{{Short description|Hong Kong broadcaster (1922–2021)}} {{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} '''Li Man-King''' ({{lang-zh|c=李晚景}}; 16 February 1922 – 5 May 2021), also known by his nickname '''Li Ngaw''' (李我) or '''Lee Ngo''' was the pioneer of airwave novel radio broadcasting in Hong Kong.
==Career== He originally started broadcasting in Guangzhou, China. His fame preceded him to Hong Kong, where he performed story telling in Rediffusion Radio in 1949.<ref name="lcsd">[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/english/newsletter/nl08_2.html lcsd.gov.hk] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121219140434/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/english/newsletter/nl08_2.html |date=19 December 2012 }}</ref> In 1951 he worked for Macau's Radio Vilaverde Lda for a period of time. In 1957 he returned to Hong Kong to work for Commercial Radio until he retired in 1975.<ref name="lcsdn">[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/english/newsletter/nl08_1.html lcsd]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Many of his broadcasts were available at 12 noon to unemployed, the retired and housewives in the 1950s, when he worked for Radio Rediffusion.<ref name="Evans">Evans, Grant. Tam, Maria. [1997] (1997). Hong Kong: the anthropology of a Chinese metropolis. {{ISBN|0-7007-0601-1}}</ref> His novels were also adapted for Hong Kong cinema.
==Personal life== Li was born on 16 February 1922 to Li Dit-sai and Yip Oei Wan, a Chinese doctor. His ancestral hometown is in Xinhui County, Guangdong Province.
He was married to Siu Sheung.
== Death == On 5 May 2021, Lau Tin Chi announced on Facebook that Li had died, aged 99.<ref>{{Cite web|author=賴家俊|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E8%97%9D%E6%96%87/621137/%E8%B3%87%E6%B7%B1%E6%92%AD%E9%9F%B3%E5%93%A1%E6%9D%8E%E6%88%91%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%96-%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AA-%E5%BB%A3%E6%92%AD%E5%8A%87%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA%E6%BC%94%E5%A4%9A%E8%A7%92%E4%BA%AB%E8%AD%BD%E7%9C%81%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE%B3|title=資深播音員李我離世 《天空小說》廣播劇一人演多角享譽省港澳|publisher=HK01|access-date=2021-05-06|date=2021-05-05|language=zh}}</ref>
==See also== * Uncle Ray
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