Ron Ng: “I Was Poor and Lived in Public Housing!”
Ron Ng (吳卓羲) and Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) possessed confidence in their currently aired TVB drama, L’Escargot <缺宅男女>. Although “Kwan Yi So” Mandy Wong (黃智雯)shot to popularity since the broadcast of the drama, Linda was not afraid of the spotlight being stolen, instead praising that Mandy had a lot of potential.
Among his recent series in the last few years, Ron admitted that L’Escargot was one of his top 3 favorite scripts. While growing up, Ron and his family had lived in a 400 square feet public housing apartment. Ron stated, “When I was a child, I slept in the living room. However, we lived happily together. I often kicked ball in the building hallways and played ping pong, unlike the children today who have the luxury to play video games.”
Upon the reporter’s comment that Ron was misconstrued as coming from a moderately well off family, Ron said nervously, “Of course not! Did you confuse me with someone else?” (Was it Raymond Lam 林峰?) “He grew up playing model toys!”
Indicating that his mother wished he would become a property owner soon and not have to pay rent, Ron said, “It would be best if I can live with my mother, so there is soup to drink after work, breakfast and lovingly-prepared lunchboxes to eat! For some time, my mother had to take care of my sisters’ kids and I felt very lonely. I had to rely on the maid and often ate instant noodles.” (Why don’t you get married!) “I have not yet reached an age suitable for marriage yet. I have to buy a house and earn enough money first!”
Source: Oriental Daily
Jayne: I am quite surprised to learn that Ron is not already a property owner. He appears frequently at promotional events, performs in overseas mini-concerts, etc. Why can’t Ron afford to buy a house already?
cuz tvb is cheap
” Why can’t Ron afford to buy a house already?”
Probably because he used the money to buy other things like cars.
That’s what I think too. He probably didn’t think too much ahead to start saving up for a house.
Ron’s not exactly known for his smarts.
Haha, yes. I always think of him like a male bimbo. But lucky for Ron, Him law will probably take his place as the new himbo.
LOL, so agree with you. Just look at his choice of gf, you can already tell how “smart” ron is
@josie,
haha do you mean “limbo” instead of Himbo? Anyway even if TY is really dating Him Law, i think the real limbo would be TY cuz she will be risked getting a black eye and broken nose in future!
@ Veejay
Himbo = Him + Bimbo = Male bimbo
OIC thanks Kidd
Haha good combination
@Veejay
Can only call those beautiful but stupid bimbo or himbo. Ron is a himbo, Him Law is a himbo, but Tavia is not a bimbo as her face looks ridiculous now. She is just plain dumb.
Maybe he spend money for Viann’s beauty maintenance
That is a possibility and I would not be shocked if he did. Sadly, when you are that plastic, you have to maintain it more than others…
Yah plastic surgery women need to maintain more if not they will look weird by time. It’s also normal for bf to spend and support their girls.
I know that it is normal for a boyfriend to spend on their girlfriend, however, I personally feel that IF she has a job and makes her own money then she should not bother her boyfriend for this and that… I don’t feel that that is right but that’s just me. Yea, people that are plastic need to spend way more money and time in order to maintain themselves or else they would not be presentable.
Yeah, probably high maintenance cost for his plastic dolls, gambling in casino/stock market etc…
Downpayment for house cost a bomb in HK. Ron probably didn’t save up enough money since he changed cars like every 2 years.
He should get some tips from his best friend LF on some ideal investment
He should get tips from Bosco. Bosco bought 3 houses, invested in a restaurant business and still has money to buy an Audi.
Wow really? I’m really impressed with Bosco then! Despitr giving off a flippant charm, he’s really wise with his investments!
Bosco is indeed smarter than Ron in way of investment. Bosco is already a boss/shareholder of a restaurant in Msia. He even expand his business oversea.
yeah i think bosco would have to be the smartest amongst the “new generation siu sangs” in tvb nowadays… he even said himsef he wants to be like michael miu
He probably used it all on cars and that Viann girl. Also, TVB doesn’t pay much and the cost of living in HK is really high..
Viann need a lot of money to stay looking like a doll.
Because he could use the money he earn from TVB to pay back the debt he own to Louis Koo ,i remember in his youth he borrow money from Louis koo to gamble and chasing girls .
you talk as if you know Ron during those years LOL. Louis denied it.
I have never ever heard of about Ron borrowing money from Louis. Was it just a rumour. It is sad if Ron gambles and honestly, IF that is true than I am not surprised that he still can’t afford a house. However, I have a feeling that Ron doesn’t anymore even if he did in the past…
@ HTS
I’ve read about this news, but, I also read news where both Ron and Louis denied the case.
@Kidd,
Thanks for the info. When was that?? I guess I missed that piece of news back then… Honestly, even if it was true, I don’t think either of them would admit it to the public…
@ HTS
I don’t remember when. It was very long ago.
@Kidd,
Ok, thanks for letting me know. I had a feeling that it was from long ago.
Louis Koo is really rich, he gave away angpow worths HKD300 to reporters.
Kidd, Sehseh
Well leasing a nice car, even the Mercedes Benz that Ron drives, is not that expensive. No need to buy a car if he intends to switch models frequently.
What percentage is required for the down payment amount in Hong Kong? 40%?
I remember reading that Bosco’s 3 houses are small apartments in Sha Tin district (to collect rent), so they are not that expensive to mortgage. He mentioned in today’s news that he is interested in buying another house at the end of the year. From the sound of it, this may be a bigger, nicer house that he will be living in himself. I wonder if he will invite Myolie to move in together?
Some guys can be too crazy about cars….brrr haha
Bosco himself is guilty of this exhanging-collecting-cars-hobby, Jayne..and I thought HK is too small for many cars. He has 1 Audi, 1 small antique Japanese car, 1 sedan for his mum(BMW?), and also car-related, he paid the down payment for Myolie’s new car(Mercedes?).
Jayne,
I think as you know in HK, even if you are really rich, the most that you can get is a nice 2 room apartment for the most part since there is not a lot of land… I don’t think that they can get a nice and big 2 story house with a front and back yard like in the US and Canada because there is just not enough land due to HK’s small size.
I am glad that Ron is honest about his early life and family background. I don’t think he needs to feel ashamed or anything since even Tony Leung and Andy Lau came really humble beginnings but look at them now???
That’s such an unfortunate picture for the both of them, lol.
Agreef with the article! Mandy stole Linda’s spotlight! Linda should learn more acting and stop crying
Linda is not bad maybe she overdid it a little this time. Still consider Ron’s acting in this one as a one-time fluke.
He will revert back to his wooden face you will see, LOL
Agree about woody boy.
Honestly, I find Ron’s acting chop in this series has improved. He seems to show more expression than his normal wooden face. Hopefully he will maintain his acting ability in his future series by concentrating more in his acting rather than playing too much of plastic doll.
He doesn’t have a house yet? Doesn’t he have a super nice car to pick Vianne zhang up from airport?
I read in another article where Ron confessed that in his life, he never really tried to save up for a house cuz he was still young and didnt think much of it. He said that he enjoyed cars and spent money in that more. But now that’s his older and more mature, he wants to focus on buying a house and that you don’t need to change cars anymore cuz that not important anymore.
Also I feel like lots of single guys when theyre young like to focus on purchasing fancy dream cars. But once theyre older they focus more on house. Ppl usually start thinking of buying a house when they want to settle down and have a family. When ur young, you don’t really care where u live, it’s the ride that u drive which is important to them. Of course it’s just the life style you like. There are others who focus on saving up for a house and drive broken down cars too
Or some bought a house because they wanted their parents to move to a bigger apartment in a better location.
Very surprise he dont even owe a small house yet. Agree he’s not known for his smarts. But I dont think he make as much as Bosco anyway.
There was a time when we dont see him in any series, that’s after some really bad press.
Plus he dont have that many adverstisements right? That’s where the real money comes from.
But lately he has been given better series so I’m sure he’ll have more money. Hope he dont spend all of it on girls & cars!!!
Houses in HK is very expensive. And he probably has a family to take care of, an expensive gf to maintain, plus an image and lifestyle to keep.
I think he can ease his burden if only he dumps his plastic doll that is so expensive to maintain. I heard Mainland women who have some “beauty” in them (whether artificial or not) are expensive to maintain. Once you goes bankrupt, don’t ever wish to see them with u thru thick and thin cuz it happens to my friend who used to date mainland doll, she was all over him when he was a boss but one day once he goes bankrupt etc, she was no where to be found… vanish so fast!
@Veejay,
That is so true. I have heard so many stories about those plastic dolls and how expensive they are to maintain. I guess guys will quickly find out of a girl is natural or not. Even a girl that is “natural” and did not have any plastic surgery, they use lots of expensive make up, skincare, clothing,etc…. Boy, an average joe would not be able to handle that…
House in HK is super-expensive and people even have to live in cage (I read on news and even saw this in Cold Blood Warm Heart – the scene where Adam Cheng looks for his future in law brother after Adam is released from jail). However, if this Ron cannot truly buy one, how many people can?
What I dont understand is, he’s young, perceived by many to be good looking, a celebrity, can make some money, popular…..why does he have to go for those money grabbing girls?
I’m sure lots of wonderful nice normal girls/fans would be dying to know him !!!
Actually many actors aren’t property owners.
Even Chilam who recently bought a HKD3 million Lambo, is still renting a place to stay. Weird isnt it?
Guess that he is saving money for the marriage :P.
In terms of his status and popularity, he probably doesn’t get that much $$ for attending events compared to other ppl who came out the same time as him and already up there.
His attending events fee is $HK40k/function, compare with other ppl who come out at the same time with him, he isn’t the lowest or highest. FYI, TY only has 36k/function so his situation isn’t too pathetic, lol. You can see the price in one old Face magazine and it confirmed by 620 to be lacked out of Txb by an inside officer.