action-stop-ex University of Hong Kong alumni vow action to stop ex-minister Arthur Li taking over as chairman of ruling council], SCMP, 25 Oct 2015</ref>
Leong was awarded the [[Gold Bauhinia Star]] in 2001 and the [[Grand Bauhinia Medal]] in 2010.
== Personal life == Leong is married to Lilian Fung, who was head of the radiology department at [[Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong)|Queen Mary Hospital]]. The couple have three children. Leong's brother, [[John Leong Chi-yan|John Leong]], is also a physician and served as Chairman of the Hospital Authority from 2013 to 2019.
== Honours ==
* Grand Bauhinia Medal (2010) * Gold Bauhinia Star (2001) * Justice of the Peace (1993)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210100604/http://www.ceo.gov.hk/exco/eng/leong_che-hung.html Dr the Honourable LEONG Che-hung, GBS, JP]
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