Francis Mak Yun-sau, whose radio programme on RTHK has won him legions of young fans,
says happiness is the key to a healthy family. He has earned the reputation of an on-air counsellor.
Mak's father passed away when he was a child, and he was brought up by his late mother who raised the family single-handedly.
'I didn't suffer much. It was my mother who had to put up with the hardships,'
says Mak, 54. 'She always gave me the best. Even when she had to eat leftovers, she would find fresh food for me.'
Mak has no idea what his father was like and had little idea of what a father should be. That changed when he started caring for his mother when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2004. Before the diagnosis, his mother would accuse her daughter-in-law of stealing from her, but Mak soon found out this was a symptom of the illness.
