We meet the teary-eyed couple over drinks Lan Kwai Fong. Their story is pretty typical for Hong Kong and goes something like this: girl meets boy, they fall in love and maybe even move in together. He gets a raise and she gets a promotion and life is going well... right up until the family finds out. And then within days family relations hit a crisis point and rumours surface that a distant uncle has asked the Triads to get involved....

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 said on
May 22, 2011
It's a shame parents have to think that way... I have seen couples of this type but it's always one or even both sides of the couple who have to translate to family members.
 said on
May 24, 2011
@woaibento

中國嘅婚姻大部份都係兩個家庭嘅結合,所以摩擦會多啲,特別係異國戀。
 said on
August 21, 2012
Simple...marry a Chinese. Case closed.