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Ronald Fung, born Fung Kwok-fai^[1], childhood name Fung Kwok-hei, was a Hong Kong entrepreneur, business strategy training lecturer, district councilor, and TV host, known for his frequent lectures and numerous publications. He changed his name to "Leung No" to symbolize "double effort".

Biography

Ronald Fung was born into a poor family in Cuiheng Village, Zhongshan, Guangdong (the hometown of Sun Yat-sen), and lost his father at the age of four. He had three older sisters, one older brother, and one younger sister, and lived with various relatives in Macau, Chuk Yuen, Hung Hom, Central, Wan Chai, and North Point. At age 14, he graduated from the primary section of Lik Hang College (located at No. 4 Tit Kong, Central). He then attended Southwest Middle School on Cross Street in Wan Chai, St. Stephen's English School on Austin Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Borley English School on Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po, Pei Sun English School on Boundary Street, and finally Wellington English School on Ming Yuen West Street in North Point.

He sat for the 1971 Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, obtaining B and C grades in Chinese, English, Mathematics, Chinese History, World History, and Biology, and advanced to matriculation. However, he failed to gain admission to the University of Hong Kong in 1973. Upon a friend’s suggestion, he went abroad to study in Canada. To fund his tuition, he taught English in both day and evening classes at San Fat College for one year. In 1974, he left for Canada. In 1977,^[2] he earned a Bachelor's degree in History from York University, Canada.

After returning to Hong Kong, Fung worked as an Assistant Education Officer for the Education Department and taught history at Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School. A few years later, he became an insurance agent at Manulife. In 1983, he emigrated to Canada. Concerned for his children’s future, he returned to Hong Kong in 1986 and worked as an investment advisor in banks and securities companies. Gaining popularity, he was invited by publishers to write books, beginning his career as an author.^{[note 1]}

He gained recognition in 1995 and 1996 hosting Three Kingdoms Revelation and Three Kingdoms - Super IQ Edition on Asia Television (ATV Home). He later hosted several ATV political and economic commentary programs such as Secrets of the Chinese God of Wealth and Ronald Fung on Yongzheng, and was a guest host on Interactive News Web from 1998 to 1999.

In the 1999 Hong Kong District Council election, he defeated seasoned politician Rita Fan, unexpectedly winning the Stubbs Road constituency in Wan Chai District. During his campaign, he stood at key junctions of Stubbs Road every morning from 6:45 to 9:00 a.m. for 18 consecutive days to greet every passerby with a smile and good morning. However, in the 2000 Legislative Council election on Hong Kong Island, he failed with 15,419 votes (5.91%), narrowly behind the second candidate of the DAB team Choy So-yuk (7.85%).

On October 11, 2008, while attending a lecture on the 16th floor of the Li Ka Shing Tower at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Fung experienced heart discomfort and was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the evening.^[3]

Lecture Style

Fung was self-taught in Records of the Grand Historian, The Art of War, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber, and Water Margin. He uniquely blended classics and strategic insights into modern business warfare. His commentary on Romance of the Three Kingdoms was especially acclaimed and memorable among Hong Kongers.

Publications

Fung claimed in interviews to have authored 72 books. Among them, Challenging Failure and Lessons from the Sui and Tang Dynasties were named top ten books in 1990 and 1996, respectively.

In his book From Losing Weight to Running a Marathon, he chronicled his personal health transformation after years of suffering from heart pain. He lost weight from 190 pounds to 160 and completed the 2008 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon in 5 hours and 13 minutes.^[4]

Book List (incomplete):

Crown Series:

07. Doing Business Isn't Hard 08. The Education of Deception 12. New Revelations from the Three Kingdoms 13. Learning Sales from Ancient and Modern Times (1996) 14. Learning Success from Failures (1996) 17. Sun Tzu’s Art of War for Business (1999) 26. Under the Sun: Hongkongers and Hong Kong Stories (1999) 27. Expert Shocker: The World of Money (1999) 28. New Directions in Adversity (1999) 33. Selling Intelligence with Effort – Ronald Fung (2000)

Challenging Failure
Lessons from the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Three Kingdoms Revelation
Spring and Autumn Warring States Revelation
The Way of Entrepreneurship
Business Wisdom
From Losing Weight to Running a Marathon
Learning from the Shanghai Style

Television Programs

ATV Home: Three Kingdoms Revelation (1995, commentary on the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
ATV Home: Three Kingdoms - Super IQ Edition (1996, commentary on the TV series)
ATV Home: Secrets of the Chinese God of Wealth (1996)
ATV Home: Ronald Fung on Yongzheng (1999, commentary on the TV series Yongzheng Dynasty)
ATV Home: Interactive News Web (1998–1999)

References

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[5] Running Toward Gold: Ronald Fung, Next Magazine

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