Pamela Pak
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Pamela Peck Wan-kam was a Hong Kong
radio agony aunt and celebrity and now a member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse
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She says that her uncle was 'dissolute' and would often bring girlfriends home. But her aunt befriended them so that they left.
Peck was seen by social welfare officers. At around age 15, she ran away with a boyfriend, missing her HKCEE exams.
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Her name was made with the launch of her talk show 'Heart To Heart' in 1986. She was known as the 'Queen of Late Night Radio' for her on-air relationship advice.
(Later), on her radio show Talk of the Town people discussed their love lives openly on air, to which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.
She had pleaded guilty to four counts of assisting Platinum Promotion Ltd with intent to evade tax between 1994 and 1998 - effectively four taxation years - by signing fraudulent returns. She held 99.9 per cent of the shares in the company.
Peck served her sentence, at Tai Lam Centre for Women, a low-security prison. While serving her sentence, she was not allowed to contribute to any of the various publications for which she wrote columns.
Since the mid 1990s she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse. Tse is also her legal representative.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
radio agony aunt and celebrity and now a member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse
Paul Tse
Paul Tse Wai-chun is a Hong Kong solicitor, who advertises himself as the "Superman of Law". He also owns a small travel agency and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the tourism functional constituency in the 2008 legislative election...
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Early life
Peck came to Hong Kong from China when she was three months old. Her dad died and her mother could not support her, so she went to live with her mother’s sister, accompanied by her wet nurse.She says that her uncle was 'dissolute' and would often bring girlfriends home. But her aunt befriended them so that they left.
Peck was seen by social welfare officers. At around age 15, she ran away with a boyfriend, missing her HKCEE exams.
Career
She became a flight attendant and hosted radio programmes when not flying. Three years later she went back to school, and later studied TV broadcasting at the graduate school of San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
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Her name was made with the launch of her talk show 'Heart To Heart' in 1986. She was known as the 'Queen of Late Night Radio' for her on-air relationship advice.
(Later), on her radio show Talk of the Town people discussed their love lives openly on air, to which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.
Conviction and imprisonment for tax evasion
On 19 April 2001, Peck was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to three months in prison. She had forged meal receipts and employee salary records to evade $210,000 in profits tax.She had pleaded guilty to four counts of assisting Platinum Promotion Ltd with intent to evade tax between 1994 and 1998 - effectively four taxation years - by signing fraudulent returns. She held 99.9 per cent of the shares in the company.
Peck served her sentence, at Tai Lam Centre for Women, a low-security prison. While serving her sentence, she was not allowed to contribute to any of the various publications for which she wrote columns.
Since the mid 1990s she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse. Tse is also her legal representative.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1981 | Princess Cheung Ping 武俠帝女花 |
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝莊皇后 |
| Angel in Crisis 天使危機 |
Hui Wai-fun 許惠芬 |
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| 1984 | Wu Zetian 武則天 |
Empress Zhangsun Empress Zhangsun Empress Zhangsun , formally Empress Wendeshunsheng or, in short, Empress Wende , was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. She was the wife of Emperor Taizong and the mother of Emperor Gaozong... 長孫皇后 |
| 1991 | Days of Glory Days of Glory Days of Glory is a 1944 film which tells the story of a group of Soviet guerrillas fighting back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.It starred Gregory Peck, in his first film, and Tamara Toumanova.... 豪門 |
Chan Yut-ha 陳月霞 |
| 2010 | Perfect Wedding Perfect Wedding Perfect Wedding is a 2010 Hong Kong film co-produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, Television Broadcasts Limited and Sil-Metropole Organisation.-Cast:... :zh:抱抱俏佳人 (movie) |
T.V. show host |
See also
- List of Hong Kong celebrities