[2025.03.12] SANDRA NG'S FATHER HA CHUN CHAU PASSED AWAY

The 93 year old Ha Chun Chau passed away

In 2015 Ha Chun Chau with his wife Aunt Dong, daughter Sandra Ng, son in law Peter Chan, granddaughter Jillian Chan and other family members celebrated his birthday

Ha Chun Chau in his youth

Frankie Choi would forever miss elder Ha Chun Chau

Elena Kong posts a photo with her former father in law Ha Chun Chau to eulogize him
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Sandra Ng Kwan Yu posted on social platforms last night, "My most beloved Old Man passed away." Ng Kwan Yu personally confirmed the death of her father Ha Chun Chau, who was born on September 20, 1931. He was 93.

Once Uncle Dong's daughter in law, Elena Kong Mei Yee secretly wed Vincent Ng Kwan Cheung for 10 years but ended up in divorce. Because they never publicized their marital status, when they separated they only said they broke up. When the media asked Uncle Dong for confirmation, he revealed that his son and Kong Mei Yee were married as the breakup turned into divorce. Kong Mei Yee still respected her former father in law Uncle Dong very much. She commented on Kwan Yu's social platform: "May Uncle Dong be free suffering and find joy, and be reborn in the Pure Land, Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, take care."

"Son of Mark Six" Frankie Choi Kwok Wai expressed sorrow, saying that Uncle Dong was an elder well worth respecting. He would perform the Mark Six lottery drawing well so he would not soil Uncle Dong's reputation. Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Edan Lui Cheuk On, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Gigi Leung Wing Kei and others all eulogized Uncle Dong and consoled Ng Kwan Yu.

Taking over for Uncle Dong as the Mark Six lottery drawing host, the "Son of Mark Six" Choi Kwok Wai said, "I just saw the news through he media. My condolences to Uncle Dong's family, please take care. In the past few years I rarely ran into Uncle Dong in public, but in my impression, he was an elder who was very, very worthy of our respect. He was very nice and very professional. When we worked together for the lottery he shared many skills with me and greatly benefit me. I would continue to work hard on the lottery drawing so not to soil his title of 'Father of Mark Six'. I would forever miss him."

Ha Chun Chau (originally named Ng Kam Chuen), nicknamed "Uncle Dong", "God of Wealth", and "Father of Mark Six", was the father of three children, including Sandra Ng Kwan Yu and Vincent Ng Kwan Cheung. Ha Chun Chau was originally a staff member of a foreign business and was interested in the performing arts industry. He enter the industry in 1953, and organized an amateur drama troupe with Ho Chor Wan, Chan Bing Kau and others in the early days. He then applied to Radio Television Hong Kong as a broadcaster. Later he organized another amateur troupe on his own. In 1957 he switched to Rediffusion Television (RTV) and continued to work as a broadcaster. In 1961 Ha Chun Chau once faded out of the entertainment industry, in order to support his family he changed careers to engage in restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, etc. He officially made a comeback in 1969, returned to RTV and performed in dramas such as CROCODILE TEARS (NGOK YU LUI) and RAINBOW CONNECTIONS (WAN CHOI SUM CHU), variety shows, women's programs, etc. He then worked in Asia Television until 2000, a 30 year long tenure. He has appeared in many films and dramas, including RISE OF THE GREAT WALL (CHUN CHI WONG) and ALL IN ONE FAMILY (MOR DUN CHUT SUP YI GA FONG HAK), etc. For 17 years from 1976 to 1993, Ha Chun Chau hosted the "Mark Six" live lottery drawing, so he is also known as the "Father of Mark Six" and the "God of Wealth".

In his later years he still made guest appearances in comedy films such as ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2012 (BAK SING PO HEI), HELLO BABIES (LUK FUK HEI SI), ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2009 (GA YAU HEI SI 2009), all of which brought many happy memories to the audience. The most talked- about would be his advertisements for the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, and promote the concept of family planning and responsible parenthood.

Uncle Dong after retirement was still very active, attending events with his wife Aunt Dong and supporting his daughter Ng Kwan Yu's movies; Kwan Yu also often shared her parents' family photos, but in recent years Uncle Dong has not appeared in public.

Uncle Dong's relationship with Ng Kwan Yu was particularly good. He once said in an interview, "The greatest achievement of my life is having Ng Kwan Yu." When Kwan Yu joined show business after graduating from secondary school, Uncle Dong made the connections. He applied for the RTV training class for her but received no response. Later he took her to see Lau Fong Kong and was accepted into the TVB artist training class. However Uncle Dong said that Kwan Yu's development and achievement later came from her own effort and had no help from him. He praised Kwan Yu as a filial daughter, once financially capable she took the initiative to support her parents. He was proud that everyone called him, "Ng Kwan Yu's old man".

Uncle Dong's stage name Ha Chun Chau (Summer Spring Autumn), missing only winter out of the four seasons. Thus he was called "Uncle Dong". On Kam Kwok Leung's program ATV 100 CELEBRITIES, Uncle Dong spoke of his experience of hosting the lottery drawing for 17 years. He said that his colleagues were afraid that they would call the wrong number during the drawing, so very few people were willing to substitute in for him.