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Jin Yinji
Gam Ngan Gei (born 17 June 1946), better known as Jin Yinji, is a Singaporean actress of South Korean descent. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1986 to 2017 but continued to film on an ad-hoc basis. Jin's contract with Mediacorp expired in February 2017. Career Media career Jin was talent-spotted when she was a singer. In 1986, Jin made her acting debut in ''Neighbours''. Later, Jin was nominated for a popularity award, Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes in Star Awards 2004 as she acted in numerous drama serials for the past two years. After 11 years of veteran acting, Jin was finally nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Star Awards 2013 for her role in '' It Takes Two'' and managed to be one of the lead actresses in a 2015 family drama series, '' Super Senior''. Jin's contract with Mediacorp was due to expire in February 2017. She was allegedly told to take a pay cut and was compared to a "$50-an-hour bit player." She later clarified that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hotel (Singaporean TV Series)
''The Hotel'' () is a Singapore Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's television station, Mediacorp, in 2001. It was released in December 2001 and was slated to be the blockbuster for the year 2001. The series has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 and also on AZN Television. It stars Edmund Chen , Ivy Lee , Chen Hanwei , Jacelyn Tay , Chen Liping , May Phua & Yang Libing as the casts of this series. This series is unique as it has a large ensemble guest cast featuring over 95% of MediaCorp Channel 8 artistes appearing as hotel guests, including Zoe Tay, Gurmit Singh (Phua Chu Kang), Xiang Yun and many others. Most artistes' character names were similar to their own and, unusual for a drama series, their names were introduced on screen, not only in the credits at the end. Synopsis ''The Hotel'' revolves around a family-run business named Queen's Hotel which has been around for 2 decades. It is Christmas time and the staff are busy running the hotel and preparing for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switched! (Singaporean TV Series)
Switched! (Simplified Chinese: 幸运星) is a Singaporean Chinese-language drama television series, starring Fann Wong and Jeanette Aw which was broadcast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 from June 26, 2007 to July 23, 2007. It is screened on every weekday night, 9pm. This series consists of 20 episodes. Cast Main cast Supporting cast Synopsis Jiang Pei Xiang is a TCM TCM may refer to: Arts and music Film * ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (franchise), a horror film franchise ** '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', the original 1974 film ** ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003 film), the 2003 remake Games * ... practitioner who runs a clinic with his wife and assistant Wang An Xiang. The oldest child Xin Yu has a scar and suffers from an inferiority complex as a result. Hence she has been unable to find a boyfriend at age 28. Xin Hui is an actress and enjoys the high life and much attention from potential suitors but has yet to find her "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happily Ever After (2007 TV Series)
Happily Ever After (Chinese: 凡间新仙人) is a 20-episode Singaporean Chinese drama which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 6 February 2007 and ended on 5 March 2007. This show is unique as it starts off seeming like a period drama but later evolves into a modern setting. There are many references to figures and stories from Chinese mythology and folk tales such as Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Journey to the West and the Eight Immortals. The first episode drew some controversy as it had a scene in which Wu Gang (Zhang Yaodong) and Erlang (Yao Wenlong) faced off in the nude with their private parts blurred on screen. Synopsis The series is based on characters and gods from well-known Chinese folk tales and legends and is set in modern times with the mythological characters taking on human incarnations. The legendary lovers, Cowherd and Weaving Maiden have become lovesick and unable to bear with the pain of seeing each ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Joy
''House of Joy'' () is a Singaporean Mandarin drama series aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The series debuted on 6 November 2006 and was telecast weekday nights at 9pm. It has a total of 20 episodes. It stars Ivy Lee , Chen Hanwei , Cynthia Koh & Edmund Chen as the casts of the series. In the initial few days of the telecast, numerous viewers provided feedback to the TV station on the drama series. Most questioned the appropriateness of the title ''House of Joy'' when there were too many emotional scenes for the character which Ivy Lee portrayed. A spokesperson for the station then replied that the word Joy in the title is derived from the word Huan Le in Chinese which is a combination of the name of the 2 lead characters - Yihuan and Letian. The series focuses on those who continue to strive on to overcome their financial and social problems despite being debt-ridden. Synopsis Zheng Yihuan (Ivy Lee) is at the prime of her life at 33. She has a steady job as a finance company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Enchanted Life
''An Enchanted Life'' () is a Singaporean Chinese language, Chinese drama that was telecast on 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, borde ...'s free-to-air channel, Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp TV Channel 8. This show made its debut on 9 October 2006 and made ended its run on 1 December 2006. The show consists of a total of 20 episodes. The theme song of the show is ''Hui Gu Niang''. Cast Main cast *Yvonne Lim as Li Shan Qi *Pierre Png as Yang Zhi Yun *Fiona Xie as Zhang Mei Ya *Adam Chen as Xiao Fei Supporting Cast *Bryan Wang as Chen Shu Tang *Chen Shucheng as Zhang Ming Sheng *Jin Yin Ji as Chen Yu Chun *Hong Hui Fang as Liu Yu Han *Ong Ai Leng as Ai Xi Synopsis Li Shanqi, a betel nut seller, had to flee Taiwan after offending an underworld leader. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Blues (Singaporean TV Series)
Baby Blues (, lit "Whose hen doesn't lay eggs?") is a Chinese drama produced in Singapore and broadcast in 2005. Cast *Chen Liping as Chen Qiaohua *Xie Shaoguang as Lan Haishen *Le Yao as Xiao Yao *Zhu Mimi as Liu Fengping * Michelle Chong as Lan Shanhu *Chen Hanwei as Jiang Weijie *Angel Hou as Chen Qiaoyun *Jin Yinji as Yang Shuilian *Allan Wu Allan Wu (, born on June 11, 1972) is a Singapore-based Chinese-American actor, host, VJ (media personality), VJ and former model. He is perhaps best known for being the host of 3 different editions of the popular reality game show, ''The Amazi ... *Rachell Ng Ting Yi Nominations Star Awards 2005 External links''Baby Blues''(English) Singapore Chinese dramas 2005 Singaporean television series debuts 2005 Singaporean television series endings Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming {{singapore-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Life (Singaporean TV Series)
''A New Life'' () is a Chinese drama in Singapore which aired in 2005. It is about how a blue collar worker and his three bosom friends manage to overcome obstacles together. Cast *Christopher Lee as Zhang Youfu *Yvonne Lim as Ah Mei * Darren Lim as Lin Laifa *Andrew Seow as Zhang Hongyun * Carole Lin as Zhang Zhenzhu *Ann Kok as Guo Jialing *Jin Yinji as Youfu's mother *Yan Bingliang as Youfu's father * Hossan Leong as Ah Gen *Eelyn Kok as Qiurong *Alan Tern Alan Tern Yoke Cher (, born 31 March 1976) is a Singaporean actor. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2001 to 2011. Career Tern was a finalist in the 2001 Star Search Singapore, and he joined MediaCorp after the competition. He made hi ... as Ah Ler *Cheryl Chan as Laifa's younger sister *Lee Weng Kee as Jialing's father *May Phua as Xiuxiu *Melody Chen as Ah Hua *Seth Ang as Steven *Timothy Nga as Michael *Sharon Wong as Michael's wife *Benjamin Yeung Sheung Bun as Alex Star Awards 2005 Awards & Nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero To Hero (TV Series)
''Zero to Hero'' (阴差阳错) was a MediaCorp TV Channel 8 comedy drama series which aired from 16 May 2005 to 10 June 2005. The series is unique as it portrays the traditional Chinese beliefs of the netherworld and afterlife (e.g. 18 levels of hell, incarnation) in a light-hearted way. Synopsis The burning of cash in the form of joss paper and other material items such as mobile phones in the form of cardboard were depicted in the series. It is a traditional Chinese belief that the deceased would receive those items burned for them in the netherworld. Xie Jizu is a police officer who often spends his free time gambling rather than caring for his family. He dies in a car accident and went to the netherworld, where he befriends some spirits and hear the sad tales of how they died. Zhengde, a general contractor, was brutally murdered but police were never able to crack the case. Jizu decides to make amends by helping Zhengde find his murderer. Cast * Edmund Chen as Xie Jizu * Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Happiness (TV Series)
Double Happiness () is a Chinese drama serial on MediaCorp Channel 8 in Singapore which was screened in 2004 and ended in Jan 2005. It stars Ivy Lee , Xie Shaoguang , Edmund Chen , Vivian Lai & Zhang Wei as the casts of this series. It consists two parts, with 70 episodes in this part of the show. It is about a family who sells fish and chips in a renowned restaurant in East Coast Road called Happy Fish. The restaurant has its ups and downs, but eventually it will come out strong, but not without tragedies and lessons learnt. In 2007 MediaCorp sold its rights to Chinese broadcaster CCTV8 and it was broadcast in China in 5 parts. It also had a rerun on Channel 8 in August 2012 to March 2013 for both seasons. The latest rerun was in Jan 2020 to Sep 2020 on weekends 7.30am. Cast * Ivy Lee as Situ Yaxi, Jiaqi's wife, Mrs Luo and Kaijin's daughter in law, Jiaxi, Jiayu and Jialong's sister in law, Jiafu and Jiaqian's second sister in law, Wenwen, Lana and Patrick's second aunt * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Hunters
''The Crime Hunters'' (心网追凶) is a Singaporean Chinese crime drama which was broadcast in 2004. Unlike earlier crime dramas produced by MediaCorp, this series was focused more on forensic investigators rather than police officers. Synopsis Bai Ce is an experienced CID officer who is well known for his eccentricity and brilliance and his team consists of CNA and "Uncle Wang". Much to their surprise, rookie officer Lan Tinghui, a recent university law graduate who changed careers, is assigned as their superior. His appointment is met with scepticism from the team and causes some friction. Together with criminal psychologist Fang Jiesi, they tackle five difficult cases. A nurse Pan Yu'e was found murdered in her HDB flat. Evidence points to one of Bai Ce's former suspects from three years ago, a dangerous murderer who went by the nickname "Crazy Wolf". However, "Crazy Wolf" has been locked away in a psychiatric hospital all this time. Could there be a copycat killer on the loos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Heroes (TV Series)
''True Heroes'' (真心英雄) revolves around the daily lives of three police officers in a Neighbourhood Police Centre in Singapore. It stars Christopher Lee , Phyllis Quek , Allan Wu , Yvonne Lim & Jeanette Aw as the casts of the series. The show was endorsed by the Singapore Police Force, which opened up facilities such as the Old Police Academy and the Ang Mo Kio Police Division facilities, and loaned real police vehicles and equipment for filming purposes. Plot Real crimes such as the spider robber, VCD piracy, juvenile delinquency, gangsterism and cybercrime have been woven into this 25-episode action story. The police officers in the story stay alert daily to provide security to the civilians, making them the "True Heroes". Chen Junhao (Christopher Lee) is a righteous and courageous cop who was born into a family of police officers. Junhao graduated with top honours from the police academy and harbours the ambition to follow his father's footsteps into the elite Crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
