Hong Kong actor and singer Shawn Yue announces a surprise wedding with his girlfriend Sarah Wang on Dec 5, 2017. [Photo/Official weibo account of Shawn Yue]

Hong Kong actor and singer Shawn Yue shared a photo from his wedding ceremony on the social media platform Instagram and officially tied the knot Dec 5, 2017.

In the photo, the 36-year-old laughed heartily and his bride Sarah Wang tightly held his arm.

"I just met the right person at the right time. And I would like to thank God for arranging for the best person to appear at the best time," he wrote on Instagram.

In the surprise announcement on Instagram, he also thanked his bride for delighting his life with "positive energy, happiness and laughter".

The 29-year-old bride now works as a model in Taipei city and the couple were rumored to be in a relationship since late last year.

It is said that Yue had met Wang when he was filming Love off the Cuff, the sequel to his mega-hit films Love in a Puff in 2010 and Love in the Buff in 2014 with actress and singer Miriam Yeung.

The trilogy revolves around the love story of Cherie and Jimmy, two smokers who met at an outdoor smoking area subsequent to the ban of all indoor smoking in Hong Kong, and is regarded as one of the most classic romantic movie series.

Poster of Love off the Cuff [Photo/Mtime]