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Employee Days

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS
  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT


  4. PETER and his FAMILY are having their Sunday dinner.


  5. PETER: I'm appearing in court tomorrow and day after tomorrow.


  6. The family notes silently.


  7. PETER (V.O.): Unlike other Sundays, I hope I could sleep earlier so that I'll have the energy to engage.


  8. Thinking.


  9. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): On the other hand, if I don't have to work on a Monday, I might feel a bit of the Monday syndrome.


  10. Pausing.


  11. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do I need a day between Sunday and Monday?


  12. As Peter checks the time, desserts are served.


  13. Act 2


  14. INT. BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING


  15. Peter wakes up.


  16. PETER (V.O.): I did sleep well. A good morning.

  17. SEQUENCES OF PETER'S MONDAY


  18. A. Dressed in a black suit, Peter arrives at a Prosecutions Office.


  19. B. Peter prosecutes a DEFENDENT who pleads guilty. After admitting the brief facts, the Defendant is convicted.


  20. C. Peter is enjoying lunch in a Japanese restaurant.


  21. D. A remanded PERSON in the dock explains to the COURT his problems as Peter listens attentively.


  22. E. Peter leaves the court house.


  23. RETURN TO PRESENT


  24. EXT. SAI WAN HO - EVENING


  25. Having hesitated, Peter walks towards the sea front.


  26. PETER (V.O.): Today is a typhoon day. I wouldn't come out but for my court appearance. Let me see the difference.


  27. Peter walks past a pier.


  28. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Soon after my retirement, I joined my friends to take a ferry from here to Tung Lung Chau.


  29. Recalling.


  30. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When land transportation wasn't reliable in the latter part of 2019, my wife and I would take a ferry from Kwun Tong pier to land here, before walking to the court house.


  31. Peter then sees a lone SWIMMER swimming along the sea front.


  32. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I swim better than him, but he's obviously a risk-taker.


  33. Thinking.


  34. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Having had my 2nd jab for just 3 days, I'd only resume my swimming after a few more days.


  35. Peter then focuses on the Kai Tai Cruise Terminal on the other side of the harbour.


  36. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, I've an unobstructed view of the cruise ship mooring there.


  37. Recalling.


  38. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It looks life begins to return to normal. Will I take a cruise anytime soon?


  39. Pausing.


  40. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Today, there was a defendant who committed an offence related to prohibited gathering under the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation.


  41. Pausing.


  42. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The defendant was very concerned about getting a criminal record.


  43. Pausing.


  44. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): People make mistakes. In court, I see different defendants making the same mistakes.


  45. Pausing.


  46. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There're also many defendants repeating the same mistakes, paying lots of fines or going to prison regularly.


  47. Pausing.


  48. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They may be stupid, but nature isn't. It won't let anyone to repeat a life.


  49. Act 3


  50. EXT. FIREBOAT EXHIBITION GALLERY - EVENING


  51. Peter is initially attracted by the retired fireboat and then by a Gallery notice at its entrance.


  52. PETER (V.O.): Typhoon signal no.3 is being hoisted? Anyhow, I still have 30 minutes to visit the Gallery.


  53. Entering, Peter steps inside the retired boat.


  54. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): This retiree is one year older than me. It still works in retirement in a new way.


  55. Reflecting.


  56. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Me too, I am a junior in my private practice.


  57. .Reflecting.


  58. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In court and in life now, I still act like the inner young person I always have been.


  59. .INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT


  60. PETER (V.O.): If the days I work are Employee days, I've done one today.


  61. Reflecting.


  62. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And after another Employee day tomorrow, the rest of the days this week will be my Boss days!


  63. FADE OUT.


  64. THE END


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