Early Life
Born on April 7th, 1960 in Hong Kong, Tong has the same birthday as his close friend Jackie Chan. Finishing his primary education in Hong Kong, Tong took his secondary education partly in Hong Kong and partly in Canada. When graduating from his secondary school in Canada, Tong made his application for major in Medicine at Miles Macdonell College. Unfortunately, his application was refused due to the College’s restriction in admitting foreign applicants. Instead, he was offered by the same college to study Civil Engineering. Tong had no interest in the subject at all that he decided to reject the offer. At the same time, Tong’s brother-in-law, who was then a film director in Hong Kong, asked him to consider a career in the film industry. Since Tong had a personal interest in drama for a long time, Tong made his mind to return to Hong Kong where he started his film career in 1979.
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