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Dr. Peter KWONG
鄺國雄醫生 (MBChB 1988)

A Summer Fling with Scuba Diving 鄺國雄醫生對於潛水的熱愛，始於 17 年前第
一次到海南島潛水，色彩繽紛的珊瑚和珊瑚魚
Unleashes Craving for More 令他完全著迷，回港後便馬上和妻子考取了潛
水執照。
一次難忘體驗，激起對潛水的熱愛 潛水，潛水，還是潛水

外科專科醫生鄺國雄醫生，從 8 歲起便開始
浮潛，但由於浮潛需要上水換氣，而潛水的氧
r. Peter KWONG’s fascination feel like superman ‘flying' in the water.” 氣瓶能令他無限制地探索大海，從此菲律賓、
with scuba diving and the 馬來西亞、印尼和泰國等，都是他們潛水的熱
D world beneath the water began Unforgettable underwater occurrences 點。
17 years ago “I was in Hainan Island in He has had many memorable, sometimes
the summer of 2002 to try my hand at scary, experiences. 難忘的潛水事件
scuba diving.” What greeted him below
was unforgettable - it was littered with He managed to photograph a huge 鄺醫生許多難忘的經歷，當中既有「驚」亦有
colourful reefs and beautiful fish of moray eel with its mouth wide open in 「喜」。例如在埃及紅海遇到巨大的海鰻，在
different types. “There were so many Egypt’s Red Sea after pleading... “Don’t 菲律賓薄荷島與鯨鯊近距離接觸，和在馬來西
critters of varying shapes and colours,” bite me, don’t bite me, I just want to 亞婆羅洲追逐鎚頭鯊等。不過當中最難忘的發
he recalls. “I was hooked.” take one picture.” 生於兩年前，他在沖繩拍攝到正在潛水的 18
歲女兒，後面有魔鬼魚作為背景，這張珍貴的
After returning to Hong Kong, he and In Bohol, Philippines, there was a close 照片對他來說，簡直是無價。
his wife took up diving lessons and in encounter with a whale shark the size of
that same year, he became a certified a large school bus…so close that its tail 潛水和手術室，都讓鄺醫生學會了許多人生道
diver. knocked off the scuba fin of one of his
friends. 理：「守則是用來遵守的，在手術室裡不能違
Scuba diving, scuba diving and 反守則，潛水時也要遵守在水裡的守則，否則
scuba diving In waters off Malaysian Borneo, some 都可能會危及生命。」
Dr. KWONG, a surgeon, had been divers got so carried away while chasing
snorkelling since he was eight years an out-of-season hammerhead shark
old and learnt all about equalising the for photos that they lost track of the
ear pressure - an important trait for time and precious oxygen for the ascent
potential divers. “With snorkelling, you to the surface. Fortunately, there were
are limited to one breath each time you experienced divers around, like Dr.
go underwater, and then you have to KWONG, who helped them to safety.
come up again to catch another breath.
But with scuba diving, the oxygen tank A picture worth a million-dollars
on your back gives you almost limitless His most enduring moment was
time to explore the sea.” when his then 18-year-old daughter
encountered a giant manta ray in
Vacations for Dr. KWONG, his wife and Okinawa two years ago. “The smile on
daughter, almost always involve scuba her face, together with the manta rays,
diving. They would travel to diving was worth a million dollars to me.”
hotspots in the Philippines, Malaysia,
Indonesia and Thailand. Scuba diving, like medical school, has
taught him similar life lessons. “Rules are
“I’m addicted to scuba diving. I love the not meant to be broken,” he says. “We
sun, the sea and the tranquility beneath follow rules in the operating room so as
the waters. Diving is the place to not to jeopardise the life of the patient.
experience weightlessness, that’s why Similarly, if we don’t follow regulations
they train astronauts in water.” And he while diving, we are endangering our
especially loves drift diving, that is when lives. Also, one must know one’s mental
he is transported by water movements and physical limitations. Don’t bite off
caused by tides or ocean currents. “You more than you can chew.”