For former beauty queen and actress Lelia Chow, the endless shopping expeditions and tea parties of a tai-tai had become unfulfilling.
Lelia, 35, has opened a studio in Causeway Bay called Millennium Kids, which offers art, Putonghua and English classes for children aged between 18 months and 14 years.
She says it was her choice to return to work.
'My husband would have preferred me to stay home and look after our children but I miss working,' she said. 'I think nowadays most tai-tais also prefer to do something with their lives.' A former Miss Hong Kong contestant, TV show hostess and film actress, Lelia gave up her showbiz career when she married businessman Robert Tsai.
Lelia said she did not need to prove anything to anyone by returning to work.
She had a successful recruitment agency before giving it up after having her first child.
