She grew up in Shek Yam, Kwai Chung, and studied at Salesian Yip Hon Primary School[1] and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College, earning eight A-grades in the Certificate of Education Examination in 1985.

[4] On 30 June 2003, Tse was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal for Bravery (MBG) for volunteering to treat SARS patients during the outbreak.

She and a male nurse, Lau Wing-Kai, had intubated patients with terminal SARS, and were suspected to have been exposed to infected droplets.

[8] On the morning of May 13, the news of Tse's death was first reported on television and radio, which caused the mourning of many Hong Kong citizens.

The media successively named Tse "Hong Kong's daughter" (Chinese: 香港的女兒).