Media veteran dies at 62

Former Asia Television anchor Thomas Lo Sui-sing died a sudden death after collapsing at home on Saturday at the age of 62.

A media veteran, Lo was a news anchor and reporter at ATV. He also helped run South China Media before joining Roadshow, then rejoined South China Media as managing director later on.

Born in 1958, Lo studied at the Department of Journalism and Communication in then Shue Yan College (now Shue Yan University).

After graduating in 1978, he joined the news department at Rediffusion Television, which later became ATV, and worked there for over 20 years.

During his time at ATV, he served as a news anchor and host for different news feature programs, including the weekly news program News Magazine.

In 2000, he left ATV and founded online newspaper Cyber Daily with former lawmaker "Mad Dog" Raymond Wong Yuk-man.

He also served as chief editor of Express Weekly magazine, then later chief executive of RoadShow.

In 2011, Lo took part in a series that invited Leung Chun-ying to express his political views and comments on social issues. After Leung was elected chief executive a year later, Lo was appointed a special adviser to the Central Policy Unit.

He rejoined South China Media in 2017 as the managing director of the media group. The group's employees yesterday took to the social media accounts of magazines under South China Media to pay respects to Lo.

"We would like to express our profound sadness over Lo's death," the group wrote in a Facebook post.

"The South China Media Group is deeply saddened by the passing of Lo, and would like to offer our deepest condolences to his family."

Prominent disc jockey Candy Chea Shuk-mui also took to social media to mourn Lo's death.

"We took part in a charity activity to plant trees on June 27, and Lo was still extremely energetic," Chea said. "Lo always knows how to appreciate otherswe really cannot accept that Lo suddenly passed."

Stephen Loh Chan, Lo's friend and former colleague, said he was shocked at Lo's death at 62 as he was an avid exerciser.

"We were in touch at the beginning of the year about having a meal gathering, but there will not be a chance to do that anymore," Loh said.