From the Queen to the Chief Executive

In 1985 Cheung Yauming was one of five miscreants involved in the brutal murder of a white couple As he was still a juvenile the court ordered that he be detained at Her Majestys pleasure a clause in British law allowing the government to imprison young offenders for an indefinite period The film picks up in 1997 with Yauming now 28 being paid a visit by a girl named Cheung Yueling With only six months to go before the Handover Yauming and 22 other prisoners hope to have their sentences determined soon fearing what might happen should the decision about what to do with them become the province of incoming Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa