From Street Kid to Good Kid - A conversation with Phil Leung

A conversation with Phil Leung moderated by Frank Chen. Owning to a troubled childhood and young adulthood Phil has developed a genuine penchant to work with young people. At a tender age street kid Phil endured 12 harshest possible years life could have presented. A strong Faith and Classical Music turned him around completely. He excelled in music (violin). in 1965 he joined the Hong Kong Youth Orchestra under the baton of Margaret Money, thereafter he played in 3 different amateur orchestras in Canada. On the sports side Phil won numerous tennis tournaments (senior amateur) in Canada, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Phil completed his studies in Canada and Hong Kong, was appointed Managing Director in succession in 2 multinational corporations headquartered in New York, USA; and Bologna, Italy, respectively. He dabbled in private investment projects and became an integral part of 4 small startups in the 90s all successfully went IPO between 2002 and 2008. In the last chapter of his life Phil devotes 100% of his energy to building a charitable social education organization Small Talks Circles Education Foundation. STCEF aims to inspire, nurture, disrupt, and transform student life !