19 Facts About Regina Leung

Regina Leung Tong Ching-yee is a former solicitor in Hong Kong.

Regina Leung is the wife of Leung Chun-ying, the former Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

Regina Leung changed her name to Regina Ching Yee Higgins, as appeared on the certificate of marriage with Leung Chun-ying.

Regina Leung studied law at the Bristol Polytechnic in 1978 and met Leung Chun-ying, a fresh graduate, at an alumni gathering.

Regina Leung resided in London during the 2000s to take care of her children who all studied in Britain at the time.

Regina Leung became the Spouse of Chief Executive after her husband Leung Chun-ying won the 2012 Chief Executive election.

Regina Leung is the president of the Community Chest of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association.

In November 2012, Regina Leung founded the Food for Good, a non-profit organisation to redistribute leftover food from hotels, restaurants and bakeries to those in need and promote policy on reducing and recycling food waste.

The Chief Executive Office later said Regina Leung would quit her post as a director and switch to an honorary role once operations get under way.

Regina Leung went on and slammed Ivan Choy Chi-keung, a political science lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his article in Ming Pao which criticised the Chief Executive who posted a family picture in Hyde Park after his daughter's Facebook posting with smiles and harmonious tone, in which his daughter later said it was her father idea to take the picture and she thought it was a poor PR stunt.

Choy said Regina Leung Chun-ying was exploiting his daughter and quoted the Chinese saying, "Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs".

Regina Leung criticised Choy by saying that "Mr Choy based his article on fragmented information he obtained by himself and from the media and used mean words in his malicious criticism," she said.

Regina Leung said that her daughter had been dealing with health and emotional issues for a few years.

Regina Leung claimed that her mother threatened to call the police and carpet-searched her room.

Chief Executive Regina Leung Chun-ying declined to comment, apart from asking the public to "give her some room".

Regina Leung later said she believed her daughter was "tipsy" at the time and had no intention of offending anyone.

Regina Leung urged the media and internet users to give Chai-yan more space.

Regina Leung was nicknamed as "lobster" after having worn a red floppy dress in a public function.

Besides "lobster", Regina Leung was nicknamed "Mrs So and so", a fictional character played by Liu Wai-hung in variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight in the 80s.