Canny Leung

{{Short description|Hong Kong songwriter and author (born 1968)}}

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Canny Leung Chi-Shan ({{zh|c=梁芷珊}}; born 29 June 1968) is a Hong Kong songwriter and author.{{Cite web|title=2009中國百名杰出女企業家－梁芷珊_梁芷珊_新浪博客|url=http://blog.sina.cn/dpool/blog/s/blog_659abccf0100hyup.html|access-date=2021-05-30|website=blog.sina.cn}}

Biography

Leung is a graduate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Career

Leung was a model, an actor in television commercials, and an emcee on television and radio programs.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} 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. She is a songwriter, providing lyrics for musicians such as Andy Hui, Sammi Cheng, and Kelly Chen. {{citation needed|date=June 2021}} She has published literary works in newspapers and magazines, including Apple Daily, Oriental Daily, The Sun, Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Times, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Cosmopolitan and Elle.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Certain of her fiction works have been adapted into film, television, and radio dramas.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Community engagement

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.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} The organization has been supported by brands such as Sony PlayStation.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} She became chairman in 2015. Former players include Lee Ka Yiu, Tan Chun Lok, Lo Kong Wai, Leung Kwun Chung, and Leung Nok Hang of the Hong Kong national football team.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Personal life

Leung's husband was Steven Lo, They divorced in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1451912/steven-lo-hands-ownership-military-attack-his-wife |title=Steven Lo hands ownership of Military Attack to his wife |website=scmp.com |first=Alan |last=Aitken |date=March 19, 2014 |accessdate=May 2, 2021}}