Pamela Peck
Chinese: 白韻琹
Interviewed by OurTV.hk in 2009
Born
Peck Wan-kam

(1944-09-01) 1 September 1944
Other names白韻琴
Alma materSt. Paul's Secondary School
San Francisco State University
Years active1974–2014
Known forCandidate in 2010 Hong Kong by-election (Kowloon West)
Spouse
(m. 1997)
RelativesBai Chongxi (uncle)
Pai Hsien-yung (cousin)
Criminal statusreleased
Criminal chargeTax fraud
Penalty3 months in prison
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese白韻琹
Simplified Chinese白韵琹
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese白韻琴
Simplified Chinese白韵琴

Pamela Peck Wan-kam (Chinese: 白韻琹, born on September 1, 1944) was a Hong Kong radio agony aunt and celebrity and is a former member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse.

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.[1]

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. She went back to school, and later studied TV broadcasting at the graduate school of San Francisco State University.

The public named her as 白小姐 or 白姐姐 during the launch of her phone-in radio talk show Heart To Heart (盡訴心中情) in 1986.

Later, on her radio show Talk of the Town people discussed their love lives on air, on which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.

Apart from her talk show, Peck is an author; she writes columns periodically in various Hong Kong magazines and newspapers. The articles were later collected into books.

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 taxes.

She pled 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. While serving her sentence, she was not allowed to contribute to any of the publications for which she wrote columns.[2][3]

Since the mid-1990s she has been the partner of prominent lawyer and legislator Paul Tse. Tse is also her legal representative.

Film

YearTitleRole
1974Chinatown Capers
小英雄大鬧唐人街
Master Chang's sister
1988Midnight Whispers
盡訴心中情
Radio hostess
2010Perfect Wedding
抱抱俏佳人
TV host

TV series

YearTitleRole
1978Below the Lion Rock: Meng De Xuan Ze
獅子山下: 夢的選擇 (RTHK)
Tong Sin
1981Young Wong Fei Hung
少年黃飛鴻 (RTV)
Empress Dowager Lung-Yu
1981Princess Cheung Ping
武俠帝女花 (RTV)
Empress Dowager Hau-chong
1981Angel in Crisis
天使危機 (RTV)
Hui Wai-fun
1984Empress Wu
武則天 (ATV)
Empress Cheung-suen
1989The Vixen's Tale
萬家傳說 (TVB)
Pak Yu-yin
1989Greed
人海虎鯊 (TVB)
1990Rain in the Heart
成功路上 (TVB)
1990The Gods and Demons of Zu Mountain
蜀山奇俠 (TVB)
Jade Raksha
1991Man from Guangdong
我係黃飛鴻 (TVB)
Yap Sam-neung
1991Days of Glory
豪門 (ATV)
Chan Yut-ha
1992Once Upon Our Memory-The Miss Pregnant
今裝戲寶之玉女添丁 (ATV)
Michelle
1992Laser Drama-The lucky family
鐳射劇場之清裝追女仔 (ATV)

Host

YearTitle
1978Deui Jing Ha Yeuk
對症下藥 (RTHK)
1987Echoes of the Heart
熱線訴心聲 (TVB)
1988Endless Night
零時話風情 (TVB)
1989Talk of The Town
妙論講場 (TVB)
2014Midnight Whispers
盡訴心中情
2014Pak Lung Wong Hau
白龍皇后

References

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