Tat Ming Pair's final release before their initial hiatus was 1990's Nerves (神經), another concept album which contained many songs relating to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and unease towards the upcoming 1997 handover of Hong Kong Also in 1990, Wong completed work in the Taiwanese film Ming Ghost (阿嬰) alongside Joey Wong. Wong also participated in the 1990 North American Concert for Democracy in China Tour (民主歌聲獻中華美加巡迴演唱會) in Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Toronto and New York City alongside other prominent figures including Lo Ta-yu, John Shum, Szeto Wah, Lowell Lo and Deanie Ip. The event lasted for 12 hours and raised over US$1.5 million for the students in Beijing. On, Tat Ming Pair participated in the Concert for Democracy in China which was a benefit concert held at the Happy Valley Racecourse in support of the students involved in the Tiananmen Square protests. The former is considered Hong Kong's first concept album and won the award for Best Record Design at the 1988 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards in which the band also won the award for Best Performance. The duo released two more acclaimed albums in 1988: I'm Waiting For Your Return (我等着你回來) and Do You Still Love Me? (你還愛我嗎). The film's soundtrack also included an alternate recording of the song "Searching For Love (情探)". Tat Ming Pair's second album The Story of the Stone (石頭記) coincided with the release and an instrumental version of the title track was used as the opening theme song. In 1987, Wong starred in the film Golden Swallow (金燕子) alongside Cherie Chung. For his performance in the film, Wong was nominated for Best New Performer at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards. The film contained many songs from their first full-length album Tat Ming Pair II (達明一派II) which was released in September 1986. In 1986, Wong starred in the Calvin Poon Yuen-leung (潘源良) film Kiss Me Good-Bye (戀愛季節) alongside Loletta Lee. Tat Ming Pair were influenced by British musicians such as Pet Shop Boys and David Bowie and also by electronic music. The majority of their album art was directed by designer William Chang. Wong's long hair prominently displayed on the cover of their first EP was considered subversive for men at the time in Hong Kong. The duo released a self-titled EP in March 1986 and were an immediate critical and commercial success due in part to their unique sound and distinctive imagery. In 1985, the band signed a contract with PolyGram with the help of Winnie Yu she also named the band Tat Ming Pair (達明一派) by combining both Lau and Wong's given names. Wong responded to the ad and realized Lau also shared a deep interest in electronic music. In 1984, Tats Lau advertised in a music magazine called Rock Biweekly (搖擺雙週刊) in order to find a vocalist for his band. He then began working as a DJ at Commercial Radio Hong Kong in 1984. He also worked as a production assistant at an advertising company before quitting to attend a David Bowie concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
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He worked as an assistant director for a TV program called Modern Women (婦女新姿) for two months in 1983. During this period and after graduating from the program, Wong had a few minor roles in television productions. Īfter completing high school, he entered a television training course at TVB in 1980. And so I left." Wong is now indifferent towards religion. The church was supposed to be a place to find release but it just became a place of suppression. I already realized I was gay by the time I reached high school, so the attitude of the church’s teachings was a strange contradiction towards me. Wong recalled in a 2013 interview: "Religion gave me a lot of inspiration, but it also gave me a lot of repression. Wong eventually left the church shortly after due to the conflict of the church's general attitude towards homosexuality. In high school, he became a Christian and desired to become a priest. In addition, he developed an interest in films, often attending theater showings alone while still in elementary school. He also became enamoured with local singers such as Paula Tsui. As a child, Wong developed a deep interest in music due in part to his eldest brother's record collection which ranged from Simon and Garfunkel to ABBA. Wong grew up in a housing estate in the Ngau Tau Kok area of East Kowloon. Wong is the youngest child of five siblings: he has two brothers and two sisters.
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