Editing Sam Hui (section)

==Early life==
Hui was born in [[Guangzhou]], [[Guangdong]], [[China]] in 1948. His parents were both musicians; his father was a [[traditional Chinese music]]ian while his mother was a [[Chinese opera]] singer. In 1950, along with his three older brothers, [[Michael Hui|Michael]], [[Ricky Hui|Ricky]], and Stanley, Hui and his parents arrived in Hong Kong as refugees in 1950, originally living in [[Diamond Hill]].{{sfn|Man|1998|p=85}} Hui graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the [[University of Hong Kong]],<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wT2Mje38yPsC&pg=PA146 | page = 146 | title = Refashioning pop music in Asia: cosmopolitan flows, political tempos, and aesthetic industries | first1 = Allen John Uck Lun | last1 = Chun |first2 = Ned | last2 = Rossiter | first3 = Brian | last3 = Shoesmith | publisher = Routledge | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-7007-1401-4 }}</ref> [[Ying Wa College]] and [[St. Francis Xavier's College, Tai Kok Tsui]] in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hui worked with Michael and Ricky on several comedies in the early 1970s. Hui has also gained credit for popularising [[Cantopop]], by incorporating the idiosyncrasies of Western popular music into the old Cantopop genre.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sEbAyJ7aj38C&pg=PA184 | page = 184 | title = Unity and diversity: local cultures and identities in China | first1 = Tao Tao | last1 = Liu | first2 = David | last2 = Faure | publisher = Hong Kong University Press | year = 1996 | isbn = 962-209-402-3 }}</ref>