Ada To Man-Wai

Biography

Ada To Man-Wai is a Hong Kong radio presenter, stage actress, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, and freelance voice actress. She was born on 10 September 1969 at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital and grew up in the Happy Valley area. She comes from an artistic family: her late aunt Mei Tzu (Du Yan-zhi) was a broadcaster and her uncle Du Guo-wei is a playwright. She studied at Li Ben Kindergarten, St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, and St. Paul's Secondary School, and participated in singing competitions, winning several of them. She began working at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in the summer of 1989 as an intern, then formally joined RTHK in 1989. In 1995, she was invited to co-host and sing on a radio programme, and from 1996 she began hosting multiple radio programmes on RTHK, including Ren Jian Ding Ge, Yin Yue Gan Jue Du Wen Hui, Ji Pin Yin Yue Shi, and Tian Sheng Kuai Huo Ren. She also appeared in television programmes such as Xing Ben Shan and Wu Yan Xia. In theatre, she has participated in musicals over 90% of the time, often composing the songs herself. She released her solo album Ren Jian Ding Ge and the musical album Bai Xue Gong Zhu. She won the Best Original Music award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards in 1996 for Ren Sheng Wei Yuan Duo Zhi Ji and the Best Actress award in 1998 for Yao Tiao Shu Nu. In 2006, she co-wrote a television series and sang its theme song. She returned to radio in 2011 after an 8-year absence and continued hosting programmes such as Su Xin Shi Shi Jia, Kai Xin Ri Bao, and Shi Ri Kuai Le.