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Honour and Passion
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GenreModern Drama
StarringTay Ping Hui
Bryan Wong Lu Jiang
Felicia Chin
Rui En
Pierre Png
Dawn Yeoh
Opening theme跟着我一起 by Tay Ping Hui
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes20
Production
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp
ReleaseJuly 24,2007 –
August 20,2007


Honour and Passion (Simplified Chinese: 宝家为国, Traditional Chinese: 寶家為國) is a Singapore Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was hyped for being one of the few Mediacorp series that was sponsored by the Singapore Ministry of Defence. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It made its debut on 24 July 2007 and ended its run on 20 August 2007, which is then followed by Like Father, Like Daughter.

Cast

Main Cast

Supporting Cast

Synopsis

Introduction

Bao Pengju (Huang Wenyong), a Regimental Sergeant Major in the Singapore Army, lost his wife many years ago and became the sole parent given the burden of bringing up his children of four. He now runs his family like a military camp, with duties like area cleaning and breakfast preparation being the norm. Pengju has three sons and one daughter. His daughter is Bao Wenwei (Rui En), an advertising executive. Pengju's way of running the family means that Wenwei has little chance of living life as a woman, and thus she became more of a tomboy than a woman.

Bao Wenjing (Tay Pinghui) is an officer in the Special Operations Force and is the source of Pengju's pride and joy. Wenjing's love interest happened to be another officer that he stumbled upon in camp: Ouyang Pei Pei. Pei Pei is a mysterious officer with a past whom even her close friends were not so clear of yet. She wasn't aware of Wenjing's feelings yet. Although intelligent and talented at his work, Wenjing is extremely shy in front of Pei Pei, so much so that his tongue is tied when in front of her.

Bao Wenzhong (Bryan Wong) is a computer engineer. His sense of humor and easy-going nature makes him popular with women, often giving them the wrong idea. This resulted in Wenzhong having run-ins with psychotic women obssessed with him. This however, does not stop him from having his own ideals of love. As for Bao Wenguo (Nathaniel Ho), he awaits enlistment into National Service but resents it because of the pressure from his father, and often resorts to malingering to escape from camp trainings.

The Beginning

One night, three intruders armed with loaded M16 rifles inflitrated the Commando camp where Wenjing is training at. The guards at the gate were terrified when they saw the intruders, knowing that the keys to their rifles and ammunition was with the Guard Commander, who has switched off his handphone and is sleeping in the mess. The intruders however successfully bribed the guards at the gate to knock themselves unconscious and thus managed to enter the camp silently without notice.

The intruders did not know that Wenjing and another Commando had been tailing them in the dark. One by one, the two Commandos subdued them before they knew it and woke the Guard Commander, telling him to inform the Duty Orderly Officer of the break-in. After investigations, it turned out that the intruders were trying to gain access to top-secret documents in the Camp Headquarters, but before the investigators could probe further the three strangers committed suicide by swallowing cyanide pills. To Wenjing, this foreshadows that a major disastrous event about to happen to Singapore.

Wenjing was promoted to Captain because of his heroic deeds. It was during his promotion ceremony were he saw the love interest of his life - Captain Ouyang Pei Pei. Wenjing recognises Pei Pei to one of his friends in secondary school whom he used to have a crush on, but yet he was too shy to approach her, even until now. Wu Cheng Yi, a WestMack worker who has a temporary contract with Wenjing's Commando camp and is also one of Wenjing's friends, offers to help bring him and Pei Pei closer, although the attempts often fail due to Wenjing's inability to express his thoughts well.

At SAFRA, Pei Pei saw Wenjing's brother Wenzhong, recognising him to be one of her worst enemies during Primary School - They often fought in the past, and now the quarrels are starting all over again. When the two met again, they almost immediately started to taunt each other, with Pei Pei insulting Wenzhong by calling him gay. Little did she know how true that was.

Rising Tensions and Troubles

Women stalkers began to appear in Wenzhong's life, often claiming to be his girlfriend. This is due to Wenzhong's charming personality, which often gave women the wrong idea - Except for Pei Pei. Xiao Nuo happened to be one of his most prominent stalkers whom Wenzhong tried to avoid constantly. Wenzhong actually harboured a shocking secret about himself that not even his family knew: He is a homosexual. Further trouble brews when Wen Wei's new superior Picasso Soh began giving her trouble, often causing both of them to quarrel and backstab each other during work. Wen Wei got to know Cheng Yi, who was also Picasso's good friend. She decided to hire Cheng Yi for a major project that was entrusted to her, after seeing how good Cheng Yi was in dismantling and setting up computers and air-conditioners. She invited him to dinner with her family, and Wenzhong began to take notice of Cheng Yi...

Much to his dismay, the lazy Wenguo found out that he was to be enlisted for National Service on his Birthday. Wenguo resorted to malingering when he went through his BMT (Basic Military Training), as he has no desire to train on to become an Officer or Specialist. His father was infuriated when Wenguo repeatedly took MC before his weekend bookouts. Wenguo eventually managed to get into a slack voaction after his BMT, becoming an RP (Regimental Policeman), whose main role is to do guard duty to protect a particular camp or base. However, a bizarre twist of fate brought him into the camp where his brother is in, and Wenjing was told by his father to keep watch on him whenever he is the Duty Officer.

Under Wenjing and Pengju's supervision, Wenguo still has to train hard for his IPPT (Individual Physical Proficiency Test). After some pushing by his brother, Wenguo managed to get Gold for his IPPT, and he secretly used the $200 award that he received to buy some illegal 5.56mm M16 rounds at Beach Road. Wenguo also noticed that an apparently fake model of the SFG (Singapore Fragmentation Grenade) was put up for sale at a cost of S$30, and decided to buy it to put on his shelf for display. When he reaches home, he was shocked when he realized that was a real SFG that can kill people! He decided to keep mum about his lucky find.

Wenzhong befriended Cheng Yi and the latter was revealed to be a gay as well. The homosexual relationship between the two men began soon after the revelation, but Picasso began to have doubts about Cheng Yi. Picasso has the special power of sixth-sense, and he sensed that Cheng Yi is hiding something from everybody. He decided to end Cheng Yi's contract, much to Wenwei's dismay when she realises that her project would fail without Cheng Yi. Her mind snapped and she used a knife to injure Picasso, resulting in him being sent to a hospital. Picasso reported her to the police and Wenwei was arrested, awaiting bail. However, the police made a mistake - They thought Wenwei was a man, and sent her to stay in a cell with men! The police realised their mistake only after Wenwei insisted that the Prison Warden check her NRIC, much to the amusement of Picasso who visited her for the purpose of taunting her. Meanwhile, Wenjing managed to woo Pei Pei successfully after countless tries with undying patience and persistence.

True Fear and Power

The Camp Commander gave orders for Cheng Yi to enter camp without clearance, because he wanted Cheng Yi and the other contractors to fix the Air-conditioners and set up new PCs in his Office as fast as possible. Wenjing who heard of that from Wenguo, became unhappy. Although he knew that Cheng Yi is his friend, he still believes in doing everything by the book - Because that is the true spirit of the SAF (Singapore Armed Forces). However, because he is only a Captain, he cannot do anything to dissuade the Commander, who is a Colonel in rank. Back at home, Wenjing's father Pengju, passed down to him a suit of Samurai armour, telling him that it is a powerful secret weapon that can be used only at the most critical moment.

Unknown to everyone yet, Cheng Yi began using his camera phone to take photos around the camp. When his camera phone was found out by Wenguo and is told to surrender at the Guardroom, Cheng Yi decided that bringing in a camera phone isn't such a good idea. One night, he sent a small dog that entered the camp without arousing any suspicions. The dog is actually a cyborg with bionic eyes and is remote-controlled to take photos. Cheng Yi controlled the dog around and it came across some classified documents which it started to take photos of... Cheng Yi hires Yan Fei, the King of Gamblers, and asked him to calculate the chances of demoralising Wenjing the Commando by showing him some shocking truth about his girlfriend Pei Pei. Yan Fei said that since Wenjing is a devoted man to love, he would slip into depression if the truth was revealed. Thus Cheng Yi decided to take this gamble...

As for Wenguo who happened to be guarding the gate, he saw Cheng Yi trying to leave the camp with a box of wires and what smells like gunpowder. Wenguo ignores the warning bells that were ringing in his head and lets Cheng Yi leave the camp, but yet during the night he was unable to go to sleep, his mind kept going back to the scene of Cheng Yi and his box... Picasso's sixth sense became stronger, and he fears that something big is going to happen in Singapore soon. His fears were confirmed when news of the Singapore Parliament's destruction by a terrorist rocked the entire nation. Picasso and Wenjing became suspicious of Cheng Yi after Wenguo told them about Cheng Yi carrying something that smells like gunpowder. Wenjing decided to investigate, much to the objection of Pei Pei, who said that it is too dangerous. However, Wenjing convinced her, saying that no matter the cost, he must find out the truth in order to save his beloved country Singapore. Wenzhong was shocked by Wenjing's intentions, and he secretly informed Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi, now knowing that people are on his trail, immediately decided to carry out his plan to destroy the Esplanade...

Terrorist Saga

It is revealed from the stolen classified documents that Pei Pei herself is a classified top secret object: Pei Pei is actually a man, cross-dressed as a woman and sent by the Singapore government to replace the death of the real Pei Pei who died during a shootout with a few lackeys of Osama Bin Laden who illegally entered Singapore. The government's logic was that women officers cannot command soldiers well, so a "male Pei Pei" was commissioned to lead the soldiers without causing media attention. This Pei Pei is actually the brother of the original Pei Pei in disguise. A gloating Cheng Yi passed the classified documents regarding Pei Pei's true identity to Wenjing. Wenjing was devastated when he found out who Pei Pei really is. Despite the harsh truth revealed to him, Wenjing decided not to mess with the classified information of the Singapore Armed Forces, and so broke off with Pei Pei abruptly yet quietly. He also resolved not to let his personal feelings get in his way of work, a professional attitude which frustrated Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi soon kidnapped Picasso to prevent him from leaking out his secret - He is actually Qusay Bin Laden, one of the illegitimate sons of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden. He was one of the terrorists that planned the destruction of the twin towers that resulted in the September 11 tragedy in 2001. Later on, he underwent surgery to change his face, and came to Singapore with the false identity of Cheng Yi. The three terrorists who inflitrated Wenjing's camp earlier on were actually hired by him. Cheng Yi did not want to kill his friend Picasso, after having developed the concept of friendship and love through his interaction with Picasso and Wenzhong, instead leaving him in the care of the police before setting off for the Esplanade to blow it up. Wenzhong commited suicide after learning of Cheng Yi's true identity, and his family mourned for him, knowing that at least in heaven Wenzhong would find true peace.

A race against time to seek out and capture Cheng Yi, or Qusay Bin Laden, thus began. The authorities and Wenjing failed to find Cheng Yi, and he successfully blew up the Esplanade. He passed a video to the Media, stating that if the Singapore government refuses to break their alliance with the United States of America on the War on Terrorism and also fail to legalise homosexual marriages, the future consequences will be even worse than the destruction of the Esplanade. Intelligence officials managed to find out the location of Cheng Yi and his fellow terrorists: The island of Tekong. Thus the Army sent the Special Operation Forces, led by Wenjing, to deal with the terrorists. Wenjing swore to avenge his brother Wenzhong and the insult dealt to his beloved nation Singapore. Cheng Yi, who is now wearing a heavy cloak, disguising himself, announces his deadliest plan yet - Complete destruction of Tekong with Nuclear weapons, where thousands of Army recruits would be staying there!

Finale

In Tekong, the Special Operation Forces were ambused by Cheng Yi's ninja warriors. While they were tackling the agile Ninjas, Wenjing himself headed straight for the forest, which is where Cheng Yi would plant and activate the Nuclear Bomb to wipe out all living things in the island. Wenjing managed to catch up with Cheng Yi, but it seemed too late. Cheng Yi shed his cloak, revealing that he has undergone a bizarre surgery, turning himself into a metallic cyborg that can transform into an aerial vehicle of some sort! Wenjing was unable to defeat this new Cheng Yi in his current form, and he resorted to his secret weapon: He took out a magnificent set of Samurai armour, which his father Pengju had passed down to him. He don the armour and transformed into a Samurai Power Ranger.

A fierce battle raged between the two super-powered beings, and Wenjing the Power Ranger turned out to be the victor, albeit with a little help from Wenguo who threw the grenade he bought at Cheng Yi to distract him, revealing his vulnerability: The flashing red light at his chest. Wenjing then used the M16 and live rounds that Wenguo smuggled out of camp to shoot Cheng Yi at the chest and kill him before he could press the control to destroy Tekong. These heroic deeds made Wenjing and Wenguo into the headlines of the Straits Times. Wenguo was however sentenced to 3 months in the Detention Barracks for smuggling firearms out of the camp without permission, and thereafter the Camp Commander personally passed him the award for bravery.

Trivia

  • This drama is one of MediaCorp's large-scale productions produced in 2007.
  • This drama has a cross-over with The Unbeatables series. The characters of Yan Fei and Cheng Yi appeared in both Honour and Passion and The Unbeatables III.

Viewership

Week Date Average Number of audience in 5 weekdays (Round off to nearest thousand)
Week 1 24 July 2007 to 27 July 2007 664,000
Week 2 30 July 2007 to 3 August 2007 696,000
Week 3 6 August 2007 to 10 August 2007 709,000
Week 4 13 August 2007 to 17 August 2007 750,000
Last episode 20 August 2007 820,000

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