Shades of Life — Season 1, Episode 11: Episode 11
45 min • 1 season, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
Hong Kong people, generations after generations, have spent most of their life time struggling on housing issues. For instances, the middle class do not qualify for Public Housing, nor can they have extra money to pay off the deposit and the mortgage after paying for their living expenses. Here are three best friends, HUNG YIK, KWONG CHI-HUNG and FONG JUN-YIN, and each of them has a rough time either before or after his marriage. In order to have a roof over their heads, some take a round-about way, and some jointly invest the property with the others, ending up confronting challenges in both their career and love. How would they manage to adapt?
About Shades of Life
Yu Yang is a highly respected retired principal. He has a deep affection for traditional Chinese culture and places an emphasis on family values. His eldest son Jack Wu graduated with a journalism degree and works as a magazine editor. Jack likes to get to the bottom of things and sometimes has different opinions than his father on certain social issues. Yu Yang and his daughter Zoie Tam, being 40 years apart, have a major generation gap. Yu Yang finds it difficult to adjust to the rapidly changing technology era. Fortunately, his daughter-in-law Elaine Yiu is a good mother and wife, and keeps the household in perfect order. But as her son grows older, the family is faced with decisions about his education, which brings out the nerves of everyone. The series explores a number of critical issues for Hong Kongers, including education, housing, an aging population, declining competitiveness of youth, Mainland relations, and the immigration trend.