TCA deeply mourns the passing of one of its longest serving committee members Mr. Jackson Leong.

Jackson joined the TCA in the mid-1980s, serving first as Chinese secretary and then chairman, and then again as Chinese secretary and Executive Committee Member, until the last few months when he began to suffer ill health.

Jackson was a tireless worker for the Chinese community and will be remembered for his dedication to forging closer South Africa – China relations. He was fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and through his linguistic ability was able to assist many community members with their personal and business issues.

In his earlier years on the TCA committee, Jackson was especially helpful on behalf of the community through his dedicated work in regularly translating the TCA newsletter into Chinese, so that older community members could keep abreast of matters of community interest and concern. This was before the days of the Internet and social media blogs. He also played a key role in organising the student tours to Taiwan, especially the Hong Kong portion. Later, he organised many tours to China for older community members.

While serving on the TCA committee, he also served on various other Chinese organisations. His unwavering contribution to the Chinese community will be very sorely missed.

杜省中华公会对其任职期间最长的委员成员之一，就已故梁職臣又名杰克逊梁先生的逝世，深表哀悼。

杰克逊于1980 年代的中期加入杜省中华公会担任中文秘书一职，后接过主席之位，

此后又陆续的担任中文秘书和执行委员会成员，直到最近几个月感到身体不适。

过去杰克逊为华人社团的不懈努力，致力建立紧密的中南关系也将受人们铭记。他能说一口流利的英语、粤语和普通话并通过他的语言能力帮助过许多社团的成员 及商业问题。

在杜省中华公会委任委员的早期，杰克逊都定期地将公会通讯翻译成中文更为社团提供独特的帮助以便年长的社团成员们可及时了解社团中所关心及关注的问题。相当辛苦的是如果大家可记得-是在互联网和社交媒体出现之前的时代。他曾经组织过学生访台，

尤其在访香港的旅行中发挥了关键的作用。 随后更组织​​了许多老年社团成员回中国的旅行。

在杜省中华公会任职委员会的期间，他还同时任职其他各种华人组织。我们和社团将会非常怀念他对我们华人坚定不移的贡献。