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Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' is a Singaporean sitcom created by Andrea Teo for Mediacorp's Channel 5 (Singaporean TV channel), Channel 5. Written and produced by Ong Su Mann, it ran for eight seasons from 25 September 1997 to 11 February 2007. The sitcom centres around Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh), an eccentric general contractor who wears yellow boots and is portrayed as an "Ah Beng", and his family, portrayed by Irene Ang, Pierre Png, Tan Kheng Hua, Marcus Ng Yi Loong, and Neo Swee Lin. Charlie Tan and Ray Kuan portray Phua's Blue-collar worker, blue-collared workers, whilst Lim Kay Siu portrays Phua's rival general contractor, Frankie Foo. While it carries the traditions of a sitcom, many unusual elements were used such as flashbacks, quick gags, and celebrity cameo appearances. It is also the second locally produced English sitcom after ''Under One Roof (Singaporean TV series), Under One Roof''. It paved the way for the third and final future Singaporean local sitcom named ''Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ong Su Mann
Ong Su Mann is a writer, producer, and columnist based in Singapore, often writing as S. M. Ong. He is best known as a producer and writer for the popular comedy show ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' (1997–2007), and he was the writer of ''Phua Chu Kang The Movie'' (2010). He was also a columnist for ''The New Paper'' of Singapore, writing the column "Act Blur". He wrote and directed the "Daddy's Girls" episode that won the Asian Television Award for Best Comedy in 2005. References Living people People from Singapore Singaporean writers Singaporean people of Chinese descent Year of birth missing (living people) {{Singapore-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growing Up (Singaporean TV Series)
''Growing Up'' was a popular English-language drama in Singapore, produced by MediaCorp, and aired on Channel 5. The show spanned six seasons, set against the backdrop of Singapore's history from the 1960s to the 1980s. It premiered in 1996 and concluded with its final season in December 2001. The repeat telecast of the drama was shown in July 2009 at 3pm. It was also one of the most popular dramas in Singapore just like the other two popular Singaporean local sitcoms '' Under One Roof'' and ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd''. Cast and characters Main Cast *Lim Kay Tong as Charlie Tay Wee Kiat ( "Mr Tay") *Wee Soon Hui as Tay Soo Mei ( "Mrs Tay", née Gan Soo Mei) * Andrew Seow as Gary Tay * Steven David Lim as David Tay *Irin Gan as Victoria "Vicky" Tay *Fan Wen Qing as Tammy Tay (Season 1) *Quek Sue-Shan as Tammy Tay (Season 2) * Jamie Yeo as Tammy Tay (Season 3 to 5) Supporting Cast *Aileen Tan Aileen Tan Lay Ching (born 18 October 1966) is a Singaporean actress. Life and care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douhua
Douhua () is a Chinese sweet or savoury snack made with silken tofu. It is also referred to as doufuhua (), doufunao (; "tofu brains") in northern China, tofu pudding, and soybean pudding. History Tofu is thought to have originated in ancient China during the Han Dynasty. Liu An, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu of Han, was ambitious and wanted to invent something to make people live forever. Even though he failed to make the magic pill, he used soybean and bittern to finally get niveous and tender tofu, which was surprisingly tasty. People named it ''dòufunǎo'', or "tofu brains", because of its softness. The "brains" then became a popular snack during the Han Dynasty. In the next 2000 years, it gradually spread throughout China. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sichuan became the political, economical, and military center of Free China. The boss of a famous Douhua restaurant, Liu Xilu, learnt the methods of making beancurd from others and innovated on them until he fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In legal, law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and office chair, chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a Bench (furniture), bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukit Timah Road
Bukit Timah Road (; ; ) is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road's 25-km (15.5 miles) length makes it one of the longest roads in Singapore, and the road takes its name from the hill. En route, it passes through the areas of Little India, Singapore, Little India, Newton Road, Farrer Road, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Bukit Timah and Bukit Panjang. Bukit Timah Road splits into two roads at Newton Circus, the west-bound Bukit Timah Road and east-bound Dunearn Road, both of which straddle a canal along their entire lengths. Bukit Timah Road begins at the junction with Rochor Canal Road, Serangoon Road and Selegie Road just south of Tekka Centre as Bukit Timah Road, follows a canal in a northwest direction up to its junction with Clementi Road where it continues northwards as Upper Bukit Timah Road () until the junction with Bukit Panjang Road and Choa Chu Kang Road near the Ten Mile Junction shopping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semi-detached
A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single-family Duplex (building), duplex dwelling that shares one common party wall, wall with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from detached houses, with no shared walls, and terraced houses, with a shared wall on both sides. Often, semi-detached houses are built in pairs in which each house's layout is a mirror image of the other's. Semi-detached houses are the most common property type in the United Kingdom (UK). They accounted for 32% of UK housing transactions and 32% of the English housing stock in 2008. Between 1945 and 1964, 41% of all properties built were semis. After 1980, the proportion of semis built fell to 15%. History of the semi-detached house in the United Kingdom Housing the rural working classes Housing for the farm labourer's family in 1815 typically had one downstairs room with an extension for a scullery (for washing) and pantry (for storing food), and two bedrooms ups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singlish
Singlish (a portmanteau of ''Singapore'' and '' English''), formally known as Colloquial Singaporean English, is an English-based creole language originating in Singapore. Singlish arose out of a situation of prolonged language contact between speakers of many different Asian languages in Singapore, such as Malay, Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, Teochew, and Tamil. The term ''Singlish'' was first recorded in the early 1970s. Singlish has similar roots and is highly mutually intelligible with Manglish, particularly Manglish spoken in Peninsular Malaysia. Singlish originated with the arrival of the British and the establishment of English language education in Singapore. Elements of English quickly filtered out of schools and onto the streets, resulting in the development of a pidgin language spoken by non-native speakers as a lingua franca used for communication between speakers of the many different languages used in Singapore. Singlish evolved mainly among the working cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach Road, Singapore
Beach Road is a road located within the planning areas of Kallang, Rochor and the Downtown Core in Singapore. The road starts at its junction with Crawford Street in Kallang in the north, runs in a generally southerly direction, enters the Downtown Core at its junction with Ophir Road, and ends at its junction with Stamford Road Stamford Road ( Chinese: 史丹福路; ) is a one-way road in Singapore within the planning areas of Downtown Core and Museum. The road continues after the traffic light junction of Nicoll Highway, Esplanade Drive and Raffles Avenue towards Or ... and St. Andrew's Road to the south. As its name implies, Beach Road used to run along Singapore's southern coast, before land reclamation took place in the Kallang Basin area. Landmarks The prominent landmarks located along Beach Road include (from north to south): South Beach Residences Mixed Development with Grade A offices, hotel and residential component DUO a contemporary twin-tower integrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catchphrase
A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass media (such as films, internet, literature and publishing, television, and radio). Some become the de facto or literal "trademark" or "signature" of the person or character with whom they originated, and can be instrumental in the typecasting (acting), typecasting of a particular actor. Catchphrases are often humorous, can be (or become) the punch line of a joke, or a callback (comedy), callback reminder of a previous joke. Culture According to Richard Harris, a psychology professor at Kansas State University who studied why people like to cite films in social situations, using film quotes in everyday conversation is similar to telling a joke and a way to form solidarity with others. "People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batam
Batam, officially the City of Batam (, not to be confused with ''Batam Kota'', a kecamatan, district within this city), is the largest List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang Island, Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as Bulan Island, Bulang to the west and several smaller islands. Batam Island is the core Urban area, urban and Zoning, industrial zone, while both Rempang Island and Galang Island maintain their rural character and low-density population; they are connected to Batam Island by short bridges. Bulan Island, Bulang Island and the islands to its north forming Belakang Padang District lie to the west of Batam Island but are also administratively within the city. Batam is an industrial boomtown, an emerging transport hub and part of a free trade zone in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle, located off Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru, abbreviated as JB, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the core city of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia's second-largest district by population and the second-largest district economy. Covering an area of 391.25 km2, Johor Bahru had a population of 858,118 people as of 2020, making it the nation's largest state capital city by population. It is located at the southern end of the Peninsular Malaysia, adjacent to the city-state of Singapore. Johor Bahru is the financial and business centre of southern Malaysia. It is the second best-performing city in the country behind the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in terms of economic competitiveness and prosperity, and ease of doing business, according to World Bank. It also has the fastest urbanisation growth and internet speed among cities in Malaysia. Connecting with Singapore, Johor Bahru has the world's busiest international border crossing, primarily via the Johor-Singapore Causeway, KTM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
