First episode date 30 June 2003 | Final episode date 25 July 2003 Number of episodes 20 | |
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Genre Ancient costume, Romance, Comedy Created by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited Starring Steven MaMaggie Cheung Ho-yeeMoses ChanJoyce Koi Cast Steven Ma, Maggie Cheung Ho‑yee, Moses Chan, Cerina da Graça Similar Perish In the Name of Love, Virtues of Harmony II, Where the Legend Begins, The 'W' Files, Ups and Downs in the Sea o | ||
Better Halves (金牌冰人) is a TVB costume television series, premiered in 2003. Theme song "Beautiful Fate" (美麗緣份) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Steven Ma.
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Chuen Ka Fok (Steven Ma), Lien Bak Hap (Maggie Cheung Ho-yee) and Ling Wu Hei (Joyce Koi) 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 (Moses Chan) in a society intolerant of homosexuals.