Bobo Wong Po Yan

Biography

Wong Po Yan is a Hong Kong singer, English name Bobo Wong Po Yan, formerly known as Sarah Wong. She was born on 17 September 1966. She has one brother, two older sisters, and two younger sisters, and grew up in a police quarters in Tai Wu Kwu in the New Territories, where her father was a policeman. Her family moved to Lam Shui Shui Estate when she was in Primary Three. She graduated from Providence De Gen Primary School in 1979, where one of her classmates was artist Kom Man Fai. After graduating from secondary school, she worked in a store run by her father. Her uncle then introduced her to a singing teacher in Tsuen Wan to learn singing and read music scores, and her brother took her to work as a full-time singer in a lounge in Hung Hom. She participated in the 4th New Talent Singing Contest in 1985 with the song "I'm Crazy for You" by Jiang Li Ping, reaching the top 15. After the contest, music producer Zhao Run Qin saw her crying backstage and decided to sign her with Hua Xing Records. In 1987, she signed with Yin Xing Records and achieved unexpected success with Zheng Jing Ji in the song "Wine Glass Strikes Piano," and they were regarded as a music couple in the music industry despite not actually being a couple. In 1992, she signed with Yong Gao Creative and released the album "Love Meeting," achieving gold record sales. After that, the company released her single "Who Says Wild Flowers Don't Love Sincerely" and then her singing activities ceased. In 1995, Yang Shao Hong invited her to join ATV as an actress, participating in the series "Vampire Taoist Priest" and other TV dramas. In 1998, she decided to retire from the entertainment industry and switched to working as an insurance broker for ten years. In 2003, she opened a beauty salon in partnership with her sisters. In 2017, she opened a Western pastry shop "Empress Su Fei" in Kowloon City with parents of her children's classmates, and opened a second branch in Sheung Wan in August of the same year. That same year, she appeared on the TV program "50 Years of Popular Classics" after a 21-year absence, singing several classic songs and performing "Wine Glass Strikes Piano" with Zheng Jing Ji. In 2018, she joined a group of singers from the late 1980s and early 1990s to form the "Classic Students Association" and participated in a charity concert.