Chan Hon Lam, the character played by Kent Tong, was one of Tong's first major roles for TVB (i.e. more than being an extra or minor supporting character). I felt sorry for the character too...he was another example of what happened to honest people in corrupt Shanghai.Originally posted by SkineePanda
Anyone remembers the character played by Kent Tong. He was Ching-Ching's admirerer, son of a wealthy businessman, university student, Whampao academy reject, then a corrupt but patriotic detective. I feel more sympathy for him since Ching-Ching thinks nothing of him, in fact I don't think she paid any attention to him, even when he died. He sure meant well though. He wanted to be a soldier and fight for his country against foreign enemies but was rejected by the academy. Then he seriously wanted to be a good, clean cop but Hui Man-keung gave him a talk about surviving by being as corrupt as you can be. But he lattered worked on a newspaper that pissed off the Japanese or Fung. Then he got killed abruptly. Poor bastard.
I don't know the minor characters usually made a heavier impact on me. Like Ding Lik's first flame, the courtesan.
What was amazing about his character is how, after he lost Fung Ching Ching to Hui Mun Keung, he got over his initial jealousy and eventually became Hui Mun Keung's good friend. Chan Hon Lam helped Hui Mun Keung many times, and you might even say Chan Hon Lam died to help Hui Mun Keung in his quest to topple Fung Ging Yiu from power.
Ding Lik's courtesan left Shanghai and was never heard from again.