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Ng Kwok Yam (born September 11, 1933), nicknamed "Veteran", is a male news anchor and program host from Hong Kong.

Biography

He was the former editorial director of the Asia Television (ATV) News Department, and one of the well-known news anchors for Rediffusion Television and ATV. He joined Rediffusion Television in 1967 (later renamed ATV), and served as anchor for news programs such as "6 O'Clock News", "Late Night News", and narrator for programs like "Today in History" (which ceased broadcast on April 1, 2016, due to the expiration of ATV's free-to-air license).

Ng Kwok Yam was the longest-serving news anchor in ATV News and the second-longest continuously serving news anchor in Hong Kong television history, only behind the current chief anchor of i-Cable News, Wong Ho. He served from 1967 until August 13, 1994. Over the course of more than 20 years, he anchored numerous news programs, including "Asia Morning", "12:30 News", "12:45 News", "6 O'Clock News", "6:30 News", "9 O'Clock News", and "Late Night News", until his honorable retirement. He was considered a key figure of ATV News alongside Lee King Kei and Lau Ka Kit. Notably, he made a cameo appearance as a news anchor in the first episode of the 1980 Rediffusion Television drama "The Bund", reporting the arrest of crime syndicate leader Shek Ka Wai (played by Chen Kuan Tai).

On August 13, 1994, Ng Kwok Yam officially retired with honor. Since then, he rarely appeared in public, except in 2007 when he visited the ATV headquarters at 81 Broadcast Drive before its demolition, along with former ATV News staff including Lo Sui Shing, to reminisce and be interviewed.