Legacy archive1934-2014
Lei Pang Chu: editor-in-chief of Macao Daily and a seeder of Macau literature
Lei Pang Chu
A Macau newspaperman and writer, editor-in-chief of the Macao Daily News. A native of Meixian, Guangdong, born in Macau, he was a man of both prose and poetry whose learning ranged across Lingnan history, Macau lore, painting and calligraphy connoisseurship, and literary criticism. The Cultural Affairs Bureau called him "a seeder and promoter of Macau literature". He served on the Cultural Committee, the Cultural Advisory Committee and the Macao Orchestra Advisory Committee, was a member of the China Writers Association and a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress, and died in Hong Kong on 30 October 2014.