Yiu Wai was born in 1948, the eldest in a family of seven.
Yiu Wai stayed in Shanghai with two of her siblings and came to Hong Kong later and worked in garment manufacturing in her youth.
She was gifted in music and began her singing career in the 1970s.
[1] In 1978, Yiu Wai was in a relationship with Cecil Chao.
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