Angela Pang
Angela Pang | |
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| 彭家麗 | |
Angela Pang in 2014 | |
| Born | June 27, 1969 |
| Alma mater | Fung Kai No.1 Secondary School |
Angela Pang Ka-lai (Chinese: 彭家麗; born 27 June 1969), is a Hong Kong female singer and singing instructor. Her younger brother is the artist Peter Pang Ho-fung. Before retiring from the music industry, she was an artiste of TVB. In 2012, she joined Hong Kong Television Network. In 2013, she returned to the music industry and signed with Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) and TVB (2014).
Early life
Angela Pang Ka-lai grew up in Hung Hom, Kowloon. She has an older sister and a younger brother, both of whom attended English primary schools.[1]
Career
She once participated in the Junior Police Call Singing Competition. In 1987, she accompanied her friends to participate in the CBS/Sony Asia Star Singing Competition hosted by Hong Kong Sony Music and won the championship. She also represented Hong Kong in Tokyo, Japan to compete together with representatives from China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. Although she did not win the prize in Japan, she was invited by Hong Kong Sony Music to sign a contract as a singer. As her family requested that Hong Kong Sony Music wait until she finished her studies before officially becoming a singer, she did not release her first solo EP Goodbye Nineteen until February 17, 1989. In the same year, she was arranged by the company to join Asia Television as a partner with Baby Bo Pui-yue and Fanny Cheng Sui-fan,[2] They traveled to Japan together to shoot the music special "Kagoshima New School Trio".[3][2]
At about 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2004, after sending a friend home, Pang was robbed on Shanghai Street in Jordan, her skull was fractured and she nearly died.[4]
In August 2013, Pang sang "Never Like Being Alone" (Chinese: 從不喜歡孤單一個) with Red Sun Entertainment Chairman Chu Sau-yan at a fundraising event,[5] Pang appeared composed and calm performing opposite Chu Sau-yan, and therefore won praise from netizens for her professionalism. In December of the same year, she rejoined Hong Kong Sony Music Entertainment to prepare for the release of an album.[6]
References
- ^ "與弟弟彭皓鋒互相扶持走出低谷 彭家麗遇扑頭黨死過翻生︰學懂珍惜親情". 香港經濟日報. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b "鄭瑞芬簽約無線 謂把握機會接受挑戰". 華僑日報. 5 November 1989. p. 9. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "亞視周日播音樂特輯 鹿兒新派三人行 柏安妮往斯里蘭卡拍". 華僑日報. 15 July 1989. p. 24. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "香港歌手彭家麗遭搶劫 頭骨破裂險喪命". 東方日報. 27 February 2004. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "原來還有一個彭家麗". 晴報. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "彭家麗重投Sony出碟". 香港蘋果日報. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2013.