[1] He is of Chinese descent with ancestral roots from Fujian, China, and has an elder brother and sister who later pursued studies in Taiwan.

However, since he didn't want to follow his siblings and found Singapore too similar to his home country, he sought for places that are unpopular for Malaysian graduates.

[3] Initially considering postgraduate studies in political science, he eventually found himself lacking interest in the extensive essay writing involved.

[7] He then produced an RTHK documentary The Sea Gypsies,[8] and made his directorial debut in 2019 with the ViuTV romance series Till Death Do Us Part [zh].

[4][9] The screenplay was enlisted in the 2019 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum [zh], and went into production with Lau serving as the director and scriptwriter.