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Tang Bao Ru is a Hong Kong singer, actress, and television host, known in English as Karen Tong Po Yu. She was born on October 4, 1971 and grew up near Shanghai Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon. She worked as a kindergarten teacher for four years after graduating from secondary school. She participated in the 9th New Talent Singing Awards in 1990, reaching the top five, and won the 2nd CASH Pop Song Composition Contest in December 1990 with the song "One Cappuccino," which caught the attention of PolyGram producer Xiang Shuai Huai, who signed her in 1991. She debuted in 1992 with a famous duet with Jacky Cheung titled "相思風雨中," which achieved great success in Hong Kong and mainland China. She released her first album "First Love" in November 1992, which achieved gold record sales. She won several awards as best new female singer in 1992, including the Silver Award for Most Popular New Female Artist at the TVB Top Ten Gold Songs Awards and the Most Promising New Female Artist Award at the Hong Kong Radio Awards. In 1996, she won the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award for the song "感冒." She was known for her distinctive short hair and was described as one of the "Four Little Flowers of PolyGram" alongside Liu Xiao Hui, Li Rui En, and Wang Xin Ping.