Chow Sing Sing

Biodata

Career Progression

Background and History

Flying Tigers service

Chow Sing Sing serves under Flying Tigers commander Lam Ke-shing and is also a junior officer whom Wong Bing Yiu has supported. His “Number One Killer” nickname reflects both his effectiveness against criminals and his tendency to get his own team eliminated during training exercises. Wong requests his participation in the Pig Slaughter Operation to reinforce Zhou Quan and help Chow’s career 51.

Operations against Wong Po and the Nai Family give him enough experience to attempt promotion. However, he repeats his old mistakes during the Flying Tigers’ internal assessment and gets his entire team wiped out in the exercise. Lam consequently judges him unsuitable for higher command within the unit 80.

Edinburgh College assignment

When Wong Bing Yiu’s Kindly Gun disappears, Wong sends Chow undercover at Edinburgh College. The assignment also provides a route out of the Flying Tigers and into another department. Because the operation is unrecorded, Chow is technically on personal leave, with his equipment retained by his original unit 80 82 84.

Chow stays with Cho Tat-wah, who poses as his father. Schoolwork becomes a serious obstacle: Edinburgh College will exclude him from classes if he fails to submit it, yet he cannot understand the assigned trigonometry. Zhou Quan supplies operating funds and completes the homework while explaining answers for him to copy, then tells him to find a tutor 81 82 83.

During the subsequent arms search, Chow locates the targeted truck within five minutes and recovers both the hidden weapons and Wong’s missing pistol. His eventual transfer to the Anti-Triad Unit allows him to receive the Senior Inspector promotion that the Flying Tigers’ assessment had prevented 86 97.

Following Zhou Quan

Although Chow initially reaches Senior Inspector slightly before Zhou Quan, he deliberately treats Zhou as his superior and begins calling him “boss.” He recognizes both Zhou’s ability and his prospects, willingly allowing his own officers to follow Zhou’s orders 114.

His attachment develops beyond career calculation. He follows Zhou to the Security Department without hesitation and later considers his rise into the commissioned ranks a debt worth repaying at personal risk. By the later stages of his career, his support for Zhou’s decisions acts as a rallying signal for other members of Police Force core management 288 373 1027.

Personal life

Chow has no immediate family remaining. He maintains a close relationship with his girlfriend and arranges their wedding for late October. Zhou personally takes over Action Group duties before the ceremony so that Chow can prepare; the marriage is confirmed shortly afterward 460 475.

Appearance

• Thick hair: He repeatedly grabs at it when distressed by homework or promotion-examination study 82 291.
• Sharp eyebrows: Specifically noted during his exaggerated reaction to Zhou Quan’s transfer invitation 288.

Personality

Chow is irreverent, theatrical, and comfortable clowning around with people he trusts. Around Zhou Quan, he uses exaggerated flattery, mock tears, and shameless attempts to obtain tea. His joking manner can disappear immediately when an assignment becomes serious 121 268 288 313.

He strongly dislikes studying, having originally applied to the Police Academy because he hated schoolwork. Even after becoming Chief Inspector, the prospect of studying laws and Police Force regulations for promotion makes him complain about being sent to reservoir duty instead 81 291.

His loyalty coexists with a ruthless approach to suspects. He adopts Zhou’s confrontational treatment of gangsters, threatens an assassin with water torture, and uses the prospect of criminal retaliation to pressure an uncooperative witness. He also expresses pronounced hostility toward foreigners, particularly during confrontations involving British officials and Japanese terrorists 118 305 373 386 413 591.

Despite his ambition, he does not treat old colleagues as inferiors after overtaking them in rank. He continues to regard Luo Danian, Kwan Man Chin, and Lok Kai-cheung as brothers of equal standing. His concern for fellow officers also leads him to seek a substantial loan for an injured former Flying Tigers subordinate’s treatment 420 460 664.

Abilities & Skills

Close-Quarters Combat

• Claims to have ranked first in Flying Tigers close-combat training for years 84.
• Subdues Ah Chai, Tony, and Ah Fu in rapid succession with a knee strike and sweeping kick 118.
• Is assessed as second only to Zhou Quan in combat ability among Zhou’s subordinates during the Yang Qian’er protection assignment 247.
• Demonstrates precise force control by making staged neck strikes against two cooperating G4 officers without injuring them 553.

Firearms and Assault Operations

• Specializes in assault work and is explicitly described as an expert shot 365 619.
• Shoots Rabbit with a shotgun, deliberately disabling his arm rather than killing him 329.
• Leads helicopter rope descents alongside T Group and Flying Tigers assault officers 372.
• Recognizes when a more specialized marksman is preferable: Ling Jing receives the critical shot intended to severely wound Wei Mianna without killing her 619.

Operational Command

• Develops from an effective fighter with poor training-command results into a commander entrusted with major independent operations 51 547 754.
• Plans a sting around Ouyang Hai’s decoy hideout, using an apparent police success to draw the criminals out 547.
• Coordinates route selection, surveillance feeds, reserve forces, and concealed assault positions against the Tin Yeung-sang Ronin Group 564.
• Leads Operation Sharp Sword at the scene, issuing surrender warnings and authorizing immediate sniper action against emerging threats 711 713.

Intelligence and Investigation

• Oversees TUI and coordinates intelligence needed by other investigators. TUI leadership is attached to the T Group command during his tenure 386 850.
• Conducts discreet internal inquiries into Crouching Tiger officers when ordered by Zhou Quan 313.
• Extracts information about Zorro’s arrival by threatening to publicize Wu Chi-yung’s supposed confession, exposing him to retaliation from the Z Fund’s backers 591.
• Is vulnerable to sophisticated psychological manipulation: Lai Sheung-ching temporarily diverts his reasoning until Zhou intervenes through a monitoring headset 543 544.

Management

• Initially has a weaker administrative foundation than his operational peers; Zhou considers DCP Operations his likely career ceiling unless further experience broadens his abilities 600.
• Later learns to distribute credit among the National Security Department’s leadership rather than claim it alone 699.
• Eventually develops sufficient management insight to be considered qualified to contend for leadership of the entire Police Force 875.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Glock pistol and body armor — Used during the heavily armed Yang Qian’er protection assignment 247.
• MP5 submachine gun — Carried alongside a shotgun for witness protection and selected for a close-range assault with Zhou Quan 247 281.
• Shotgun — Used to disable Rabbit during an ambush 329.
• AR-15 rifle — Carried during the operation against Takizawa Ryūichi 372.
• Handgun loaded with rubber bullets — Prepared for Su Kin-chiu to seize during Wei Mianna’s staged escape; Chow leaves the holster’s retention clasp undone 618 619.

Relationships

• Zhou Quan — Superior, patron, and closest professional allegiance. Chow is Zhou’s first Officer Rank confidant and one of his two most trusted lieutenants; he follows Zhou’s orders without hesitation 114 288 1027.
• Wong Bing Yiu — Early patron. Wong arranges the Edinburgh College assignment and later transfers Chow into the Anti-Triad Unit, removing the obstacle to his Senior Inspector promotion 80 97.
• Cho Tat-wah — Undercover partner and pretend father. They share accommodation during the school assignment and frequently bicker over their cover relationship and household chores 81 83.
• He Wenzhan — Fellow trusted lieutenant and later direct subordinate. The two supervise Action Group training and seek money to help fund surgery for He’s injured former subordinate 298 450 460.
• Luo Danian — Longstanding colleague and friend. Chow continues to regard him as an equal brother despite later outranking him 420 664.
• Kwan Man Chin and Lok Kai-cheung — Fellow group commanders under Zhou Quan; the four share close personal ties and strong working coordination 420.
• Pang Yik-hang — Commands Chow’s First Group and earns his praise for exceptional shooting. Pang later succeeds to the T Group and TUI leadership 365 850.
• Unnamed wife — His longtime partner. Chow promises to try to avoid further undercover assignments, and Zhou gives him time away from operational duties to prepare for their marriage 246 460 475.

Major Operations

Notable Quotes

“As long as I can keep following you, boss, I’d even be willing to take Reservoir Duty!” 288

“With your number one killer on the job, I guarantee there won’t be any problems!” 247

Trivia

• His habit of taking Zhou Quan’s tea becomes a recurring office joke: an invitation to tea becomes an excuse to take an entire tin, and later visits routinely diminish the contents of Zhou’s tea canister 121 268.
• His English is not particularly fluent, though Takizawa Ryūichi can understand him during their confrontation 373.
• Chow and He Wenzhan each request HK$7 million for an injured former subordinate’s overseas surgery. Zhou writes both checks, then questions why wounded officers must rely on personal fundraising 460.