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Doris would like to share the followings with all of us: I have little something for the MEMBER LIST as follows: I like to start with the story of my name(s). I was born KONG Yuen-sun. My Father game me this name and I like it. My big sister, 10 years senior, is Kong Yuen-kin. When she was 17 and I, 7, she became so dislike her name that she gave herself a new name KONG Wai-man, and she called her little sister KONG Wai-ling. My Mother always called me Yuen-sun and never Wai-ling. I remember every parent/teacher night there was so much trouble and confusison between Mum and the form master. When I started to learn English, the teacher said we need an English name. I asked Mum and she said Doris, because she was a great Doris Day fan. On day I met this young man, Leo LEUNG. We fell in love and got married and I became Doris LEUNG. I knew sooner or later there will be no one call me Yuen-sun any more, so when I returned to Radio I decided to call myself LEUNG KONG Yuen-sun....to honour my husband, my Father and my Mother in one name. My listeners like my name but sometimes looked puzzled. I have to tell them LEUNG is my husband's name, KONG is my Father's name and so on. And I always tell myself Yuen-sun is the name dearest to me. It is the name my Mother called me the day I was born till the day she died. I also like my Christian name, Mary. It was given to me by my parish priest, the late Fr Michael Rafter. I like Mary because she is our Lord, Jesus's Mother. So my full name goes KONG Yuen-sun Wai-ling Doris Mary LEUNG. But I prefer simply to be called Yuen-sun or Doris. 1. What did you do after graduation? I joined the HK & Shanghai Bank as their translator through the Placement Officer of CUHK as soon as I finished the exams in the summer of 1971. Few months later I left to join the HK Office of MrGraw-Hill World News reporting to their BUSINESS WEEK and other publications. 2. When Did you Migrate to Australia? In late 1972 after I was recruited by Radio Australia, the Overseas Service of the then Australian Broadcasting Commission as a Programme Officer for their Cantonese Service. The ABC headquarter has always been in Melbourne and here I am, an Melbournian. 3. What are you doing now? I am the Executive Producuer, or Head of Group of the Cantonese Language Program with SBS Radio. SBS stands for Special Broadcasting Service which is a government funded multicultural and multi-lingual national broadcaster. Since we are also online and in May' 06 we will launch podcasting, we are virtually an international broadcaster. I have tried other jobs before I landed on SBS. After I had family I stopped work till my sons started school. I returned to the workforce as a bilingual information officer for the Victorian Regional Office of the then Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs. Before joining SBS full-time in the late 80's I was with the Victorian Department of Labor and later the Occupational Health & Safety Authority. On a voluntary basis, I am on an advisory capacity with a number of community organizations, like the Western Suburbs Chinese Women's Assn, the Chinese Seniors' Club of Manningham, Friends of SBS Fan Club, and the On Luck Chinese Nursing Home Fund Raising Committee. In recognition to my service to the community through radio work, I was one of the two recipients of the St Michael's Madellion in 1998. The co-recipient is Superintendent Ian Winn of the Victorian Police who worked tirelessly for the young people with drug problems. In 2005 I received a certificate of recognition from the Federaion of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia for my committment and contribution to Australian multiculturalism. In 2001 for the International Year of Volunteers I received the Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of my voluntary service to the community by the Hon Steve Bracks, the Premier of Victoria. 4. Tell us something about your family I love to. Leo Leung is my other half. We have been married to each other since 1974. Leo did his studies in Sydney, NSW, during the 60's. Before he retired he was the Deputy General Manager of the Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne. We are proud parents of two fine young men. Dennis is a pharmacist with a leading public hospital in Melbourne, and Dennis is engaged to be married. Lawrence did his art/science degrees at Melbourne University majoring in psychology but has chosen to develop his talents further. He is a writer, director, and a stan-up. You will be able to see him again in this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival before he heads off to Edinburgh. 5. What is your plan for the next 5 years? I am doing a 8-year BSF Course. This is my third year. BSF is Bible Study Fellowship, an international organization to lead us closer to God through studying his word. 6. What is your motto? Do I have one? I just want to love and be loved. 7. Tell us something about the cuhk-aaa-vic assn. What do you like, what can be improved? A lot have been said that the cuhk-aaa-vic-assn is my baby. But I can tell you without Dr Ho-sum Chan, Jacky Tam, Dorothy Yiu, Cecilia Lau, David Yong, and many many others, the assn will never be born. I am delighted to see s/he has grown into a healthy 4-year old. I hope one day s/he is mature enough for us to rekindle the "corporation" discussion. * * * A tribute to a dear friend Eli Rizmal Wedding ceremony speech of her son
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