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Lee Ngo , born Lee Man-king, also known as Lee Yiu-king and Lee Kwok-cheung, was a renowned late Hong Kong broadcaster, active from the late 1940s to the 1970s. He worked at Guangzhou Radio Fengxing, Radio Rediffusion Hong Kong, Green Village Radio Macau, and Commercial Radio Hong Kong. In 1946, he created the one-man audio drama "Literary Novel", which became immensely popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau. Upon joining Rediffusion, it was renamed "Sky Novel". He voiced all characters solo for 30 years and was well-loved by Cantonese audiences.

Late Years and Death

Starting from 2003, Lee Ngo published a series of autobiographical works titled "Lee Ngo Tells Stories" through Cosmos Books, with each volume recounting events from his life. In 2014, he released an audiobook titled *Lee Ngo's Sky* via Wellfit E-Book Limited, narrated by himself. Prior to that, in 2012, he sold his 2,700 sq ft flat in Wan Chai, and his wife Siu Sheung applied for a public housing unit. Around 2013, the couple moved into Yau Tong Estate.

In his final years, Lee Ngo resided in an elderly care home, and Siu Sheung and their friend Lau Tin Chi visited him from time to time. On the afternoon of 5 May 2021, around 1:30 pm, he passed away at Tseung Kwan O Hospital, at the age of 99. The news was publicly announced by Lau Tin Chi on his personal Facebook account.

Personal Life

Lee Ngo married his first wife in 1939. The couple met during a joint inter-school ping pong competition, where the woman was the leader of her school's team. Their eldest son died at 6 months old in 1940 due to poor care. Their second son, born in 1941, was taken away by Japanese soldiers in 1942. A daughter born in 1942 died before she turned one month old. That same year, his wife travelled to Guangzhou to sell used clothing and lost contact. Lee Ngo later discovered she had remarried, which prompted him to travel to Guangzhou under the guise of forming a troupe to search for her.

From 1949 onward, Lee Ngo began his second marriage with Siu Sheung (real name Ho Lui Wan), a well-known broadcaster with the title "Mother of Ethical Novels". In the early 1950s, Siu Sheung submitted her works to the newly launched Luk Tsuen Radio in Macau and was hired. She joined Commercial Radio in 1959 and later worked as a voice actress around 1976. Their son, Lee Yam Chung (John), Lee Ngo's third child, was born in 1953. In 1974, he was involved in a kidnapping case of a 20-year-old National University of Singapore female student, Kwok Sui Yin, and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Filmography

Television Series (TVB)

• 1981–1986: *Hong Kong 81* to *Hong Kong 86*
• 1987: *The Journey of Life*
• 1987: *The Seasons*

Publications

• Lee Ngo Tells Stories (1) – My Hardships and Brilliance (Published July 2003)
• Lee Ngo Tells Stories (2) – Wasted Fame (Published September 2004)
• Lee Ngo Tells Stories (3) – A Fleeting Life (Published April 2007)
• Lee Ngo Tells Stories (4) – Traces of Time (Published July 2009)
• Lee Ngo Tells Stories (5) – A Review of Life (Published August 2013)