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The Unbeatables I
The Unbeatables I (双天至尊I) is a Singapore drama series that was made by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's (SBC) Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow-ups, The Unbeatables II and The Unbeatables III. Cast *Li Nanxing as Yan Fei/Lin Jianfei *Zoe Tay as Luo Qifang/Long Jiajia *Zhu Houren as Long Tingguang *Chen Shucheng as Yan Kun *Cassandra See as Luo Wenxin *Lin Yisheng as He Xiangnan *Liang Weidong as Cai Haijie *Hong Huifang as Qiu Huaifeng *Richard Low Richard Low (; born 19 June 1952), also known as Liu Qianyi, is a Singaporean actor. He is best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and its predecessors. He also acted in some of Jack Neo ... as Qiu Dingtian Synopsis King of Gamblers, Yan Kun and King of Deception, Long Tingguang, both set their eyes on Coral Island - an undeveloped empty island- for their future casino landmark. Through underhanded methods, Long wins t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Nanxing
Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ah-Ge' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a film director and producer. Li has acted in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. He had won the Best Actor awards three times in the Star Awards, an annual acting awards in Singapore. Li was also one of the first batch of actors to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award with Zoe Tay & Chew Chor Meng. Career Li Nanxing attended Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's drama training course before debuting in 1986 with ''Crossroads'' (). Li gradually rose to stardom in the 1990s. In 1993, he rose to prominence when starring in ''The Unbeatables I'', the first ever gambling drama series produced in Singapore, alongside Zoe Tay. For most of the 1990s, he, Tay and Chew Chor Meng were MediaCorp's three most popular actors and he was voted the Top 10 Most Popular M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Tay
Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of the first batch of actors to receive the Star Awards All-Time Favourite Artiste award, along with Li Nanxing and Chew Chor Meng. To date, Tay has received four Star Awards for Best Actress - a record for most number of wins in the category. Early life Tay is the sixth of seven children born to Teochew parents. She was three when her biological mother died in an accident. Her father remarried and had a daughter with Wong Pong Chin. Her father worked at a pig farm in Lim Chu Kang while her stepmother was a housewife. Tay attended Kay Hua Primary School and later, Yuan Ching Secondary School, where she completed her O-level examinations. She studied fashion design at the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. When she was 13, she thought of u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Shucheng
Tan Soo Seng, better known as Chen Shucheng, (, born 21 October 1949) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He is one of Mediacorp's few artistes still active from the "black and white" era. Career Acting Chen joined Mediacorp, then known as Radio Television Singapore (RTS), as an actor in 1971. Since then he has portrayed many different roles ranging from a young nerdy doctor in '' The Awakening'', a rich flirting playboy in ''Pretty Faces'', the famous philanthropist, Tan Kah Kee in the war drama, ''The Price of Peace'' to a strict and unbending father in '' Love at 0°C'' . Chen's work was recognised in 2007 when he was awarded the "Evergreen Veteran" award at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. After being nominated many times, he won his first acting award in Star Awards 2012 Star Awards 2012 ( Chinese: 红星大奖 2012) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for the two fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Houren
Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Ind ... actor. Personal life Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School. In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm '' After School'', while taking on a role in the same film. During the Star Awards 2010, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as ''Liang Zhigao 梁志高'', an old man who suffers from senile dementia for the drama '' Reunion Dinner''. He is married to Vera Hanitijo and has 2 sons, Jonathan, an independent director, and Joel, an actor. Filmography Television Compilation album Awards and nominations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Houren Singaporean people of Chinese descent Living people Singaporean male film actors Singaporean male television a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao Chuan
Chao Chuan (; born 18 June 1961), known sometimes as "Chief" Chao, is a Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan (Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, r ... pop singer. His breakthrough came with the song "I'm Ugly, but I'm Tender" () which was a giant hit in mainland China in 1988. His next major hit was "I'm Just a Little Bird" (, 1990). Albums * (; 1988) *''At Last, I Have Lost You'' (1989) *''I'm Just a Little Bird'' (1990) *''Chao Chuan Four'' (1991) *''You Are Always on my Mind'' (1991) *''Promise'' (1993) *''Finest Selection'' (; 1994) *''Love Me Then Give Me'' (; 1994) *''I Should Have Loved You From The Start'' (; 1995） *''Hero in the Darkness'' 黑暗的英雄（1996） *''Star of Hope'' (; 1997) *''Deep Sea'' – EP (1997) *''A Little Braver'' (; 1999）insert card ''Courage'', also known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one Singapore Island, main island, List of islands of Singapore, 63 satellite islands and islets, and Pedra Branca, Singapore, one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the List of countries and dependencies by population density, third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four Languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 8 (Singaporean TV Channel)
Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The channel's logo is a yellow number 8 on top of a red disc. History Channel 8 began its test transmissions on Saturday, 31 August 1963, Malaysia's national day. Its first day consisted of a Hokkien film, repeats of India's participation in the South East Asian Cultural Festival and Singapore Celebrates. A second test transmission took place between 16 and 20 September of that year and devoted much of its time to the week-long celebrations, to coincide with the historic Proclamation of Malaysia, and the political campaigns leading up to the 1963 General Election. Channel 8 officially began broadcasting on 23 November 1963 at 7:40 p.m. as "Saluran 8 Televisyen Singapura" and aired at first in Chinese (including Mandarin, dialects of Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTSC
The first American standard for analog television broadcast was developed by National Television System Committee (NTSC)National Television System Committee (1951–1953), Report and Reports of Panel No. 11, 11-A, 12–19, with Some supplementary references cited in the Reports, and the Petition for adoption of transmission standards for color television before the Federal Communications Commission, n.p., 1953], 17 v. illus., diagrs., tables. 28 cm. LC Control No.:5402138Library of Congress Online Catalog/ref> in 1941. In 1961, it was assigned the designation CCIR System M, System M. In 1953, a second NTSC standard was adopted, which allowed for color television broadcast compatible with the existing stock of black-and-white receivers. It is one of three major color formats for analog television, the others being PAL and SECAM. NTSC color is usually associated with the System M. The only other broadcast television system to use NTSC color was the System J. Since the intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unbeatables II
The Unbeatables II (双天至尊II) is the sequel to the highly successful drama series ''The Unbeatables I''. Cast *Li Nanxing as Yan Fei *Zoe Tay as Luo Qifang/Long Jiajia/Huang Yuefang *Chew Chor Meng as Ding Zhaohui *Zhu Houren as Long Tingguang *Chen Shucheng as Yan Kun * He Weiming as Yan Xing * Liu Qianyi as Huang Wu *Kenneth Tsang as Ye Zhong * Zio Zio Lim as Huang Jia-er * Cassandra See as Luo Wenxin *Yu Rongguang as Zhuang Weicheng *Kenneth Tsang as Ye Zhong Synopsis Set 4 years after the end of The Unbeatables I. In Las Vegas, a senior of Long Tingguang, Ye Zhong, undertakes a gambling competition with four other legendary gambling from around the world. After the game was won by him, the media present at the event claimed and labelled him the "King of Gamblers". However, he refuses to accept the title, and instead introduced 4 different significant people on the screens: * King of Deception, Long Tingguang - turned insane after he lost a gambling match to Yan Fei f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unbeatables III
''The Unbeatables III'' () is a 30-episode Singaporean drama serial which was telecast in November 2002. Produced by Mediacorp, the drama is the third and last drama in The Unbeatables series, and was broadcast six years after The Unbeatables II Synopsis Since the defeat of Ye Zhong in the previous series, Yan Fei has retired from the gambling scene, leaving Coral Island with his wife, Luo Qifang and his son, Yan Xing. However, Qifang was embroiled in a mysterious murder case at a casino, and was sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison located on a remote island. Fei, however, made efforts to see Qifang during all visitation dates, rain or shine. A decade later, Fei has become a big philanthropist on Coral Island, taking an active role in charitable endeavours, as well as building bridges and repairing roads. Fei also donates 90% of the casino's proceeds to the government, and also forbade Coral Island locals from losing large sums of cash at his casino. As a result, Fei was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media properties in the country. Mediacorp forms one half of the mass media duopoly in the country, alongside SPH Media Trust. Its logo is the geometric M with rainbow palette. History 1925–1965: Pre-independence era Radio broadcasting The history of radio broadcasting in Singapore began with the formation of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya (AWSM) in April 1925, which launched shortwave transmission from a studio in the Union Building at Collyer Quay using a 100-watt transmitter lent by the Marconi Company under callsign 1SE (One Singapore Experimental). The transmissions could be received from as far as Penang, albeit with atmospheric interferences at times. In 1930, Sir Earl from the Singapore Port Authority commenced its short wave br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
