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In Pursuit Of Peace
''In Pursuit of Peace'' () is a Singaporean period drama television series set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II, and was first aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 9 March to 11 May 2001 on Friday evenings. The series is based on the 1999 book ''Eternal Vigilance: The Price of Freedom'' published by Asiapac Books which contains numerous eyewitness accounts of survivors of the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia. In contrast with ''The Price of Peace'', a similar television series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 1997, ''In Pursuit of Peace'' focuses more on developing the main characters' stories, while the former places greater emphasis on the historical aspects of the Japanese occupation. Plot The series is set in Singapore and Malaya during World War II and depicts daily life before and during the Japanese occupation of Singapore from the perspectives of two Chinese families. The Huangs run an inn in Singapore. Huang Yitang married Li Huaniang, a Nyonya woman, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qi Yuwu
Qi Yuwu (born 28 November 1976) is a Chinese actor based in Singapore. He is a permanent resident of Singapore and a contracted artiste under Beijing Enlight Media Group. Early life and career Qi studied at Guangzhou Physical Education Institute before moving to Singapore. He won the title of Champion and Mr Personality in the China Round of Star Search Singapore in 1999. Previously, Qi worked as a model and played the lead role in a Guangzhou-produced television series, before signing on a contract with the Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp). In 2000, Qi was cast in his debut role as Sikong Zhaixing in '' Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng'' with other actors from Singapore and the Asian-Pacific region. Following that, Qi was cast in ''Dare To Strike'', another Singapore-Hong Kong co-produced television series. Apart from acting in Singaporean television dramas, Qi has also starred in international films, some of which were produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
The Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was a communist guerrilla army that resisted the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945 in World War II. Composed mainly of ethnic Chinese guerrilla fighters, the MPAJA was the largest anti-Japanese resistance group in Malaya. Founded during the Japanese invasion of Malaya, the MPAJA was conceived as a part of a combined effort by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the British colonial government, alongside various smaller groups to resist the Japanese occupation. Although the MPAJA and the MCP were officially different organisations, many saw the MPAJA as a ''de facto'' armed wing of the MCP due to its leadership being staffed by mostly ethnic Chinese communists.Lee, T. H. (1996). The Basic Aims or Objectives of the Malayan Communist Movement. In T. H. Lee, ''The Open United Front: The Communist Struggle in Singapore'' (pp. 2–29). Singapore : South Seas Society. Many of the ex-guerrillas of the MPAJA would late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Chinese Dramas
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one Singapore Island, main island, List of islands of Singapore, 63 satellite islands and islets, and Pedra Branca, Singapore, one outlying islet. It is 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 along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the Johor, State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its Early history of Singapore, early history, Singapore was a maritime Emporium (antiquity), emporium known as ''Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Guohua (actor)
Tan Kok Hwa (born 1959 or 1960), professionally known as Chen Guohua, is a Singaporean actor and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chen graduated from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation 5th Year Artiste Training Class. He was trained by veteran theatrical teachers such as Mao Wei, Li Yongxi, Zhu Bingquan and Xia Chuan. Chen was cast in his debut role in the long-running TV series ''Neighbours'' in 1986. He won the Best Supporting Actor award twice at the Star Awards in 1998 and 2000. Personal life Chen is married. He is a devout Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or .... Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Guohua 20th-century Singaporean male actors Living people Singaporean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Shen
Nick Shen (born 26 August 1976) is a Singaporean actor, businessman and host. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2012. In 2011, Shen started the company Tok Tok Chiang Wayang to promote Chinese opera in Singapore. Early life Shen has a younger brother. He attended St. Thomas Secondary School and had pursued a Diploma in Mass Communication at the Management Development Institute of Singapore. Career Shen joined MediaCorp after winning the local edition of Star Search Singapore in 1999. Besides acting he has written and performed his own songs, some of which were used for MediaCorp drama theme songs. He left MediaCorp in early 2012 and has since been working on the promotion of Chinese opera in Singapore. Shen is the global winner for Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World and JCI Cultural Achievement Honoure Award in 2014. Shen has appeared as a guest radio DJ on MediaCorp Capital 95.8FM. He is also a faculty member of the Singapore Media Academy where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing (born Jonathan Lee Nam Heng on 7 November 1964) is a Singaporean actor who has been referred to as "Ah-Ge" (阿哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a businessman and filmmaker. Li has acted in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. He has won the Star Awards for Best Actor, Best Actor awards three times in the Star Awards, an annual acting awards in Singapore. Career Li attended Mediacorp, 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 Male Artistes ten years in a row and also won several Malaysia and Taiwan popularity polls at the Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo Swee Lin
Neo Swee Lin (born 15 February 1962 or 1963) is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s. Early life Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from National University of Singapore and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Career Neo's international film and theatre work includes: ''Takeaway'', ''The Letter'' (Lyric Hammersmith), ''Mail Order Bride'' (West Yorkshire Playhouse), ''3 Japanese Women'' (Cockpit Theatre) and ''Trishaw''. Personal life Neo first met her husband, Lim Kay Siu, a veteran theatre actor, on her first theatre play, ''Dragon's Teeth Gate'', in 1986. The two would act as a married couple four years later on the play, ''The Moon is Less Bright''. They married on 12 August 1992. Filmography Film and television Her other works included: ''Where Got Problem?'' (1999), ''Random Acts'', ''Really Something'', ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Tan (actor)
Bernard Tan Thuan Tjer (born in 1962 or 1963) is a Singaporean actor and insurance dealer. He has starred in the television series ''Bond of Love'' (1994), ''Silk and Romance'' (1995), '' A Romance in Shanghai'' (1996), ''The Other Parent'' (1997) and '' Point of Entry'' (2010−2014). Career Tan was one of the 12 finalists of the 2nd ''Star Search'' Singapore competition in 1990, but withdrew before the finals and was replaced by another contestant Liang Yayu. Three years later after meeting a SBC producer, Tan took a three-month sabbatical leave from his ad agency and modelling job and made his acting debut in ''Bond of Love'' (1994), appearing opposite Aileen Tan and Lin Meijiao. He became a full-time actor in November 1994. He has been a Great Eastern Life insurance dealer since 2009. Personal life Tan attended Catholic High School where he was primary and secondary school classmates with actor Edmund Chen. At a press conference for the Urofair 2012 Asia Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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's films. Career Low was a theatre actor before joining the SBC's drama training class in the 1980s and switching to television. He is regularly typecast as villains or in unruly gangster-like roles. Personal life Low married in 1982. Filmography Film *'' I Not Stupid'' (2002) *'' Homerun'' (2003) *'' The Best Bet'' (2004) *''Avatar'' (2005) *''The 5Cs'' 一本难念的经 (2005) *'' Singapore Dreaming'' (2006) *'' Ah Long Pte Ltd'' (2008) *''The Days'' 歲月 (2008) *'' Where Got Ghost?'' (2009) *''Happy Go Lucky'' 福星到 (2010) *'' Ah Boys to Men'' (2012) *'' Ah Boys to Men 2'' (2013) *'' Everybody's Business'' (2013) *'' Filial Party'' (2014) *''King of Mahjong ''King of Mahjong'' is a 2015 Singaporean-Malaysian Chinese Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straits Dollar
The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo. History Background In the early nineteenth century, the most common currency used in the East Indies was the Spanish dollar, including issues both from Spain and from the new world Spanish colonies, which for the East Indies emanated from the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies originating from Mexico and Peru as part of the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonial empire. Locally issued coinages included the Kelantan keping, Kelantan and Trengganu keping, and the Penang dollar. In 1826, the Straits Settlements were formed under the auspices of the East India Company. The East India Company attempted to implement the Indian rupee as the sole official currency in the Straits Settlements, however it was unsuitable for trade and Mexican dollars (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamashita Tomoyuki
was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore. His conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earned him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history. He was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allies later in the war. Although he was unable to prevent the superior Allied forces from advancing, despite dwindling supplies and Allied guerrilla action, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal surrender of Japan in August 1945. Under Yamashita's command, at least 350,000 to 450,000 were killed. Yamashita was in overall command during the Sook Ching massacre, the Rape of Manila, and other atrocities. After the war, Yamashita was tried for war crimes committed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Boon Keng
Lim Boon Keng (; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and 1937. Early life and education Mr Lim Boon Keng was born on 18 October 1869 in Singapore, Straits Settlements, as the third generation of a Peranakan with ancestry from Haicheng Town, Longhai City, Fujian Province based from his grandfather Lim Mah Peng who first immigrated to Penang, Malaya in 1839, where he married a Straits-born Chinese woman. Lim Mah Peng later moved to Singapore where his only son, Lim Thean Geow (), the father of Lim Boon Keng, was born. Lim studied at Raffles Institution. However, the death of his parents during his childhood inspired him to pursue a career in medicine. In 1887, Lim became the first Singaporean to receive a Queen's Scholarship. He gained admission to the University of Edinburgh and graduated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
