Gabriel Leung

Research Leung founded and led the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group during the SARS outbreak.

Personal life Leung is a Roman Catholic.

Leung's interest in music stems from his mother, who taught music in Belilios Public School. and an honorary guest conductor at the Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra, Previously, he sat on the board of governors of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta the board of directors of the Asian Youth Orchestra, and the performing arts committee of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

Controversies Leung's move to the government in 2008 was controversial as HKU retained his professorship, and he held Canadian citizenship at the time. All principal officials of Hong Kong, including the secretaries for the Bureaux, must be filled by Chinese citizens without the right of abode in foreign countries. Although undersecretaries for the Bureaux were not principal officials, they may serve as acting secretaries when the secretaries were unable to hold office. He eventually renounced his Canadian citizenship.

On a press conference about the COVID-19 pandemic on 25 January 2020, Leung and attending government officials asked the public to wear face masks but did not do so themselves. When asked why he did not wear a face mask, he claimed it would make him unable to speak. He was criticised and apologised the following day.

Awards and honours Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Gold Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong (2012) Non-official justice of the peace, Hong Kong (2015) Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2018)