Leung Wai Chiu, Molly

Biography

Mrs Wai-chiu Chiu-Leung was born in Hong Kong in 1923. Her father was in import-export business, whereas her biological mother was one of the first graduates of Vernacular Normal School for Women. Mrs Chiu studied in Ying Wa Kindergarten and graduated from Belilios Public School. Just before the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, she joined Air Raid Precaution Corp and worked in Air Raid Precaution Bureau. During the Japanese occupation, she learned Japanese at the Methodist Church in Wan Chai and since then she had been employed by a Japanese-owned dental hospital as well as a company with Japanese partnership. After the war, during the period when Hong Kong was ruled by a military government, Mrs Chiu assisted in distribution of food and necessities at the Government Depot. Her work was appreciated by her superior who used to work at the British-owned Gilman Group, and she took up an accounting position at Gilman since 1946 until her retirement in the 1970s.