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because of his gambling problems he has to resort to living in poor condition, illegal, sub-divided apartments during his elderly years. He gets by, by collecting the rents for the slum lord. Frankie meets Fung Bak, another elderly man who is looking for cheap housing because his son's family has grown and their little apartment does not have enough room for all of them. Fung Bak, thinking his separation from his family is temporary since they are on the waiting list for public housing, lies to his family that he is living with a friend.
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received over 1500 complaints in its 2nd week of airing. The series was slammed for depicting Hong Kong citizens in a negatively and inaccurate portrayal of stereotypes. Also providing misleading information when depicting other country societies, such as episode 1 where it is mentioned about the
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difference between Hong Kong students and
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