Linus Cheung

Linus Cheung Wing Lam, JP (Chinese: 張永霖) (born 1948 in Hong Kong) was the chairman of Asia Television in 2008-2009, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) and Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc in the United Kingdom in 1994-2000, following the merger of Cable & Wireless HKT with PCCW Limited (PCCW) in 2000, Linus served as the Deputy Chairman of PCCW until 2004. Prior to joining HKT, Linus spent 23 years at Cathay Pacific, before departing as Deputy Managing Director. Linus then served on the board of China Unicom since 2004 and HKR International since 2006.

Apart from being a businessman, Linus also known as and art collector. In 2016, Sotheby's elected Linus as its first director from Asia, working with its largest shareholder to add expertise in a major market.

He graduated from the bachelor degree in social science of the University of Hong Kong.

He now hosts a radio programme called "Linus Cheung's World" in RTHK.

THaving earned over $HK 10 million a year serving as the executive officer in Hong Kong Telecom, Linus studied three secondary schools within two years before university. He was transferred from Raimondi College to St' Mark's School during form six and subsequently to St. Stephen's Girls College for no Form Seven studies were available in St' Mark's School at that time.

Before successfully admitted by the University of Hong Kong, he had to walk through the arduous two-year secondary path. Even attending university, another problem came to get Linus – he worried for the expense of ten dollars a day - half for dormitory fee and half for expenses of dining and had to earn it on his own. For the sake of the expenses, he taught English in the Western Kai Fong Welfare Association Social Service Centre during the nighttime.

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