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Lina Ng
Lina Ng Su Fang (born 6 May 1974) is a Singaporean actress and host. She was a full-time Mediacorp and SPH MediaWorks artiste from 1993 to 2004, but currently films on an ad-hoc basis. To date, Ng is the first and only actress to win both an Asian Academy Creative Award and aAsian Television Awardin Singapore. In 2021, Ng received the Asian Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a ''majie'' in the English-language series '' Last Madame''. She also runs Mustard Seeds Academy, which provides Chinese enrichment classes to childcare centres. Career Ng entered the entertainment industry after finishing as the first runner-up in the local talent-search competition Star Search 1993. Other contestants included Ann Kok and Ivy Lee; in 2009, Kok revealed that Ng was "openly competitive" during the competition. Ng later joined SPH MediaWorks, and left full-time acting following its merger with MediaCorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang (surname)
Huang (; zh, t=Wiktionary:黃, 黃, s=wikt:黄, 黄, c=, p=, first=t) is a Chinese surname. While ''Huáng'' is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang (Korean surname), Hwang, Wong (surname), Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng (name), Ng, Uy (surname), Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. It is the 96th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . This surname is known as Hwang (Korean name), Hwang in Korean language, Korean. In Vietnamese language, Vietnamese, the name is known as Hoàng or Huỳnh. Huang is the 7th most common surname in China. Hoang/Huynh is the 5th most common surname in Vietnam. The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 35 million in 2020; it was also the surname of more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Teacher Is A Thug
''My Teacher Is a Thug'' ( zh, 爱.不迟疑) is a 25 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. This series repeated at 12pm on Tuesday to Saturday in May 2022 to June 2022. It stars Li Nanxing, Bonnie Loo, Cavin Soh, Jeremy Chan and Terence Cao as the casts of the series. Casts * Li Nanxing as Jia Tianxiong * Zong Zijie as young Jia Tianxiong * Bonnie Loo as Zeng Kaixin/Jia Kaixin * Phyllis Quek Lian Jiaxuan * Jeremy Chan as Gao Xiaoming * Cavin Soh as Zeng Guangrong * Liu Xutao as young Zeng Guangrong * Lina Ng as Li Lijun * Fang Rong as young Li Lijun * Terence Cao as Fang Chen * Bernard Tan as Lian Yongcheng * Zhu Houren as Lian Guodong Production * Filming began in April and wrapped in July 2017 See also * List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8 This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore. The years stated in the list are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truth Seekers
''The Truth Seekers'' () is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. The series stars Chen Hanwei, Rebecca Lim, Desmond Tan (actor), Desmond Tan and Yusuke Fukuchi who play a team of cold-case investigators who go over unsolved mysteries to uncover the truth. It consists of 23 episodes, and began its run from 28 April 2016. Cast Main * Chen Hanwei as Bai Qingxiong 白庆雄: A former CID team leader, Bai Qingxiong, formed a detective agency called the Cold Case Investigators (CCI) and also the team leader of the investigators. * Rebecca Lim as Huang Yuyang 黄渝阳: A former CID team member, Hang, joined the CCI as an investigator. ** Isabel Yamada (山田熙) as young Huang Yuyang * Desmond Tan (actor), Desmond Tan as Hong Junyan 洪俊焱: A CCI investigator ** Ezekiel Chee (徐从义) as young Hong Junyan * Yusuke Fukuchi 福地祐介 as Lan Haifeng 蓝海峰 : Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Mum
''Tiger Mum'' () is a Singaporean family drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The drama began production in November 2014. The series ran from 9 April to 6 May 2015. It stars Yao Wenlong, Huang Biren, Julie Tan, Ian Fang, Bonnie Loo, Aloysius Pang and Jeffrey Xu. This is the second drama appearance of veteran actress Huang Biren since her return to the entertainment industry after a seven-year hiatus. Huang plays the title character in the show. a controlling and demanding tiger mother character. The series is sponsored by the Media Development Authority of Singapore. With the show's viewership constantly breaking the 1 million mark, and its finale attracting more than 1.06 million viewers, ''Tiger Mum'' has been named the ''Top Rated Drama'' of Year 2015 at the recently held Star Awards 2016. This is the second consecutive time a drama starring Huang Biren (after Three Wishes in 2014) has managed to take the top viewership spot. Cast Main cast * Huang Biren as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Plan (TV Series)
Game Plan (千方百计) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which debuted on 9 October 2012. This series was the second production by Wawa Pictures to be broadcast on MediaCorp Channel 8, the last series being "'' The Oath''". It stars Christopher Lee, Jesseca Liu, Shaun Chen, Jacelyn Tay, Chen Shucheng, Lin Meijiao & Tong Bing Yu as the casts of the series. Synopsis On her wedding day, Zhao Xintong (Jesseca Liu) learns that her fiance, Adam, is actually a scammer and has stolen a large sum of money. Desperate, she goes to Zhen Haoren (Christopher Lee), a scammer who just got out of jail, hoping to get her money back. Little by little she falls in love with him, but things are more complicated than they seem. Cast Overseas broadcast This drama is one of the first dramas to be broadcast exclusive in Malaysia after its first telecast of two weeks. See also * List of Game Plan episodes *List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8 Awards and nominations Game Plan clinche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With You (Singaporean TV Series)
With You () is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Adrian Pang, Chen Hanwei, Rui En, Nat Ho and Chen Shucheng as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 12 May 2010 and ended on 8 June 2010, consisting of 20 episodes. The series was MediaCorp's most highly rated drama of 2010 and focused on the effects the supernatural had on a series of people. Plot Zhou Wen An is a DIY Owner and Handyman of his owned DIY Store, and a rough around the edges, yet easy-going man. He gets into a traffic accident with Zhang Yang, when the former accidentally knocked into the brakes of the latter's motorcycle whilst driving his pickup truck and did not manage to stop in time. During this time, the latter is on his way home to celebrate his father named Zhang Yong Sheng's birthday. Wen An, who has a keen sixth sense, feels something amiss and advises Zhang Yang to stop riding the motorcycle. The latter refuses to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Cut
Perfect Cut () is a Singaporean Chinese drama series which aired on MediaCorp Channel U. The second season debuted on 4 March 2009 in the weekday 10:00pm slot. It features former MediaCorp artistes such as Edmund Chen and Zheng Wanling in main roles. This was the first drama series to be produced by Wawa Pictures Wawa Pictures () is an independent station, independent television production company based in Singapore. It has produced dramas such as ''Three Wishes (Singaporean TV series), Three Wishes'' (2014), ''Crescendo (TV series), Crescendo'' (2015), .... Cast ;Season 2 Guest cast ;Season 1 ;Season 2 Synopsis Alex Tan is a well-regarded plastic surgeon known as "the doctor with a soul". The story centers on his patients and the people he meets in his clinic. Awards and nominations References {{reflist External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Frequency
Right Frequency (播音人) was a 1998 24-episode sitcom starring Johnny Ng, Lina Ng, Sharon Au and Ryan Choo. The show later continued with Right Frequency II up to 1999. The show has rerun many times - in 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2020. Plot The show, set in the 1960s, centers on the happenings in the Chinese-language radio station called ''Radio Delightful Sounds'', abbreviated ''RDS''. Characters *Cheng Meiguang ( Sharon Au) Meiguang is the new bird of the radio station. She is somewhat ditzy and often daydreams. *Handsome (Ryan Choo) Also known as Yan Dao. He is metrosexual and uses his charms to date girls, but to no avail. *Li Qing (Johnny Ng) The veteran broadcaster. His tastes clash with that of Madam Bai. *Madam Bai (Hong Huifang) The station supervisor. She often clashes with Li Qing, a running gag in the series. *Piaoyin (Lina Ng) Also known as Little Trumpet. She is hot-tempered and tomboyish, and often go against Handsome. *Mee Pok (Fu Kangrui) The office boy who also he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Peace
''The Price of Peace'' () is a Singaporean period drama television series set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. It starred Rayson Tan, Xiang Yun, Chen Shucheng, Jacintha Abisheganaden, James Lye, Lina Ng, Christopher Lee, Ivy Lee, Carole Lin and Ryan Choo. The series is based on a 1995 book of the same title published by Asiapac Books which contains numerous first-hand accounts of war veterans and eyewitnesses. Originally in Mandarin, the series was first aired on Television Corporation of Singapore's (TCS) Channel 8 on 30 June 1997. The drama was then dubbed in English and broadcast on TCS's Channel 5 in 1999. The drama has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 several times since its premiere Starting 1 August 2020, it was made available for streaming on Netflix along with over 100 Singaporean films and television series. The series is also viewable via Mediacorp's official streaming website meWATCH only in Singapore, as well as on its MediaCorp's YouTube c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Min Daily News
''Shin Min Daily News'' () is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper published by SPH Media. The newspaper was founded on 18 March 1967, by Singapore businessman Liang Runzhi (梁潤之) and Hong Kong writer Louis Cha as an offshoot of Hong Kong's ''Ming Pao''. The newspaper featured exclusive serializations of some of Cha's ''wuxia'' novels in its early days. In the early 1980s, Cha sold his shares in the paper after the Singapore government ruled that foreigners could only hold up to 3% of shares in locally based papers. ''Shin Min'' is a tabloid-style paper focused on entertainment and local news with sensationalized headlines, although it is printed on broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of in height. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper ...s. Its main competitor was '' Lianhe Wanbao'', whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silver Lining (TV Series)
''The Silver Lining'' () is a Singaporean Chinese drama series. The series stars Lina Ng, Zheng Geping, Peter Yu, Margaret Lee, Pan Lingling, Chen Shucheng, Li Yinzhu, Zeng Sipei, Fu Youming, Anna Chen and Weng Ruiyun. Cast *Lina Ng *Zheng Geping *Peter Yu * Margaret Lee *Pan Lingling *Chen Shucheng *Li Yinzhu * Zeng Sipei * Fu Youming * Anna Chen * Weng Ruiyun *Richard Low Reception The series received a positive review in the ''Lianhe Zaobao ''Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao'', commonly abbreviated as ''Lianhe Zaobao'', is the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 136,900 (print and digital) as of 2021. Published by SPH Media (formerly ...''. References {{Reflist 1990s Singaporean television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The White Hair Brides
''Legend of the White Hair Brides'' is a Singaporean television series adapted from the ''wuxia'' novels ''Baifa Monü Zhuan'', ''Saiwai Qixia Zhuan'' and ''Qijian Xia Tianshan'' by Liang Yusheng. It was first broadcast on Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), TCS-8 in 1996 in Singapore. Plot The story is set in the early Qing dynasty. Zhuo Yihang of the Wudang Sect is in love with Lian Nichang, but Zhuo's fellows strongly oppose their relationship and cause them to break up. Lian is heartbroken and her hair turns white overnight. She becomes known as the "White Haired Demoness". Zhuo is unwilling to give up his love for Lian and seeks a rare flower that can turn white hair black again. However, the flower only blooms once every six decades. After a long search, Zhuo finally finds the flower on Tian Shan, Mount Heaven, but it is accidentally destroyed by his apprentice, Xin Longzi. Around the same time, Reverend Huiming of the Mount Heaven Sect accepts two boys, Yang Yuncong and Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
