Complex sentence: After being awarded second-runner-up in the 5th New Talent Singing Awards, held by the TVB in 1986, Lai received vocal coaching from Dai Si Zong and in the same year, he also obtained an artist contract from Capital Artists.
Split into simpler sentences: After being awarded second-runner-up in the 1986 5th New Talent Singing Awards, Lai received vocal coaching from Dai Si Zong (戴思聰). In the same year he also obtained an artist contract from Capital Artists.