Ip Hon Leung

Biography

Lyricist Car Long was born in 1954 in a wooden village in Fanling, New Territories, into a Hakka family from Huizhou. He studied at Precious Blood Baoling Primary School and Ling Ying Public School before enrolling at Ying Wah Academy. He excelled in his secondary school examinations in 1972 and advanced-level exams in 1974, achieving top grades in Chinese literature. He graduated in 1977 from the University of Hong Kong with a second-class honours degree in Arts, majoring in Chinese and Western literature. After graduation, he worked as a Chinese language teacher before joining Sony Records as an artist manager. He progressed to become a record producer and officially began his career as a lyricist in 1979 after participating in the production of a second album for singer So Siu-fung. He held prominent positions at Hong Kong Radio and Hong Kong Commercial Radio, eventually becoming General Manager. He later explored technology by developing internet radio, then turned to studying astrology and published several books on the subject before settling in Britain in 2021.