Suzie Wong (TV host)
Suzie Wong | |||
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Born | Lau Ko-Chung 17 February 1955 | ||
Partner | Elaine Jin | ||
Awards | TVB Anniversary Awards – Best Show Host 2008 So Good | ||
Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 蘇施黃 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 苏施黄 | ||
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Suzie Wong (Chinese: 蘇施黃) (born Ko Chung Lau (Chinese: 劉高琮); 17 February 1955) is a popular radio host and TV cooking programme host in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Wong was born in Hong Kong, she had two older brothers and three older sisters. She graduated in St. Stephen's Girls' College before she went to Canada and spent another year for high school. Then, she gained an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Alberta in 1978. [citation needed]
After she finished her undergraduate degree, she went back to Hong Kong and joined the Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CR) and become a disk jockey (DJ) since 1978. In mid 1980s, she left CR and joined a couple types of career such as marketing and insurances.[citation needed]
In 1999, Wong went back to CR as a DJ. Besides, she began her cooking career since she became a cooking tutor in Towngas Cooking Centre. Later on, she become a television presenter for cooking shows such as So Real Time Cooking Series which produced by Cable TV Hong Kong and So Good which produced by TVB.
In 31 December 2019, Wong left CR after 41 years with her radio career and started her YouTube Channel, This is So good. [citation needed]
Personal Life
[edit]Wong came out as lesbian in 2010, and announced that her partner is Taiwanese actress Elaine Jin.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "蘇施黃的味覺人生「我最懷念的一碗白飯」". ESDlife. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ 方筱 (22 October 2010). 澳門日報電子版. Macao Daily News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "阿蘇愛的承諾 照顧金燕玲下半生 (Translation: Suzie Wong's Promise to Take Care of Elaine Jin For the Rest of her Life)" (in Chinese). Ming Pao Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
這是她第一次公開說出對方名字,還以「愛人」稱呼。 (Translation: This is the first time she said the name of her significant other, and publicly called her a "lover".)
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