Canny Leung
Canny Leung Chi-Shan (Chinese: 梁芷珊) is a Hong Kong songwriter and author.
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| Born | 29 June 1968 |
| Education | Belilios Public School, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Steven Lo (2002-2018) |
| Children | Daughter: Eily Lo (18 years old) |
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| Chinese | 梁芷珊 | ||||||||||
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Biography
Graduated at Belilios Public School and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (formerly named the Hong Kong Polytechnic), she was active at modelling and starred at television commercials, print advertisements and music videos in her youth. Leung then moved on to be an emcee at television and radio programs. She also performed at The Justice of Life a Hong Kong classic television drama, starring alongside Stephen Chow Sing-chi and Anthony Wong Chau-sang
Artistic endeavors
Since 1990, Leung has been writing lyrics and was a lyricist of many music artists, such as Andy Hui, Sammi Cheng, and Kelly Chen. While actively releasing her literary works, in newspapers and magazines, like Apple Daily, Oriental Daily, The Sun, Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Times, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Cosmopolitan and Elle. She has over 60 fiction works published, and amongst them, "Bakery Amour" and the "Four-leaf Clover" Series have been adapted into film and a collection of television dramas respectively. Her later works also broadened to consist of radio drama scripts and movie screenplays.
Community engagement activities
Leung founded the Hong Kong Pegasus, formerly named Tin Shui Wai Pegasus Football Club in 2008, for community building and improving the new town's reputation at Tin Shui Wai. At its initial season, Pegasus won the champions at the Hong Kong Senior Shield. Given her continual efforts, brands including Sony PlayStation, Energy Watt, started to offer support to Pegasus. In 2015, Leung has picked up the role of chairman. She wanted a youthful and lively image for the team, therefore Pegasus recruited local footballers under the age of 28 to act as key players. Former players who have been signed under Leung's stewardship including Lee Ka Yiu, Tan Chun Lok, Lo Kong Wai, Leung Kwun Chung, and Leung Nok Hang have been capped by the Hong Kong national football team.
