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Two women from complicated family situations drift into drug addiction via different paths. Under the influence of her parent Mother Fong, an addict, Tsui-Fong (Cheng Yu-ling) becomes a user herself. Misfortune strikes when her live-in boyfriend decides to leave after she becomes pregnant; with the added responsibility of having to care for a baby daughter, she succumbs to the pressure...Meanwhile Siu-Lai (Chan Yuk-lin), to earn a living, becomes a dance-hall girl and subsequently gets into drugs, and eventually ending up the willingly kept woman of a Triad boss. What can social worker Mrs Lee (Wong Shuk-yee) do to bring a ray of hope back into their lives?
BRIDGE:
A wooden bridge across a highway is vital to the livelihood to the local residents of a squatters' area and a housing estate. When the government suddenly announces that the wooden bridge is to be dismantled, it raises the residents' ire and leads to a series of protests. A foreign-born radio reporter covers the affair, but experiences obstruction and in the end resigns in disgust. It is not until the child of a resident is run over while crossing the highway that things begin to turn around...
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