Ng Ho (Wu Hao)

Biography

Wu Hao (Wu Zhenbang) was a Hong Kong screenwriter, producer, and historian, born on June 25, 1948 in Dongguan, Guangdong province. He moved to Hong Kong with his mother in 1950, studied at Ling Kwong Middle School, and graduated from the United College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in sociology in 1971. He began his career as a newspaper translator before joining TVB in 1973 at the invitation of Chow Liang Shuk-yee, where he wrote scripts for famous series such as "A House is Not a Home", "The Bund", and "The Shell Game", and produced "Once Upon an Ordinary Girl", the first TV drama starring Leslie Cheung. In 1989, he left television and joined Hong Kong Baptist College (later Hong Kong Baptist University), where he served as a lecturer, then head of the Film and Television Department and associate professor until his retirement in 2009. He was an expert in Hong Kong history and customs, publishing books such as "Hong Kong's Old Spectacles", "Hong Kong Stories" series, and "Beneath Victoria Peak", as well as works on Hong Kong cinema and television history. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2003, suffered a relapse in 2013, and passed away on December 16, 2013.