Kampong Ties is a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series (co-production). It is also the third production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It was telecast from every Monday to Thursday, at 10:00pm on Malaysia's ntv7, starting 27 September and ended on 16 November 2011. It stars

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as casts in this series. In Singapore, the series made its debut on 24 October at 7:00pm and had ended its run on 2 December 2011. The series was repeated at 4am on Sundays. Some episodes in Singapore were also rated PG for some violent scenes. All episodes are available on Tonton (Malaysia) and xinmsn (Singapore).

Plot

Set against a backdrop of magnificent lush greenery in a secluded part of

Sungai Lembing Sungai Lembing is a small town in Kuantan District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about northwest of Kuantan. The town was founded in the 1900s as a tin mining community when the British company Pahang Consolidated Company Limited (PCCL) set up the ...

in Kuantan, Pahang. Shuixian (

) was forced by her foster mother to marry Lihai (

), whom later died in an accident, leaving Shuixian a young widow. Yueman (

) is married to Jiaqing ( Zhang Wenxiang), an abusive man. One day, Shuixian accidentally kills Jiaqing but was saved by Yueman who claimed Jiaqing was killed by his debtors. Both of them leave the village and met Youbao (

), head of a secret society.

Cast

Cai Family

Wang Family

Other cast

Trivia

*This drama was not originally planned to be a co-production with ntv7. *This drama is also the first Singaporean production after long-running Taiwanese drama

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, which had been airing on local screens since Year 2008. *Zeng Youbao's nickname is "Buaya". Buaya means crocodile in Malay, and thus he can be seen wearing shoes made of crocodile skin leather. *

second collaboration after Your Hand In Mine *Despite the namesake though, Kampong Ties did not show any Malays or Indians acting in the drama. The characters in this drama are also not as caring and harmonious as the Singaporean viewers thought. Some episodes in Singapore are rated PG for some violent scenes.

Awards & Nominations

The series was nominated for 6 awards, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress , Favourite Female Character , Best Theme Song,

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& Best Screenplay . The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series

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, A Song to Remember & On The Fringe and Best Theme Songs are

, A Song to Remember , Devotion and The Oath.

Star Awards 2012

References

External links

Opening themeSingapore official website at xinmsn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kampong Ties Chinese-language drama television series in Malaysia 2011 Malaysian television series debuts 2011 Malaysian television series endings 2011 Singaporean television series debuts 2011 Singaporean television series endings NTV7 original programming Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming