Professor Leung Ping Chung is a HKU graduate and founding chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His commitments to the Hong Kong community, however, extend far beyond the medical field. He has served on various Labour Department committees dealing with different aspects of industrial safety. He was a member of the Urban Council for five years and was appointed by the Chief Executive to the Arts Development Council on which he chaired the Literary Arts Committee responsible for giving financial support to literary writers and projects in Hong Kong. He has played a significant role in the campaign Operation Concern which has won nationwide acclaim in China. The campaign organises volunteer surgeons, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and orthoptic technicians to visit remote areas of China to treat the disabled. Professor Leung is also noted as a writer of children’s stories.
In recognition of his enormous contributions to higher education and the community of Hong Kong, the University has resolved to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.
