Shades of Life
Shades of Life

Shades of Life

2014 1 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 0.0

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

The slogan "Learning: It's more than scoring" reflects the new culture of teaching and learning that is recently promote

EP 2

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

EP 3

Episode 3

Principal MA WUI-CHUNG has decided to take the plunge and give up his million-dollar annual incomes, stepping out of the

EP 4

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, B

EP 5

Episode 5

The competitiveness of an individual might reflect the one of the whole of the society. With existing cutthroat competi

EP 6

Episode 6

The retirement in old age is an inevitable part of life, however, some outstanding seniors would rather continue to work

EP 7

Episode 7

New immigrants set foot in Hong Kong, immediately triggering the Hong Kong-Mainland conflict. After years of waiting, o

EP 8

Episode 8

The information technology is like a double-edged sword, which could cause damage while improving our life. The fact th

EP 9

Episode 9

Foreign domestic helpers are the ethnic minority groups that are closely related to our daily life. Living under the sa

EP 10

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

EP 11

Episode 11

Hong Kong people, generations after generations, have spent most of their life time struggling on housing issues. For i

EP 12

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

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Henry Yu Yang
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Jack Wu
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Elaine Yiu
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Zoie Tam
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Lau Gwai-Fong
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Lee Hoi-Sang
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Andy Shiu Cheuk-Yiu
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Ben Wong Chi-Yin
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Rachel Kan
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Janice Shum
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Law Lok-Lam
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