The Triumph of Rationality: From Surgica

Dr. Leong Che-hung, former Chairman of the Hospital Authority, for the first time, uses each phase of his professional and public career as a spur to reflect on what makes Hong Kong tick.★ Laying bare his soul, Dr. Leong Che-hung reviews the career of public service.In a career of public service spanning 30 years, Dr. Leong Che-hung had always been there when Hong Kong people needed him.His faith in serving his own people had taken him from the operating theatre to the Executive Council and Legislative Council representing the medical constituency, and he was successively appointed as the Chairman of the Hospital Authority, the HKU Council and the Elderly Commission, among others.Now, for the first time, Dr. Leong uses each phase of his professional and public career as a spur to reflect on what makes Hong Kong tick.Opinionated, perceptive and often prescient, he tells the inside stories

Dr. Maria Cheng: Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong. She has rich experience in the media industry, including broadcasting, film-making, advertising and publishing. She was the launching Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong editions of two international magazines, Cosmopolitan and Elle, and is the author of the book Translation for the Media. She writes and translates extensively and has over 300 publications which include refereed papers and book chapters on translation and discourse analysis. She has edited over 200 books and magazines, and is actively involved in research and publication projects of Chinese painting.Dr. Tang Wai Hung: Deputy Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole, The University of Hong Kong, and is an experienced art collector and connoisseur. He was a senior executive in several television corporations in