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Season 1 · 12 episodes

E1
Episode 1

The slogan "Learning: It's more than scoring" reflects the new culture of teaching and learning that is recently promoted by Hong Kong schools. However, in reality, nothing ever goes as planned. Nowadays, most "Monster Parents" have great…

E2
Episode 2

This is the story about two senior citizens who both live in a subdivided flat. One of them is called FRANKIE, who used to be a police inspector with high academic qualifications, but he ends up in poverty after using up all his money and…

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Episode 3

Principal MA WUI-CHUNG has decided to take the plunge and give up his million-dollar annual incomes, stepping out of the Hong Kong educational system and establishing a free-of-charge tutorial school that is specifically for the students i…

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Episode 4

As the old saying goes, "One may distinguish himself in any trade". CHEUNG HOK-KAU was a student of HO-PANG's father, BAT-DAU, however, he didn't finish high school due to his family issues, ending up becoming a cleaning worker at very yo…

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Episode 5

The competitiveness of an individual might reflect the one of the whole of the society. With existing cutthroat competition in Hong Kong, a human resources consultant points out that twenty percent of those young job seekers they have con…

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Episode 6

The retirement in old age is an inevitable part of life, however, some outstanding seniors would rather continue to work at the stage of post-retirement. Seeking self-reliance and independence, they vigorously explore new possibilities, s…

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Episode 7

New immigrants set foot in Hong Kong, immediately triggering the Hong Kong-Mainland conflict. After years of waiting, our heroine, WONG MEI-FUN, bringing along her daughter, finally gets the one-way permit to Hong Kong so as to reunite th…

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Episode 8

The information technology is like a double-edged sword, which could cause damage while improving our life. The fact that the cyber sub-culture and cyber bullying have swept through our society gives people the impression that the interne…

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Episode 9

Foreign domestic helpers are the ethnic minority groups that are closely related to our daily life. Living under the same roof, there have been several court cases in which domestic workers have alleged torture and abuse at the hands of t…

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Episode 10

Each day, Hong Kong generates over 3,300 tons of food waste, which takes up 40% of the capacity of the daily waste that is discarded in landfill. And even in the newly established organic waste recycling center, only around 200 tons of in…

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Episode 11

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 …

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Episode 12

The cost of living such as real estate prices and price of goods in Hong Kong has been fairly high in recent years, yet Hong Kong's younger generations might not be able to afford to emigrate to another country even though they have assets…