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Alice
Kang
Director, Marketing
and Communications
Concord Hospital
“I think it’s important for any
leader to have self-confidence,
and your confidence is
garnered from your past
experience. Knowing your
community and how they
think and how they feel about
certain topics is important
too. And resilience—because
it’s okay to fail. If you can
pick yourself up, dust off, and
continue, that’s how we learn.”
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Alice Kang’s 40 year career at Concord Hospital
commenced in 1974, when she came to Australia
from Malaysia to train as a nurse. She was
appointed Charge Nurse, Accident and Emergency
Department (1982–1984); Assistant Nursing
Director, Critical Care Unit (1984–1988) and
Executive Officer, General Manager’s Unit
(1993–1996).
In 1993, Concord—which had been administered
by the Commonwealth since its establishment
as a military hospital in 1941 to provide health
services for returned servicemen and women—
was re-incorporated as part of the NSW public
health system. Ms Kang’s responsibilities soon
turned towards working with veterans communities
to ensure that they, and the hospital’s legacy,
remained interconnected. She became deeply
involved in the establishment of a new memorial
to honour WWII veterans. Ms Kang worked closely
with the then President of the Returned and
Services League, the late Rusty Priest, to build
the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway. Since then,
much of her work has focused on commemoration
activities, ensuring that veterans from all
campaigns are honoured and remembered.
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