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GERALD CHOA MEMORIAL LECTURE
CUM DINNER 2018

The 5th Gerald Choa Memorial Lecture cum Dinner (now
known as Gerald Choa Oration) was held on 9 November 2018
at the Happy Valley Clubhouse of the Hong Kong Jockey
Club.

In his welcome address, Professor Francis CHAN (MBChB 1988),
Dean of the CUHK Faculty of Medicine paid tribute to the
founding Dean of CUHK’s Medical Faculty — the late
Professor Gerald CHOA, who was instrumental in
establishing the Faculty and turning it into a world-class
teaching institute of medicine.

A local or overseas influential personality from either the
private or public sector is usually invited to be the guest of
honour during these events and 2018 saw Professor Sydney
CHUNG, Honorary Professor, Department of Surgery,
CUHK, grace the stage. His lecture, “Ramblings of an
Itinerant Surgeon”— a narrative about his experiences as a
doctor in Papua New Guinea — kept the audience
spellbound.

The highlight of the event was the presentation of the
Faculty’s inaugural Distinguished Medical Alumni Award to
the late Dr. Wing Tai SIU (MBChB 1989) and Dr. Peter PANG
(MBChB 1994). The Award was created in 2018 to
recognise our medical alumni’s efforts in continuing the
Faculty’s tradition of excellence and contributions to society.
The Awards are based on three areas, namely Global
Achievement, Humanitarian Service and Cultural
Accomplishment, and will be presented on a yearly basis.

Around 130 guests, including government officials, alumni
and representatives from the medical and business sectors,
attended the event.

For more details, please refer to the following website:
https://geraldchoa.med.cuhk.edu.hk/gerald_choa_oration

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