Mak Ling Ling

Biography

Mak Ling Ling, known as "Sister Ling" and "Master Ling," is a Hong Kong feng shui master, TV presenter, and actress. She was born on February 3, 1966, in the SoHo district of Hong Kong Island. She studied at Ying Wa Girls' School, where a Chinese culture course sparked her interest in Chinese zodiac and the I Ching. Influenced by feng shui expert Song Shaoguang's TV programs, she began studying feng shui and fortune-telling. In 1987, she listened to the radio program of feng shui master Lin Zhen and became his apprentice. After graduating in 1992, she worked as a secretary and then as a legal clerk at a law firm while practicing fortune-telling part-time. She became a full-time feng shui consultant in 1996, with clients including securities firms and major real estate companies. She began appearing on television in 2000 and became a cross-media personality active in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China, hosting various variety and information programs and making cameo appearances in Hong Kong films and TV dramas. She also collaborated with the hip-hop group Nongguoren on the song "Feng Shui Qi." In February 2013, she signed with TVB as a contracted artiste and began filming the drama "Ba Kua Shen Tan" (formerly titled "Niu Tou Ai Da Ma Zui") in September of the same year. She has published feng shui books and written columns for various Chinese-language newspapers and magazines. Her career has included some public errors, such as incorrectly using a compass on a TV show and inaccurate predictions about celebrities' romantic lives.