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24 Honours & Awards Dr Leong Che-hung is known and admired not only as a distinguished and caring urologist, but also as a prominent statesman and responsible lawmaker (former Chairman of LegCo’s House Committee; former Executive Council member of HKSAR Government, etc.) and his generation’s leading man in holding high public office, notably including but not limited to having steered, chaired, spearheaded or presided over the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hospital Authority, Elderly Commission, Standard Hours Working Committee, Hong Kong AIDS Foundation, Hong Kong Medical Association, Academy Colleges including the founding of College of Surgeons, and instrumental for the setting up of the Councils for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chiropractors and Veterinary Surgeons and on Reproductive Technology and Human Organ Transplantation. To honour his multi-faceted contributions as a leader not only of the medical community but Hong Kong society writ large over the past half century, the Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Leadership has been established and named in his honour, specifically in the overarching discipline of “leadership”. Over 115 donors from across disciplines and professions have afforded the University to successfully create this academic legacy in Dr Leong Che- hung’s honour in perpetuity. Special Committee Co-Convenors Margaret Leung Ko May-yee, SBS, JP Jimmy Tang Kui-ming, MH, JP Gabriel M Leung, GBS, JP Members Percy Cheng Kee-tak, MH Stephen Cheng Wing-keung Ko Wing-man, GBS, JP Shelley Lee Lai-kuen, GBS, JP Jennifer Liu Wai-fun Lo Chung-mau, BBS, JP Honours & Awards Establishment of the “Leong Che Hung Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Leadership” Ever since the relaunching of the Endowed Professorship Scheme in 2005, this is the first time that over one hundred donors were involved in support of one honouree. A total of HK$20 million was raised through six fundraising luncheons from January to June 2018. The donation was matched dollar for dollar by the University, which comes to a total of HK$40 million as an endowment. The success of this legacy would be attributed to the Special Committee formed by outstanding leaders in the community who have shown their dedication and selfless contribution in this special campaign. They are: 1 2