 Wong Ka-kui came from a small, middle class family. His childhood wasn't filled with materialistic satisfactions, but he played the common games that kids played during that time, like flying kite, jumping boxes and capturing grasshoppers. From primary to secondary school, he admits that he had bad grades, especially in math, a class which he was absent quite often.
Upon finishing his secondary school, he immediately joined the working force, holding miscellaneous jobs, one after an other, but none of the jobs lasted long. Sparkles flew upon a normal life when he fell in love with music, with his persistent nature. Influenced by friends, Wong began to take notice of the pop music scene when he was 12 or 13 years old. Then it was the emergence of David Bowie. Bowie's unique and strange appearances, along with his magnetic voice, captured Wong's heart, initiated Wong's undying link with music. Close friends of Wong knew him as a very stubborn person, unwilling to admit defeat.
He began playing guitar when he was 17 year old. At first it was only a hobby, but then he joined an amateur band, playing rhythm guitar. Once, the lead guitarist had harsh
criticism on Wong, claiming that his guitar playing skill was too horrible, and that he would never amount to anything in life. This attack fired up Wong's persistence nature. He sworn to practice hard, and made his immediate goal to be able to play better than the lead guitarist. Wong's dream finally came true. While working, he also jammed with friends in a band.
In 1983, Wong and Sai Wing, along with other friends, formed a band and entered the
guitar competition sponsored by the Guitar Magazine. They eventually won the Best Band award, and thus began the name of Beyond in the music scene. For 10 years, with voices of approvals and disapprovals, Beyond remained as they were, proving their persistence and strength
in surviving.
After Beyond was formed, they've made a few movies aside from working on music. Movies which all 4 of them were involved with include: Gut Sing Gung Chiu, Happy Ghost Saves Happy Ghost, Black Maze and Beyond's Diary. Wong Ka-kui alone was involved with Lung Munh. With Ka Kui passing away, Lung Munh became his very last file.
While filming a game show in Japan on June 24, 1993, Ka-kui fell off a platform and was hospitalized. He was in a coma for several days and never recovered.
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