Ho Ka-lai(actor)
Carrie Ho is a former Hong Kong TVB actress who appeared in numerous dramas, often playing female CID detectives. In 1986, she was one of the top five finalists in TVB’s first Miss Television pageant.
Biography
Carrie Ho had a difficult childhood. Despite being cheerful by nature, her father left the family for another woman during her secondary school years. Her mother worked to support the family, and as the eldest daughter, Carrie had to care for her younger siblings. When her mother was emotionally unstable, she would take it out on Carrie, making her feel like an unwanted child. Carrie has admitted to having low self-esteem in her early years.
Her relationship with her siblings was also strained. Her sister went astray in secondary school and even ran away from home. The sisters were estranged for many years. These experiences once left Carrie deeply depressed, and she even contemplated suicide. Fortunately, with support from friends and her faith, she found the strength to go on. In 2009, when her sister was diagnosed with bone cancer, Carrie put aside all work to be with her during her final days.[1]
Carrie Ho is a Christian and is now active in gospel ministry and religious TV programming, such as Voice of Evangelism. In 2008, she and her husband Fung Ka-chun opened a Singaporean and Malaysian restaurant called "Malacca Spicy Delights" on Sai Yee Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong.[2] In 2011, the restaurant was burgled.[3] The restaurant has since closed.
In 2012, Carrie’s estranged father sent a message through a friend expressing his wish to meet her. He was hospitalized with terminal stomach cancer. Carrie and her mother visited him and discovered he had faced many hardships over the years, including being swindled out of all his money by a later wife and attempting suicide twice. Carrie chose to forgive her father and spent four months caring for him until his death.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%95%E5%98%89%E9%BA%97_(%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1)#cite_ref-HKET_1-0
- ↑ Chua Lam’s Recommended Eateries (160 entries), by Chua Lam
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%95%E5%98%89%E9%BA%97_(%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1)#cite_ref-3