Veteran Chinese-language journalist Ng Sio Ngai passed away at the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre on Friday after losing her years-long battle against an extremely rare type of cancer, her colleagues have told The Macau Post Daily.
Ng, who started her journalistic career at the Chinese-language Si Man Pou daily as a newsroom assistant in the mid-1980s, was aged 62. She later worked as a reporter for Tai Chung Pou daily before moving on to Macau’s number-two Chinese-language daily, Jornal “Va Kio” where she became one of Macau’s best-known and most-respected journalists and commentators.
Ng, born in Zhongshan city, some 40 kilometres north of Macau in November 1960, participated in the launch of the online Chinese-language news media outlet known in English as All About Macau (“Lon Chon” [論盡] – which can be loosely translated as “discuss as much as possible”) in 2012. All About Macau publishes a print version once a month.
Ng covered intensively the drafting process of the Macau Basic Law and transition towards Macau’s return to Chinese administration in the 1990s.
A memorial service will be held at Kiang Wu Funeral Parlour on September 6.
August 25, 2019 file photo of Ng Sio Ngai covering the chief executive election at the Macau Dome. - Photo: MPDG
