Hong Kong actor Edwin Siu reveals Priscilla Wong as his wife at TVB awards ceremony

It may have been a night of some surprising wins at the TVB Anniversary Awards show held on Sunday (Dec 16), but it was Hong Kong actor-host Edwin Siu's impromptu marriage announcement that stole the show.

Siu, 41, and Wong, 37, had been dating for three years since playing a couple in TVB drama Madam Cutie on Duty. Siu had as recently as September pooh-poohed the idea of getting married.

Turns out, it's because they've already done the deed.

In his speech after receiving the award for Most Popular Onscreen Partnership, Siu said: "2018 has been a good year for me work-wise, and it has given me plenty of opportunities to shoot outstanding dramas and variety shows.

"In my life, I've also made a big decision this year. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my wife, Priscilla Wong."

His announcement was met by whoops and applause from artistes in the audience, as they spontaneously got on their feet.

Siu continued: "I've been distracted a lot, thinking of romantic ways to surprise my wife, but my brain is limited, and I'm not good with words. I was nervous the whole night. I've forgotten what I wanted to thank you for.

"Thank you for teaching me how to look after somebody and to be a better man," said Siu, before the pair shared a kiss onstage, egged on by their colleagues.

According to reports, the couple got hitched while on vacation in New Zealand in April, and it was Wong who proposed.

In an interview with On.CC after the awards show, Siu said his first proposal attempt at an amusement park in Europe did not go as planned.

He'd wanted to pop the question at the top of a rollercoaster ride, but Wong wouldn't open her eyes as she was too scared to look. Afraid that the ring would drop, he was forced to abort the plan.

Wong then took up the mantle and proposed by a river in New Zealand.

On why they kept silent, Siu said that after registering their marriage, too many things happened, including Kevin Cheng and Grace Chan's wedding, then Ruco Chan also got married to Phoebe Sin, followed by their subsequent baby announcements.

"I felt tonight was the best time to say it," said Siu in the interview. The pair have no plans yet to hold a formal wedding banquet.

After the ceremony, his wife posted a sweet message on Instagram, revealing that their quirky "wedding rings" fashioned from cutlery were all that they could find at the time.

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Wong added: "The witness at the ceremony had asked why we chose each other.

"He said, 'She's the one, that if she were to forget me in the next life, I'd just have to keep knocking her head hard, and she would remember me, and we would be together again. She's the one.'

"I said, 'Every time I fall down, he's always the one who would be by my side, allowing me to cry and express my pain until I stopped. Then, he would pull me up and bring me along with him. He's the one.'"

"What we give each other is the promise to accompany one another. No luxurious romance, but it's enough. We're not Law Dai Shu or Fa Ping [their characters from Madam Cutie on Duty]. We're not Fung Chik Yin or Gu Sing Sheung [their characters from Two Steps from Heaven]. We're Edwin Siu and Priscilla Wong.

"On that day, a rainbow appeared in the sky. This is the best blessing."

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