Liang Baozhu
Liang Baozhu (2 July 1931 − 11 March 2009) was a Singaporean actor, theatre and radio personnel who was best known for his leading role in the 1997 telemovie ''Grandpa's Bak Kut Teh'' (阿公肉骨茶), produced and written by theatre maestro Kuo Pao Kun. Career Beginning his career on stage in 1957, Liang was also a Rediffusion Singapore Hakka-language radio presenter who wrote, directed and hosted radio segments and had acted in more than 1,000 radio plays. In 1975, Liang briefly joined the construction industry as a site supervisor and left two years later after the company closed during an economic downturn. Following which, he returned to acting and appeared in a number of local films. He became a full-time Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) actor in 1986. In 1994, Liang did not renew his contract with SBC as his pay was reduced by almost 33% by the company. The reduction was made as he was not able to act in the expected quota set by the company. In 1997, L ...
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Liang (surname)
Liang (Romanization used in China, ) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong ( Foochow). In Indonesia, it is known as Liang or Nio. It is also common in Korea, where it is written Ryang (량) or Yang (양). In Vietnam, it's pronounced as Lương. It is listed 128th in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. In 2019 it was the 22nd most common surname in Mainland China. In comparison, it is the 7th most common surname in Hong Kong, where it is usually written Leung or Leong. History During the reign of the Zhou dynasty King Xuan of Zhou (827–782 bc), Qin Zhong set out on an expedition to subdue the peoples to the west in Central Asia. After Qin Zhong died, the King divided the area of Shang among them, the second son of Qin Zhong r ...
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