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3	->''"Never take a case that involves the secret societies."''
4	-->-- '''Cheng Detective Agency's informal motto'''
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6	''Serangoon Road'' is a 10-episode TV series coproduced by Creator/{{HBO}} Asia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It stars Don Hany and Creator/JoanChen. Despite good reviews and ratings, HBO Asia representatives have mentioned in press statements that the show will not have another season.
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8	Set in {{UsefulNotes/Singapore}} in the mid-1960s, the show focuses on Sam Callaghan, an Australian expatriate with a shadowy past who joins a local detective agency. His investigations take place on a backdrop of political upheaval and racial tensions, as the island is on the verge of becoming an independent city-state.
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11	!!Contains examples of:
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13	* DoorstopBaby: Left on the doorstep of the Cheng Detective Agency.
14	--> '''Su Ling''': ''Who abandons a ''male'' baby? Mr. Callaghan, where were you nine months ago?''
15	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Even Bad Men Love Their Amahs: When instructed by his grandfather to execute his former amah, Kay Song instead arranges to have her sent out of harm's way.
16	* FortuneTeller: Auntie.
17	* TheGamblingAddict: Kang.
18	* HolidayInCambodia: At the time, Singapore was not the squeaky-clean place it later morphed into, and the series depicts it as a more (stereo)typical Cold War-era Southeast Asian city, full of intrigue and wracked by political violence.
19	* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Conrad Harrison, a young UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} agent, gets romantically involved with Su Ling, a local ethnic Chinese.
20	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed
21	* OpiumDen: Sam's favorite bar has a back room for smoking opium.
22	* ShirtlessScene: Sam's well-muscled naked torso is a recurring sight.
23	* TheSixties: The opening credits throw in explicit references to the international politics of the era, with footage of President Johnson and a young Queen Elizabeth. The UsefulNotes/VietnamWar is repeatedly brought up, as it is in the process of escalating, along with the American involvement in the region. And then there's Sam's VW Microbus...
24	* TakingUpTheMantle: Patricia, who decides to take over her late husband's detective agency and continue his work. She also sees this as a way of finding out who murdered him.
25	* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Kay Song is the grandson of the head of the Red Dragons, and he has definite ambitions about taking the family business in new directions.
26	* TropicalIslandAdventure: The series is set in Singapore during the 1960s.
27	* WheresTheKaboom: Happens to Kang as he and Sam try to force open a safe with dynamite.

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