On The First Beat

Following the completion of the training, CHUNG LAP-MAN and LEE PAK-KIU finally pass out from the police cadet school. MAN is to team up with a very experienced police officer SHUM WING-BIU in his first posting. An emergency arises and MAN is called in to deal with the situation. With his efforts and determination, MAN can finally complete his task and receives rapturous praise from the public. Although MAN is going steady with his girlfriend HO FA, he shows a lack of confidence in her and raises a strong objection when she announces her plan to study design in Japan. KIU runs into his girlfriend MA OI-LAM while on duty. LAM asks KIU why he has switched off his mobile. Shocked and embarrassed, KIU gives her a wry smile and promises to switch his mobile on again. KIU encounters YUEN WAI-NI when he is dealing with illegally parked vehicles……

KIU is besieged by a gang of suspicious-looking people while on duty. KIU has some physical contact with the suspects in the confusion and gets a complaint about it later on. The Miscellaneous Enquires Sub-unit has requested an explanation from KIU. NI, who has a reputation for being strict, is to follow KIU’s case. She reveals to KIU that the complaint against him is likely to be justified. NI takes MAN in for questioning. MAN tries to intercede for KIU but ends up getting a good telling-off from NI. Wanting to atone for his mistake, KIU offers to work on rest days, which irks LAM beyond measure. Desperate to see her boyfriend, LAM tries to walk after KIU along his patrol route, during which she happens to run into CHENG CHI-KEUNG, the one who has complained about KIU. Noticing that KEUNG and his gang are acting suspiciously, LAM decides to stalk the guys. Unfortunately LAM is discovered and gets shot dead straight away……

MAN and KIU are shocked to find that the newly appointed sergeant is a member of KEUNG’s gang named CHEUNG KING-FUNG. FUNG is in fact an undercover police officer who managed to infiltrate the drug trafficking ring. Believing that FUNG has something to do with LAM’s death, MAN and KIU have both shown open hostility towards him. KIU discovers that FUNG is not only unfamiliar with the standard operating procedures but also tends to be a bit too violent while in the execution of his duty. MAN therefore submits an anonymous letter of complaint against FUNG. Upon receiving the complaint letter, NI asks FUNG for an explanation. The two of them have a serious argument over the matter, which greatly shocks and embarrasses CHEUNG NIM-YAN, who is FUNG’s sister and NI’s subordinate in the Miscellaneous Enquires Sub-unit. NI and FUNG have been divorced but YAN and NI’s father YUEN MOON are desperate for them to get back together……

MAN and KIU learn from AH SHUI, the waiter who works for Moon Kei, that NI is the daughter of YUEN MOON, the owner of the tea restaurant. They are utterly surprised to hear that NI is the ex-wife of FUNG. In order to fulfill his promise, KIU has been engaged in part-time studies and happens to be placed in the same class as NI. KIU and NI have gradually become friends. KAI-CHIU would like to recommend KIU for promotion to the rank of inspector but FUNG points out that KIU is perhaps too inexperienced for that position. KAI-CHIU has finally taken FUNG’s advice. Knowing what FUNG has done, MAN means to challenge him to a basketball match in an attempt to seek revenge for KIU. MAN has a gathering with MING-CHEONG later in the night, during which CHEONG reveals the reason why FUNG keeps getting at KIU. YAN is shocked to see that FUNG has got injured. Believing that it is all MAN’s fault, YAN picks a quarrel with him……

Shortly after MAN’s return home, CHING comes along. According to herself, she is the daughter of LAN. LAN finally reveals her past and how she had abandoned her husband and daughter when she was younger. MAN keeps picking on YAN in the police station but is given the cold shoulder by other colleagues. LAN still has not got used to the fact that her grown-up daughter CHING is already back with her. She is so stressed out that she finally decides to flee from home. CHING would like to stay at MAN’s home and lives there as her permanent residence, which is quite a bit of a headache for MAN. MOON gets robbed but is saved by FUNG. NI goes to pick MOON up and is surprised to discover that FUNG has arranged for someone to buy MOON a late-night snack so that MOON’s wife SHUK-YIN will have no suspicion about what might have happened to him. NI is deeply touched by FUNG’s thoughtfulness……

KIU spots FUNG talking with a prostitute while on duty. CHIU asks to have a word with FUNG and reveals that there is a complaint against him for misbehaving. CHING sneaks into KIU and MAN’s bedrooms and makes a terrible mess, which irks the lads beyond measure. MAN and KIU run into CHING when they are on duty. In order to get MAN’s help and attention, CHING raises a rumpus in the street. MAN has no choice but to stop and deal with her. Because of CHING’s interruption, MAN and KIU cannot arrive at the scene of crime on time. Taking into account the magnitude of the mistake they made, FUNG decides to move them to other positions. KIU is transferred to the report room while MAN will be stationed at the casualty. MAN plays a trick on CHING by telling her that her mother LAN is hiding on Lamma Island. CHING gets lost on the island but is rescued by YAN and MAN before danger strikes……

YAN falls down in a faint suddenly, so MAN and CHING send her to the hospital at once. MAN plucks up his courage to say sorry to YAN and YAN is glad to accept his apology. While in the execution of his duty, MAN needs to carry an injured person down the stairs. With the patient on his back, MAN, after getting on the ground, runs to the ambulance which is being stuck in the next street. MAN comes to understand why FUNG seemed to be so unreasonable with him and that all he did was actually for the sake of the general public. NI’s younger brother KA-FU has returned to Hong Kong for his summer holiday. FU manages to get a summer job, in which he is required to sell a range of healthy food. Believing that there must be something wrong with the company he is working for, YAN advises FU to resign as soon as possible. YAN has lost contact with FU and is so worried that she decides to turn to FUNG for help……

CHING almost gets knocked down by a car while chasing LAN. In the nick of time, MAN comes along and manages to save her. CHING realizes that she has fallen in love with MAN. She even persuades MAN to break up with FA. MAN points out that FA is a very hardworking girl and that it is her diligence which makers her so attractive. He means to compare CHING to FA and goes on to slag her off for being too lazy and aimless. Having heard what MAN says, CHING is resolved to join the Hong Kong Police Force. KIU is thrilled to bits when he hears that his supervisor is going to involve him in an operation against drug trafficking. FUNG points out that KIU is not the appropriate person to take up the job and recommends MAN for the undercover operation instead. KIU gets so unhappy when he knows that MAN is the one who ends up being selected. He gets even unhappier when he knows that it is FUNG who has made the suggestion……