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FEATURES
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OUR FUTURE ALUMNI

hey may hail from different backgrounds but their dreams are the same - they are looking at The Chinese
TUniversity of Hong Kong to help kick-start their professions in the medical field. They are CUHK’s future alumni
- Angus Fong, Judy Chan, Landon Chan and Owen Ko. They are just students now but they have since excelled
in their own way - some winning prestigious awards, some joining programmes such as the Global Physician-
Leadership Stream, and some shadowing top-notch doctors at CUHK. We delve into their backgrounds, to find out
more about their dreams, their aspirations and what has driven them to take up medicine at CUHK.

FROM CELLIST TO PHYSICIAN:

CHALLENGING RIDE FOR A YOUNG MEDIC

“Being a physician or surgeon and directly interacting with
patients would bring me great satisfaction.”
醫生最大滿足感源自與病人直接溝通。

- Angus Fong (Med 2)

mbitious, energetic, hopeful” - musician in his own right - having
“Athat’s how Angus Fong ( 方晧晴 , performed a concerto in Vienna this past
Med 2) describes himself. The 17-year- summer and more recently, in Curaçao
old medical student was fast-tracked in the Caribbean Islands. “Performing is
into the second year because he wanted like an outlet for me… and sharing music
to learn everything as fast as possible. with other people is a way of expressing
“I want to be able to get exposure myself, and I find a lot of joy from it.”
more quickly, and I want to engage and
collaborate with professors sooner.” He is also a serious table tennis player,
a representative of the CUHK team.
Angus’s mother, Dr Fanny Lam
(MBChB 1993) - a developmental Angus decided to launch his medical
paediatrician - is a Chinese University career in CUHK because he says it has
of Hong Kong’s alumna. Angus says his a “good culture and good energy” and
mother’s profession might have “some has a very close-knit community.
subconscious influence” on his taking
up medicine. "I really respect the way Angus has nothing but praise for
my mother works and deals with her CUHK’s Global Physician-Leadership
patients.“ Angus says she derives great Stream, or GPS, which he says offers
satisfaction from her work. many opportunities and challenges.
Angus went to Yunnan province earlier
“As a doctor, I also want to give patients this month, under a project for GPS
a sense of comfort and help when they students, organised by the Collaborating
are at their most vulnerable,” he says. Centre for Oxford University and CUHK
for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian
He adds, “I'm very interested in the ever- Response (CCOUC).
evolving healthcare industry and feel I
can commit to it and make a difference “Being a physician or surgeon and
to the world.” directly interacting with patients would
bring me great satisfaction,” Angus says.
But medicine is not his only passion. But for now, he adds, he just enjoys
The young cellist is an accomplished studying and playing his beloved cello.