He is fluent in Punjabi (mother tongue), Cantonese, English and Mandarin, despite his inability to read and write in Chinese.
In an in-depth interview with Muse magazine in 2007, Singh discusses his cultural identity and confesses to seeing himself "like an ambassador for my people".
[3] In July 2012, after the Immigration Department notified that his wife's February 2011 application for naturalisation as a Hong Kong citizen had been rejected, he announced that he would depart from the Hong Kong entertainment industry and emigrate to Scotland.
[4][5] Singh left Hong Kong early 2013 and would not return until 2019, where he began acting for TVB again.
[6] As of 2021, Singh has moved back to Scotland to be with his family, as his eldest son was having a child.