User:Dubliner

Dubliner is the username of a Hong Kong wikipedian, S C Tony Ling.

About myself

 * 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)
Academic
 * Grantham Scholar, 2002
 * HKU Foundation Scholar, 2003

Music
 * DipABRSM in piano performing, 2003

Interests

 * 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