Leung Man-tao (;, born 26 December 1970) is a
Hong Kong
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writer, critic and host.
Life
Leung was born in a
Catholic
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family in
Hong Kong
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on December 26, 1970, with his
ancestral home in
Shunde,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
. Leung was raised primarily in
Taiwan
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, returning to
Hong Kong
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only during high school.Leung graduated from
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university a ...
, where he majored in
philosophy at the
Chung Chi College.
In 1998, Leung hosted ''
Teacup in a Storm'' in
Metro Broadcast Corporation.
In 1999, Leung joined the
Phoenix Television and began attending ''Qiangqiang Sanrenxing (also referred to as Behind the Headlines with Wentao)'' hosted by Dou Wentao since that year.
In 2008, Leung converted to
Theravada Buddhism
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...
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1970 births
Living people
Hong Kong television presenters
Hong Kong radio presenters
Hong Kong food writers
Hong Kong writers
Hong Kong columnists
Chinese restaurant critics
Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Charter 08 signatories
Converts to Buddhism
Hong Kong Buddhists
Converts to Buddhism from Roman Catholicism
Hong Kong Theravada Buddhists
Hong Kong former Christians
Cantonese people