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Dubliner is the username of a Hong Kong wikipedian, S C Tony Ling.
About myself
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- Born on 17 October 1985 at St. Paul's Hospital, Hong Kong
- Paternal family being "rich peasants" in Panyu supporting Kuomintang; all murdered by the Chinese Communist Government during land reform in the 1950s except my father who escaped to the British Colony of Hong Kong
- Maternal family being Malaysian Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak, with ancesters from Gutian (古田, Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŭ-chèng), Fujian
- Lived in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island ever since birth
- Received education at St. Margaret Mary's Kindergarten (Happy Valley), St. Joseph's College Primary School (Wan Chai) and St. Joseph's College (Central)
- Currently a final year medical student at the University of Hong Kong
- Professional pianist/accompanist
- Amateur choir conductor
- Self-taught tenor, singing at Hong Kong Voices, a local leading chamber choir
- Baptized a Roman Catholic in 2006
- Speaks fluent Cantonese, Putonghua, English; also speaks basic German
- Basic understanding of Hók-ciŭ-uâ (福州話) and Latin
- Now reside at RC Lee Hall, the University of Hong Kong
Qualifications and Awards (excerpt)
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Academic
- Grantham Scholar, 2002
- HKU Foundation Scholar, 2003
Music
- DipABRSM in piano performing, 2003
Interests
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- Music, especially on composers such as Bach, Alessandro Scarlatti, Mozart, Mahler, Shostakovich and Schoenberg. Also interested in various "pop" musicians such as Yann Tiersen, Benjamin Biolay and Françoise Hardy.
- Botony, currently planting a Lavendula pinnata, a Cupressus macrocarpa, a Rosmarinus officinalis and a Rhododendron nudiflorum.
- Graphic design, designed a number of posters, flyers and booklets for Hong Kong Voices and RC Lee Hall, HKU.
- Backpacking, travelled to Vienna, Prague, Leipzig, Berlin, Weimar, Erfurt, Munich, Hamburg, the Bavarian Alps, Füssen, Salzburg and Berchtesgaden in May to June 2006
