FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - 08:30
Opening a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kit, PETER takes out a swab, inserts it into his nostrils and rotates it several times.
PETER (V.O.): This is an alternate way. I used to insert it into my throat.
Opening a buffer extraction tube, Peter inserts the swab into it, rotates it about 10 times and lets it stand for a minute.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife plans to support the Government's call.
Peter then squeezes the swab up and puts back the tube cap.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Okay, I've processed the specimen.
Taking out a test cassette from a foil pouch, Peter adds 4 drops of the specimen into the sample well.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't think I've got COVID-19. I've no Plan B.
Before going to work, Peter's WIFE joins him to see only one red line on the top half of the result well.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 10:30
Peter reads a Quora answer request: Do you always need a plan? Why?
PETER (V.O.): I need a plan as I want to achieve effectively and efficiently.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A plan is like a road map. It shows the way to get there.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Even so, few plans ever go as planned.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd):The time I need no plan is when I need a break ie I want to do nothing.
Peter types his answer.
EXT. MANAGEMENT OFFICE - 14:15
Coming out with a RAT kit, Peter captures a photo of it by the lake.
PETER (V.O.): I don't think COVID-19 is in the air here.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): This is the third kit I've got - for my wife and me, and a maid.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is it a good use of public funds for Government to call for a voluntary mass exercise now?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If lots of people got positive results, does Government have a Plan B?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It didn't plan when there're plans to plan before the 5th wave of COVID-19 infections.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or if it didn't want to tell people its plan, show people the result.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's a shame that Hong Kong has the world's highest COVID-19 fatality rate.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): General words of condolences to anonymous bereaved families mean nothing.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Good governance has to be really pro-people and proactive.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In mainland China, those answerable are held responsible for the consequences.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the Hong Kong SAR, governmental answerability, responsibility and accountability are evaded as a matter of course.
EXT. COACH - 17:30
Crowded.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's justified that I should do another RAT test.
INT. STUDY - 20:00
The TV is on. We hear:.. those aged 60 and above can now schedule for their 4th booster dose...
PETER (V.O.): Oh, I've to plan when to take it.
Act 3
INT. SITTING ROOM - 21:00
Peter's wife chats with Peter.
WIFE: We'll continue to do our RAT tests for two more days.
PETER: Fine.
PETER (V.O.): An objective without a plan, and more importantly, actions, is just a wish.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Life and governance can be all about how to strategize a good Plan B.
FADE OUT
THE END
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