From the Queen to the Chief Executive (等候董建華發落) 22 years old

In 1985, Cheung Yau-ming 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 Majesty's pleasure," a clause in British law allowing the government to imprison young offenders for an indefinite period. The film picks up in 1997, with Yau-ming (now 28) being paid a visit by a girl named Cheung Yue-ling. With only six months to go before the Handover, Yau-ming 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 Chee-hwa.

Credits

From the Queen to the Chief Executive Cast

Name Character
Herman Yau He was 40, now 63 years old
Tony Chow

From the Queen to the Chief Executive Crew

Name Department
Nam Yin as Producer. Production
Herman Yau as Director. He was 40 (now 63) years old Directing
Joe Chan as Director of Photography. He was 32 (now 55) years old Camera
From the Queen to the Chief Executive poster
From the Queen to the Chief Executive (22 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, May 10, 2001
  • Runtime: 102 minutes