MRS ANGELA CHEUNG has tirelessly devoted herself to improving the quality of education in Hong Kong. She began her career as a teacher at St Stephen's Girls' College and was later appointed as the Educational Services Secretary of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Throughout her 18 years of service with Tung Wah, she initiated and implemented many changes in the Group's schools. She planned and supervised the establishment of 32 new schools, ranging through kindergarten, primary and secondary to special, prevocational and practical schools, and included the introduction of inclusive education. Many of her innovations were new to the Hong Kong educational system and Mrs Cheung was a pioneer in this regard.

Mrs Cheung was a member of the Education Commission in the 1990's and was instrumental in developing the Education Commission's Report No. 5 in 1992 which recommended the disestablishment of the Colleges of Education and the establishment of the Institute. When she became a member of the Institute's Council in 1996, she was involved with a diverse range of responsibilities. Under Mrs Cheung's guidance, the HKIEd Early Childhood Learning Centre and the HKIEd Jockey Club Primary School have won praise from parents and they enjoy an enviable reputation within the community.