Cheung-Tak Hung

Dr Cheung-Tak Hung, of Dunedin, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to philanthropy and the Chinese community.  He is a member of the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust and has been instrumental in building relationships with Dunedin's sister city of Shanghai.  He has contributed to the development of Chinese language and culture at Columba College in Dunedin and facilitated the establishment of a sister school relationship between the College and Datong High School in Shanghai.  He is also a supporter and facilitator of the Columba College Mandarin teaching programme, the first Chinese language programme offered in a Dunedin school.  In addition, he has financially supported the Columba College Gymnasium Building Fund, the Marama Strings Charitable Trust, and the Queenstown Violin Summer School.  Dr Hung is also involved with the Shanghai-Dunedin Friendship Society, the Dunedin Chinese Presbyterian Church, the Otago-Southland Branch of the New Zealand Chinese Association, and the Otago Chamber of Commerce.