''Better Halves'' (金牌冰人) is a

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costume television series, premiered in 2003. Theme song "Beautiful Fate" (美麗緣份) composition and arrangement by

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, lyricist by

Wong Jim James Wong Jim (; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaboratin ...

, sung by Steven Ma.

Plot summary

Chuen Ka Fok ( Steven Ma), Lien Bak Hap (

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) and Ling Wu Hei (

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) are matchmakers in ancient China. Ka Fok and Bak Hap acting in a private capacity and Wu Hei in an official government capacity. In the course of their business Ka Fok and Bak Hap come into conflict, before deciding that they can maximize profits by working together. Despite finding matches for others Ka Fok and Bak Hap find it impossible to find a spouse for themselves, until they discover that their parents had already long ago arranged a betrothal between the two. Ling Wu Hei is a woman who has to pretend to be a male in order to fulfill her family's hereditary office of court match maker, this leads to difficulties when she falls in love with Ko Fei (

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) in a society intolerant of homosexuals.

Cast

Main cast

* Steven Ma as Chuen Ka Fok *

as Lien Bak Hap *

as Ko Fei *

as Ling Wu Hei

Supporting cast

*Cerina da Graca as Sang Seung Seung *Auguste Kwan as Ping On *Henry Yu as Lien Yung *Cheung Ying Choi as Ling Wu Cik *

Lily Li Lily Li () (born 14 June 1950) is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She is best known for her films ''The Wandering Swordsman'', '' Executioners from Shaolin'', ''One Foot Crane'' and ''The Young Master'', and television series ''The Br ...

as Wai Leung *Angelina Lo as Wan Leung *Chuen Cho Fu as Lam Choi Ching *Choi Hong Nin as Lau Sai Kwong *June Chan as Yung Yuk Lan *Simon Lo as Tong Man Sang *

Angela Tong Angela Tong (born 30 June 1975) is a Hong Kong actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. She was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She was educated in Concordia University. Pageant life After ...

as Po Yue *

Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Ka-wing (born 15 August 1969) is a Hong Kong American actor and singer who is currently under the management of the Hong Kong television network TVB. Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after playing his first lead role in the TVB drama ...

as Choi Chi Chau *

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as Fan Chi Kiu *Deno Cheung as Wing *

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as Choi Hiu *Winnie Yeung as Yuet Leung *Yeung Ying Wai as Yuen Tin Ha *Mark Kwok as Chun *Chung Chai Bo as Ting Chung Yee *Lo Lok Lan as Chun Tai Cho *

Lo Hoi-pang Lo Hoi-pang (born 21 December 1941) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Supporting Actor c ...

as Ting
Better Halves AF page. Retrieved April 27, 2015

Viewership ratings

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Better Halves (Tv Series) 2003 Hong Kong television series debuts 2003 Hong Kong television series endings TVB dramas