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Family Man
Family Man
Chinese	絕世好爸
Simplified Chinese	绝世好爸
Literal meaning	"Best Dad Ever"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	jué shì hǎo bà
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	zyut3 sai3 hou2 baa1

*Family Man*
Family Man
	Promo poster
	絕世好爸
Genre	Modern Drama, Romance, Comedy
Created by	Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Starring	Paul Chun; Flora Chan; Moses Chan; Sonija Kwok ; Michael Tong ; Jay Lau ; Edmond So ; Myolie Wu
Opening theme	Warmth "暖流" by Flora Chan & William So
Ending theme	Clay Figure "泥公仔" by Flora Chan ; Fated Person "有緣人" by Flora Chan
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Mui Siu-ching
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	TVB Jade
Release	14 October –; 9 November 2002

Family Man i(Chinese: 絕世好爸; Jyutping: zyut3 sai3 hou2 baa1; literally "Best Dad Eve") is a 2002 Hong Kong romantic comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Paul Chun, Flora Chan, Moses Chan, Sonija Kwok, Michael Tong, Jay Lau, Edmond So and Myolie Wu as the main cast. First original broadcast began on October 14, 2002 TVB Jade weeknights during its 8:00 to 9:00 pm timeslot.

The series earned Flora Chan her first Best Actress award at the annual TVB Anniversary Awards.

Synopsis

Ko Hoi (Paul Chun) is a widower who raised his four daughters alone. He is also a retired police officer who still participates as a saxophonist in the policeman band. Besides being a devoted father who still cares for his daughters, he is constantly worried about their lives, romances and happiness. The oldest daughter, Wasabi Ko Yuk Yee (Jay Lau), works as a facial specialist at a spa. She is unreasonable and quick tempered besides being the only daughter that is married. She and her husband Wong Jun Kit (Edmond So) constantly argue due to Wasabi's paranoia to keep tabs on him, but he loves her nonetheless and obeys her every rule. Second daughter Tracy Ko Pui Yee (Flora Chan) is a toy designer and workaholic. She has been dating her business partner Ken Hui Sing Chi (Savio Tsang), who co-owns a toy company with her, for many years which leads to Hoi constantly pushing the two to get married. But due to Ken's ambition to build their company he continues to put off marriage. Third daughter Bobo Ko Bo Yee (Sonija Kwok) has extremely high standards for a potential boyfriend. Due to her pickiness her relationships never last long. She is a journalist who is known to write articles without holding back and doesn't care who she offends, earning her the nickname "firecracker" from her colleagues. Lastly, the youngest daughter Polly Ko Chui Yee (Myolie Wu) is a college senior. She lives a carefree life. Being cute and pretty she constantly courted by guys.

Tracy's meets Ken's cousin Kelvin Siu Hin Wah (Moses Chan) when he invest in their company and become a shareholder. Suddenly Ken disappears when the company is in financial troubles. During this time Kelvin and his friend Dai Gwong Ming (Michael Tong) gets evicted from their apartment and end up moving into an apartment across from the Ko family. The Ko sisters are not happy with the arrangement since it would mean they will have to see them more often than they wanted. Kelvin initially tries to back out of his share of the toy company to avoid paying off any debt the toy company has occurred. However, seeing it as a loss for him if he walks away, he eventually works with Tracy, the two accomplishes on putting the company back on track when they get a contract in a business deal. Working together closely, the two eventually develop respect and feelings for each other. But suddenly Ken comes back.

Bobo and Ming also coincidentally work at the same news press. The two do not get along at first since Ming is Bobo's nemesis, but the two eventually become friends because of their shared hatred for her nemesis and work rival. Ming also eventually falls in love with Bobo after getting close to her but when she gets fired from her job, Kelvin uses his connections to try to get her another job. Seeing Kelvin scramble for her she falls in love with him and confesses her feelings. Kelvin, seeing Ken and Tracy resume their relationship he accepts Bobo's love confession and the two start dating. Ming, who does, is heartbroken but does not want to interfere on Kelvin and Bobo's newfound relationship keeps his feelings for Bobo quiet. However, Polly, who has a crush on Ming, starts hanging around him, but Ming makes it clear that he is not interested in her.

Meanwhile, Wasabi and Kit's marriage are on the rocks due to Wasabi's constant nagging that Ken is useless and does not make enough money. The two eventually separate, and during this time Kit meets and starts dating a woman who seems like the perfect girlfriend. Kit soon finds out that the woman he is dating is possessive and mentally unstable. She pushes Kit to divorce Wasabi or else she will hurt him or Wasabi.^[1]