Chan Koon Chung, John 陳冠中 from Cl. of 69 visited Toronto on the invitation of International Festival of Authors Ontario Tour. Chan and wife Qu Yi met up with George Cheng, Peter Poon and Wilfred Wei of Cl. 69 on 10/27/2012 to tour St Lawrence Market followed by brunch downtown.
He arrived from Beijing, via Hong Kong (where he was awarded a Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong and Vancouver (where he attended our Alumni Association AGM dinner with younger brother Lawrence Chan Koon Ping who was an attendant at our NYC IC earlier). Chan gave presentations in each of the 3 cities he visited on this trip.
He is an internationally known author with many books published to his credit. In 1976 he co-founded the City Magazine with several friends including Peter Dunn (also Cl of 69).
More information can be found here:
b) Mingpao coverage of his visit on IFOA Ontario Tour
c) Photos taken on 10/27/2012 and a precious 1970 Basket Ball team image taken on WKY basket ball court during summer of 1970 (we were playing in YMCA league across the street)
d) Image of "The Fat Years" mentioned in (b) & Asia Weekly Front Cover of the book
e) a link on his new book 中國天朝主義與香港