Peter Wong (sports commentator)
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Peter Hing-kwei Wong (nickname Pei Dan Wong (皮蛋黃, lit. Preserved egg yolk, or Kwai Sun (桂神, lit. Kwai God)) is a sports commentator in Hong Kong
. He currently works in ESPN in Singapore, and hosts a wide variety of Cantonese sports programmes, including football, basketball
, baseball
, American football
, tennis
and boxing
.
He is famous for his odd catchphrases during programmes, such as
- "There are only two possibilities for penalty: it's either going to go in or not."
- Who're the best friends of goalkeepers in the match? Of course the posts and the bars are!".
- Which team scores first in this match has a greater chance to win the match.
- Gary (Neville) has 3 weaknesses: no pace, running slow, not fast enough.
- This match can be put in the fridge now. (meaning the result is unlikely to change)
Such catchphrases are often use by other Cantonese-speaking sports commentators. He is a very controversial football commentator in Hong Kong, many find his commentating style being senseless but he has also many supporters thinking he is very entertaining. His catchphases and quotes in his shows has once been quoted in an email on the internet, named "101 golden football quotes of Peter Wong", which was then widely circulated. He also teaches Spanish
, French
and Italian
languages during a football match to Hong Kong
audiences. His best partner is Simon Kong(江忠德), who said they have co-operated for 15 years in a UEFA Champions League commentary.
Wong also writes football gambling
tips in famous Hong Kong
newspapers, and he is noted for the low accuracy rate of his predictions. It has been recorded that Wong had 23 failures out of 33 predictions about consecutive matches. http://hk.sports.yahoo.com/050416/42/1bnje.html In internet forums like HKGolden, he is glorified and nicknamed as Kwai Sun (Kwai God, 桂神) for being so reliable that gamblers can nearly always win by going against his predictions.
Peter Wong is a Liverpool fan, as he wrote in one famous sentence: I tip Liverpool in feelings, but I tip AC Milan in sense, in a newspaper before the final of the 2005 UEFA Champions League. In addition, it can be obviously seen that Peter Wong is so excited during the commentary of Liverpool matches.
Peter Wong has a wide interpersonal connection, he has a lot of celebrity friends as he mentioned in his programmes. And he often said that the legendary English football commentator, Martin Tyler
is one of his mentors.
Peter Wong is also very interested in singing Louis Koo
's songs. His personal favourite is 像我這一種男人. It was discovered that when he sings this song, he could not put down the microphone.
Despite his entertaining performance during programmes, Peter Wong had a sad life. His father, a Hong Kong tycoon, was kidnapped and killed in 1959. The kidnap case was known as the Three Wolves Case(三狼案) and is considered one of the most famous crime
in the Hong Kong
history. His intimate, his wife also died in a plane crash in 1982.
He was the former coach fof Eastern AA
, South China AA and Tsuen Wan. In the season of 1982-83, South China AA was under Peter Wong relegated to second division, the first time in the club's history, and finally retained due to request of Hong Kong Football Association.
He is described as a commentator, who integrates Latin and English styles of football commentary, together with Hong Kong local color.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. He currently works in ESPN in Singapore, and hosts a wide variety of Cantonese sports programmes, including football, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
.
He is famous for his odd catchphrases during programmes, such as
- "There are only two possibilities for penalty: it's either going to go in or not."
- Who're the best friends of goalkeepers in the match? Of course the posts and the bars are!".
- Which team scores first in this match has a greater chance to win the match.
- Gary (Neville) has 3 weaknesses: no pace, running slow, not fast enough.
- This match can be put in the fridge now. (meaning the result is unlikely to change)
Such catchphrases are often use by other Cantonese-speaking sports commentators. He is a very controversial football commentator in Hong Kong, many find his commentating style being senseless but he has also many supporters thinking he is very entertaining. His catchphases and quotes in his shows has once been quoted in an email on the internet, named "101 golden football quotes of Peter Wong", which was then widely circulated. He also teaches Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
languages during a football match to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
audiences. His best partner is Simon Kong(江忠德), who said they have co-operated for 15 years in a UEFA Champions League commentary.
Wong also writes football gambling
Gambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
tips in famous Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
newspapers, and he is noted for the low accuracy rate of his predictions. It has been recorded that Wong had 23 failures out of 33 predictions about consecutive matches. http://hk.sports.yahoo.com/050416/42/1bnje.html In internet forums like HKGolden, he is glorified and nicknamed as Kwai Sun (Kwai God, 桂神) for being so reliable that gamblers can nearly always win by going against his predictions.
Peter Wong is a Liverpool fan, as he wrote in one famous sentence: I tip Liverpool in feelings, but I tip AC Milan in sense, in a newspaper before the final of the 2005 UEFA Champions League. In addition, it can be obviously seen that Peter Wong is so excited during the commentary of Liverpool matches.
Peter Wong has a wide interpersonal connection, he has a lot of celebrity friends as he mentioned in his programmes. And he often said that the legendary English football commentator, Martin Tyler
Martin Tyler
Martin Tyler is an English football commentator who was voted as the FA Premier League Commentator of The Decade...
is one of his mentors.
Peter Wong is also very interested in singing Louis Koo
Louis Koo
Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
's songs. His personal favourite is 像我這一種男人. It was discovered that when he sings this song, he could not put down the microphone.
Despite his entertaining performance during programmes, Peter Wong had a sad life. His father, a Hong Kong tycoon, was kidnapped and killed in 1959. The kidnap case was known as the Three Wolves Case(三狼案) and is considered one of the most famous crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
in the Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
history. His intimate, his wife also died in a plane crash in 1982.
He was the former coach fof Eastern AA
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...
, South China AA and Tsuen Wan. In the season of 1982-83, South China AA was under Peter Wong relegated to second division, the first time in the club's history, and finally retained due to request of Hong Kong Football Association.
He is described as a commentator, who integrates Latin and English styles of football commentary, together with Hong Kong local color.
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