| Pamela Peck 白韻琴 |
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| Born | 白韻琴 1944 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's Secondary School San Francisco State University |
| Known for | Candidate in Hong Kong by-election, 2010 (Kowloon West) |
| Opponent(s) | Simon Lui Yu-yeung, Eunice Lam, Raymond Wong |
| Criminal charge | Tax fraud |
| Criminal penalty | 3 months in prison |
| Criminal status | released |
| Spouse | Paul Tse |
| Partner | James Wong |
| Relatives | Bai Chongxi (uncle) Pai Hsien-yung (cousin) |
Pamela Peck Wan-kam (Chinese: 白韻琴, born circa 1944) was a Hong Kong radio agony aunt and celebrity and now a member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse.
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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.
She became a flight attendant and hosted radio programmes when not flying. Three years later she went back to school, and later studied TV broadcasting at the graduate school of San Francisco State University.
Her name was made with the launch of her talk show 'Heart To Heart' in 1986. She was known as the 'Queen of Late Night Radio' for her on-air relationship advice.
(Later), on her radio show Talk of the Town people discussed their love lives openly on air, to which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.
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 profits tax.
She had pleaded 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, a low-security prison. While serving her sentence, she was not allowed to contribute to any of the various publications for which she wrote columns.[2][3]
Since the mid 1990s she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse. Tse is also her legal representative.
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1981 | Princess Cheung Ping 武俠帝女花 |
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝莊皇后 |
| Angel in Crisis 天使危機 |
Hui Wai-fun 許惠芬 |
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| 1984 | Wu Zetian 武則天 |
Empress Zhangsun 長孫皇后 |
| 1991 | Days of Glory 豪門 |
Chan Yut-ha 陳月霞 |
| 2010 | Perfect Wedding zh:抱抱俏佳人 (movie) |
T.V. show host |