Wing Piu Sung was born in January 1931, in Heshan District of Guangdong Province, China. His mom passed away shortly after he was born and he received very limited formal education in his home town. Later, after his family had moved to Hong Kong, he joined them there as a teenager to start working at a very young age.
Shortly after he settled in Hong Kong, he experienced the Japanese invasion and life was especially hard for him during this time. In the 1960’s he started working as a seaman and spent most of his time on a ship at sea, rather than on land. He sailed to many countries in Europe and Asia while being a seaman.
Later, he met his future wife after being introduced by a family friend, and they married in September, 1965. A few years later, he became a father to a twin girls, followed by a son a year later.
To better care for and spend more time with his family, he stopped working as a seaman and worked day and night as a chauffeur, school bus driver, and taxi driver. In the mid 1970’s he established his own visual/audio/electronics trading & retail businesses, and ran them successfully until his retirement.
He moved his family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1984 to provide better education opportunities for his children. He sacrificed for his family by living and working most of the time in HK, apart from his family, and endured additional financial burden by maintaining a second home for his wife and children in Canada.
He was a tough fighter in terms of health. He battled stomach cancer and fully recovered at the age of 80, recovered from a mild stroke, had multiple knee surgeries, and experienced renal failure in the past two years.
By God’s grace and mercy, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior and was baptized into His family on July 10th, 2011. He actively participated in Sunday worship and the “Golden Age” fellowship group at Richmond Hill Christian Community Church.
He was very kind, generous, unselfish, and always thought of other people first. He was passionate in helping young people to start their career and provided financial support to his siblings’ families and few of his nieces in their university education. He will be missed dearly and remembered fondly by all of us.