A “greenhorn” is how Peter Fung describes himself when he embarked on upholding the family legacy of Ling Nam, the popular noodle house marking its 70th anniversary next year.

He was a business management major at De La Salle University when he started out as a manager in the enterprise set up by his father Tomas, becoming President in 1984 upon completing his MBA at the Asian Institute of Management in 1983. To prepare further for the long term, he earned a Certified General Accounting at the University of Toronto in 1989.