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简介

Helen Tam Yuk-ying is a Hong Kong presenter and actress, born on 27 November 1962. She grew up in the Taikoo Shipyards staff quarters in Quarry Bay before moving to North Point Estate. She attended Taikoo Primary School and later Winly College in 1974, where she participated in the school drama group. After failing to advance to sixth form due to exam results, she enrolled in TVB's 9th Artist Training Course in 1979 alongside classmates like Miao Qiao-wei and Wong Yat-wah. She began her television career with a minor role in the 1981 series "Mr. Foshan". In April 1982, she was suddenly called upon to host the children's program "430 Shuttle" after the original presenter withdrew, and she went on to host successive children's programs for 32 years, becoming an icon in the collective memory of generations from the 1970s onward in Hong Kong and Macau. She became famous for her character the witch "Wu Zuzu" who taught children English vocabulary. She received a 20-year service gold medal in 2000 and a 30-year medal in 2010. She faced multiple threats of contract termination due to high costs, but public support saved her on several occasions until her tenure as a children's program host ended in 2014.