Ms PANG Ka Man Jacquelinesave
Winners of The 8th Hong Kong Volunteer Award - Individual
Currently working in the media, Ms Pang Ka Man Jacqueline has engaged in volunteer service for 15 years. After divorced, Ms Pang lived several years in depression. She then realized that the need to live her life again. By chance, she interviewed a regeneration warrior, which enabled her to get to know, for the first time, the volunteer work of movie narration for the visually impaired persons.
Since 2009, Ms Pang has become the first movie narrator of the Hong Kong Society for the Blind, i.e. the predecessor of audio description when there was no dialogue in a movie. Ms Pang still remembers that when she first assumed the role of a movie narrator, she heard a warm applause with joy from the audience at the end of the movie. This touched the heart of Ms Pang and she committed to help the visually impaired community and she also realized volunteer work helped her regain her self-confidence. This further motivated her to continue volunteering with determination. In 2018, she accepted the invitation to become the first audio describer. She made audio description for movies and TV program. Audio description helps the visually impaired to enjoy movies, museums or other tourists’ attractions, such as wetland park like other visitors with normal vision.
In addition to using her talents to perform audio description service for the visually impaired, Ms Pang also brought impact into her industry. From time to time, she promotes “Audio Description Service” in press columns and radio programmes. She encouraged people to volunteer and shared her professional experience with others. She also trained volunteers for audio description service. All her efforts are aimed to strive for the promotion of social integration.