Career
Under colonial rule, his Chinese qualification as a medical practitioner was not recognized. He thus had to turn to business to make a living. His work for a local company just made up the living expenses for his large family.
In his spare time he continued to offer free medical advice to his compatriots, and to write poems and practice calligraphy—both hobbies of his since childhood.
Through the years he written many poems about Hong Kong, but at the time they remained unpublished. lieutenant was never sold in bookstores, but managed to get the attention of the close circle of Chinese poets in Hong Kong and was widely acclaimed as valuable for anyone seriously interested in Chinese literature and Hong Kong culture.
In 1998, the Leung family decided to publish a sequel to Language Yin Xiao Cao, compiling his major works written after 1984. In the same year, the low-profile poet received his first and only prize for Chinese literature from the Hong Kong Government.
He died in December 1998.
