ma fu (lau dan), is a retired officer of the hong kong correctional services. he is the patriarch of the ma family and his traditional and disciplinarian approach to life creates both friction and solutions. the other members of the family are his much younger sister ma yau (florence kwok); second son and daughter-in-law, ma keung (tsui wing) and lo lai sheung (); the deceased eldest son´s ma gin's, children ma tse yan (joey law) and ma tse nei (angel chiang); and youngest son ma chuang (lai lok-yi).