Mr. Ping Lam Ng

It is with much sadness that our father and grandfather, Ng Ping Lam (Ah Gung), passed away peacefully on February 23, 2022 at the age of 89. He was born in 1933, in Hong Kong, then a British Colony, to father Ng Ting Shan, and mother Yan Lien Ho, the youngest boy of six siblings.

Educated in Hong Kong, as an adult he worked briefly as a police officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police. In 1958, he joined the Kowloon Motor Bus company, which coincidentally was founded in 1933, as an inspector - working there until his retirement at the age of 60 as a senior inspector.

On retirement, he moved along with his wife Lam Shiu Jun (Ah Por) to Vancouver, Canada, to live with his daughter Hazel, son-in-law William Wong, grandson Melvin, and granddaughter-in-law Yi-Chun Chen, who he was able to witness their marriage even during the pandemic.

His second daughter, Anthea, and son-in-law Fai, live in London, UK, with his granddaughter Anika. His youngest son Ng Kwok Hung, daughter-in-law Xiaoli Li, and grandson Jacky remain in Hong Kong.

His hobbies included swimming, fishing, diving, riding his motorcycle, enjoying time with his friends, travelling, and a good game of mahjong.

He especially enjoyed travelling, taking trips to Taiwan, Thailand, New York, Madrid, Barcelona - going to various places in North America, Europe and Asia. His joie de vivre, optimism, and easygoing friendliness helped him get through many difficulties, including surviving cancer in his neck, the pain of chemo and electrotherapy, maintaining that positive and cooperative attitude that helped him persevere.

In Barcelona, he got pickpocketed, since he had a wallet-shaped bulge in his shorts. Little did the pickpocket know that the group of Asian tourists around him were all related and they were watching the pickpockets. Also, the wallet-shaped bulge was in fact just a folded wad of napkins, and he wasn’t the least bit concerned!

He liked to hoard random small items, like balls for example, that he remembered his grand-daughter Anika liked, since she played a lot of sports when she was young. Despite this, he kept on collecting random balls he found with the idea that they were for her.

Another time, we went to Pattaya-Thailand together, grandma and grandpa didn't complain when they were soaked to their waist, during a boat trip to the parachute platform, thoroughly enjoying themselves to the fullest. He loved to be active, making his way up to the top of the Statue of Liberty, all 354 steps without rest, so keen was he for the view and the experience.

Even living in Canada, he travelled to see the Niagara Falls, visiting Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. He took the bus frequently all over Vancouver to see places and buy things, or to visit his friends to play mahjong without telling anyone so that the rest of us had to guess where he would be.

Ah Gung was always cracking jokes and laughing. When I think of him now, it's always memories of him laughing. He liked to make jokes about how he knew the Queen or whichever other celebrity it was of the day. Even when he had his fall in early 2021, once he had recovered enough, he kept his spirits up, even when he moved into Three Links Care Home. He is remembered by the staff as having the best smile (despite being toothless), and always waving or giving a smile for all the nurses and staff.

A simple viewing service will be held on March 25, 2022 (1:00PM) at the Chapel of Forest Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 3789 Royal Oak Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

吳炳林(霖)(吳炳)(孤仔)

1933 年英屬殖民地香港出生

2022 年 2 月 23日在加拿大溫哥華 Three Links Care Home

安祥離世。

父親吳鼎珊，母親甄連好育有 6 名子女，我們的父親排行第六，是家中最年幼男丁在香港接受教育。

成年後他加入香港皇家警察行列。1958 年任職 KMB 九龍巴士公司，他與九巴很有緣份同樣是 1933 年。在九巴工作直至 60 歲退休，離職時任高級稽查。

年輕時他非常活躍喜歡游泳，釣魚，潛水及駕駛電單車。

我們小的時候很有優越感，因我們的父親懂英文，很西化，他會帶我們去 “車厘哥夫” 吃西餐。我們是聽英文流行歌曲長大，從小到大我們的父親只看英文電視節目。

60 至 70 年代香港經濟起飛，生活富裕他很喜歡去旅行, 而台灣就是他經常去三日兩夜的地方, 又可能因為是三伯父也是往來台灣的常客。

我們的父親為人樂天，喜歡旅遊，吃喝玩樂，無憂無慮。

對待朋友，風趣開朗。

平常他是一個不多説話和比較愛静的父親。

他對什麼事情都很隨和, 面對現實。

多年前他患癌病的時候，接受電療和化療，當時受到身心上的痛苦，他完全沒有半句埋怨. 一點擔憂也沒有，正面和合作的情況下终於戰勝癌魔。

60 歲退休之後和太太林少珍一起移民加拿大跟隨大女兒Hazel 柳玉，女婿 William 黃李萬 及 男孫 Melvin黃讚彥和孫媳婦 陳𦐒君一起居住在

加拿大溫哥華。

他在溫哥華生活愉快，經常到美國及加拿大各地旅遊。他當然不會忘記香港，他的出生地。退休後也經常回港探望親戚朋友，順道也去中國各地遊覽。

二女兒 Anthea 賽芳，女婿

關永輝及孫女 Anika 關恒敏

住在英國倫敦。他每次去探望他們時也順道遊覽英國及歐洲各地。

幼子吳國雄，媳婦 李曉麗及

男孫 Jacky 吳晉奇 現時居於

香港，因疫情期間沒法來

奔喪。

我們祝願爸爸，爺爺，公公

安息，在另一個世界永遠快樂!

現定於2022年3月25日星期五下午1點正出殯。

地點: Chapel of Forest Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 3789 Royal Oak Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada.