Born on 27 August 1973 in Hong Kong to Fujian-ese parents of Vietnamese origin, Pang was educated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where her parents now reside. She has one younger sister who participated in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant of 1997. Pang also worked briefly as an airline hostess at Virgin Airways before embarking on her career in Hong Kong broadcasting. In 2000, Pang married a businessman, but divorced him in 2006. She has one son. Pang was interviewed by local newspaper Ming Pao in Chinese about her personal feelings.
Career
Radio
In 1998, Pang began working for government public-broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 2, which broadcasts in Cantonese with programmes aimed at youth, entertainment and popular music. Having a brief background as a DJ in Toronto, Pang trained for six months at RTHK and became a very popular broadcast DJ and announcer. In 1999, Pang earned a main character role in the 32-episode Radio RTHK historical dramaThe Book and the Sword. She became noted for her vocal changes in taking on a character and was sought by dubbing studios and for commercial advertisements. Pang made appearances on RTHK's Teen Power coaching prospective DJs on how to use vocal changes to emote. Pang was asked by director Alan K.K. Yip to sing a Cantonese-version of the theme for a Korean drama. "A Wrongly Secured Love" rose to the 12 position on the Cantonese Golden Songs Pop Chart in March 2003. Pang released a few records and had other Top 20 songs including "Waiting For Your Love" sung with Chan Kin Chong. In May 2004, Pang moved from the midnight music programme Late Mother, Late Father to the long-running 06:00–10:00 weekday programme Morning Suite and also co-hosted the Saturday 12:00–14:00 Cantonese Top 20 Pop Chart, increasing her on-air exposure. Despite moving to television news in March 2008, Pang maintains a presence on RTHK Radio 2. She continued to co-host Cantonese Top 20 Pop Chart until July 2009, filled-in for her Morning Suite replacement on 1 October 2008, and made numerous guest-hosting appearances on other RTHK radio programmes. In October 2009, Pang began a new Sunday afternoon radio programme Lassies and Nerds with co-host Tsang Chi Ho, which examines the social needs of those who are single and over the age of 30 in Hong Kong.
Master of ceremonies
Known as a very animated hostess for live stage and TV shows and special events, Pang also performs master of ceremonies duties at high-society private parties. Pang lectures on public speaking at the HK Productivity Council and makes appearances as a judge at the Master-of-Ceremony Competitions. Pang is noted for her hosting of the popular annual environmental programme, The Solar Project, a RTHK combined live radio-and-TV stage production, from 2001 to 2007. Her last "Let's Go" concert by RTHK was held in Hong Kong in conjunction with TVB.
Television
Pang started in television in 2001 with segments on RTHK's education channel, ETV, including co-hosting "Education News" and "Inter-School Quiz". She co-hosted a number of televised awards shows and events, including the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards, the 4th Global Chinese Music Awards, benefits for Save China's Tigers and for victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and Hong Kong's 2008 New Year's celebrations. She is noted for hosting the annual televised production The Solar Project. From October 2007 to February 2008, Pang co-hosted a thrice-daily 3-minute video news segment 'Witty Banter' for PCCW's 'NOW! News' Channel 332. In March, Pang was promoted to senior anchor for the channel's weekday morning news programme. Also in March 2008, Pang was invited to host NOW!TV's Dim Sum TV channel current-affairs programme Talk of Fame. Pang hosted many early episodes, showing her ability to research and interview a wide variety of subjects.
Author, playwright and columnist
Pang's first book is Yi Zhong Ai Qi Duan Qing, a collection of gay and lesbian love stories. It was released on 18 July 2007 at the Hong Kong Book Fair. A second paperback titled 中女挑宅男 is a collection of short stories recounted from her popular RTHK radio programme Lassies and Nerds, published at the end of 2010. In July 2011, Pang released another Chinese book titled 中女解毒 in parallel with a stage play of the same name, in which Pang starred. A follow-up book was released at the 2012 Hong Kong Book Fair. Pang is a regular contributor to weekday Chinese-language newspaper AM0730. Her column, running on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is titled "Zhong Nui Wan Sui". Pang also contributed articles in English to the Local section of the free daily newspaperThe Standard. These articles echoed her Chinese-language blog. The last of Pang's well-received short articles was printed on 25 October 2010. A 2011 interview about her personal life struggles is also in print by The Standard.
Detention
On 12 January 2007, Jacqueline Pang Ching was detained by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption for purportedly being involved in a fraud by a superior involving claims of reimbursement of tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars between 2002 and 2003. Due to lack of any conclusive evidence, Pang was released, and returned to host Morning Suite.
