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Strike Gold
''Strike Gold'' () is a 2023 Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Desmond Tan (actor), Desmond Tan, He Ying Ying, Yvonne Lim, Yao Wenlong, Benjamin Tan, Edwin Goh and Jin Yinji. Cast *Desmond Tan (actor), Desmond Tan as Liu Guang Ming *He Ying Ying as Mei Xiao Xi *Kiki Lim as Mei Xiao Xiao *Yvonne Lim as Lisa Fang *Yao Wenlong as Mei You Yong *Benjamin Tan as Joshua *Edwin Goh as Liu Guang Hui *Hong Huifang as Cardboard Granny *Jin Yinji as Grandma DuDu *Tyler Ten as Ray *Rachel Wan as Mina *Ayden Sng as Jiang Wenhao *Joey Swee as Ruby *Jeffrey Xu as Ke Nan Awards and nominations References {{Reflist 2020s Singaporean television series 2023 Singaporean television series debuts 2023 Singaporean television series endings Mediacorp Chinese language programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tan (actor)
Desmond Tan (born 19 August 1986) is a Singaporean actor. He won the Star Awards for Best Actor for his role in '' When Duty Calls'' in 2018. Career Tan first came to prominence in the entertainment industry when he finished runner-up to Andie Chen in '' Star Search 2007''. He was awarded a contract with Mediacorp and began his part time acting career with some minor roles in various Channel 8 dramas. After almost five years in the industry, Tan won his first award, the Rocket Award, at the 2012 Star Awards for the biggest breakthrough after a critically acclaimed performance as rickshaw driver Luo Xiaoxiao in the anniversary drama '' A Song to Remember''. Tan's rising popularity also earned him the ambassadorship of Samsung's GALAXY Camera in 2012 and later, as Samsung Mobile's Lifestyle Ambassador for the GALAXY S4 in 2013. Tan has won 8 Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively. Personal life D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Huifang
Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. In 2022, Hong became the first Singaporean actress to be nominated for Best Leading Actress at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, for her performance in the film '' Ajoomma''. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps best known by her generation for starring in '' Samsui Women'' and her role as Wang Jinfeng in '' The Price of Peace'', for which she won her first acting award. In 2009, she starred in the highly rated drama '' Housewives' Holiday'' and earned a surprise Best Actress nomination. At the Star Awards 2010, Hong became the only artiste to earn nomination for three awards: Best Actress (''Housewives' Holiday''), Best Supporting Actress ('' Together'') and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. Hong has won 1 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in 2019. Personal li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Hui Fang
Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. In 2022, Hong became the first Singaporean actress to be nominated for Best Leading Actress at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, for her performance in the film ''Ajoomma''. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps best known by her generation for starring in '' Samsui Women'' and her role as Wang Jinfeng in '' The Price of Peace'', for which she won her first acting award. In 2009, she starred in the highly rated drama ''Housewives' Holiday'' and earned a surprise Best Actress nomination. At the Star Awards 2010, Hong became the only artiste to earn nomination for three awards: Best Actress (''Housewives' Holiday''), Best Supporting Actress (''Together'') and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes. Hong has won 1 Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in 2019. Personal life Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards For Best Supporting Actress
The Star Awards for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994. The category was introduced in 1995, at the 2nd Star Awards ceremony; Zhu Xiufeng received the award for her role in ''Chronicle of Life'' and it is given in honour of a Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ... actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel. Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 actresses. Aileen Tan is the most recent winner in this category for her role in '' SHERO''. Since the ceremony held in 2023, Xiang Yun remains as the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2024
The 29th installment of Singapore's award ceremony ''Star Awards'' ( zh, 红星大奖2024)," honored the best in Singaporean prime time television programming in 2023, as chosen by both the television and radio industries of Singapore. The nominations were announced on 22 February 2024, and was presented on 21 April 2024 through multiple channels including streaming websites mewatch and YouTube, which also provided exclusive backstage commentary 3:30 PM to 10:30 PM. Alongside professional and popularity awards, the ceremony featured stars from Singapore and abroad. Ann Kok and Jesseca Liu, having won their tenth Top 10 Favourite Female Artiste in 2023, were conferred with the All-Time Favourite Artiste Award at this ceremony, while Pornsak and Yvonne Lim, who were not nominated for the Top 10 Favourite Artiste in 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Xu
Jeffrey Xu Mingjie (born 3 October 1988) is a Chinese actor and host based in Singapore. Career Xu studied performing major at Shanghai Film Art Academy before being discovered through the tenth season of ''Star Search'' in 2010, in which he emerged winner. He made his first drama appearance in ''Devotion'', in which he played an autistic child, which gave him a nomination for Best Newcomer during the Star Awards 2012. In Star Awards 2013 and Star Awards 2017, Jeffrey gained a nomination for Star Awards for Best Supporting Actor for respective dramas. In 2013, Jeffrey clinched the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" award at the 18th Asian Television Awards (ATA) for his role in ''Marry Me''. In 2015, Xu is involved in more dramas like Crescendo, Sealed with a Kiss, The Journey: Our Homeland, Tiger Mum and Life Is Beautiful has wrapped up a long form drama, Life - Fear Not. In Star Awards 2016, Xu gained his first award called Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Swee
Joey Swee (born 5 June 1977) is a Singaporean actress and television host. A former model, Swee entered showbiz as a ''Star Search'' semi-finalist contestant in 1997 and played her first leading role in the 1999 Channel 8 series ''My Teacher, My Friend''. She retired from acting in 2009 to become a full-time homemaker, and returned to screen in 2018 with the long-form drama series '' Reach for the Skies''. Personal life Besides English and Mandarin, Swee also speaks Hokkien. In 2000, Swee received warning from the traffic police for a speeding offence. Since 2005, Swee has been married to Indonesian-Chinese businessman Gani Bustan, the CEO of a coal and mining company who is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. They have three sons - Kynaston, Jefferson and Algernon. Swee does aerial yoga and hiking. Filmography Swee has appeared in the following programmes and films: Television series *''Tuition Fever'' (1997) *''Not The Facts'' (1997) *''The Test Of Time'' (1997) *''Office Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayden Sng
Ayden Sng Zheng (born 17 November 1993) is a Singaporean actor, host and musician, best known for starring in the television series ''Loving You'', ''Truths About Us'', ''The Unbreakable Bond'' and '' All That Glitters''. Early life and career Sng attended Raffles Institution and graduated from Duke University, where he majored in International Comparative Studies. He was a Commando when serving National Service (NS). He worked as a product manager in a consulting firm where his pay was reportedly more than $6,000 a month, before he became a full-time Mediacorp artiste in May 2019. In June 2021, Sng revealed that he had renewed his contract with the TV station. In September 2023, Sng was one of the actors chosen for the Mediacorp–Huanyu Entertainment partnership, where the Chinese talent management company will represent him in China. In April 2024, Sng was cast in an untitled Chinese fantasy drama, which also starred Bai Lu and Joseph Zeng as its main leads. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Wan
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt Rebecca was Jacob's mother. After Leah conceived again, Rachel finally had a son, Joseph, who would become Jacob's favorite child. Children Rachel's son Joseph was destined to be the leader of Israel's tribes between exile and nationhood. This role is exemplified in the Biblical story of Joseph, who prepared the way in Egypt for his family's exile there. After Joseph's birth, Jacob decided to return to the land of Canaan with his family. Fearing that Laban would deter him, he fled with his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and twelve children without informing his father-in-law. Laban pursued him and accused him of stealing his teraphim. Indeed, Rachel had taken her father's teraphim, hidden them inside her camel's seat cushion, and sat upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Ten
Tyler Ten (born 19 March 1996) is a Singaporean actor, model and martial arts instructor. Early and personal life Ten's father is an engineer and his mother helps out at a drinks stall. He has an older brother who works in the automotive industry. Ten practised Muay Thai from a young age and won his first competition at age 14. He is also trained in bodybuilding and is a martial arts instructor. Before becoming an actor and model, Ten was also a waiter and did mascot jobs. He was educated at Jurongville Secondary School and he studied interior design at Singapore Polytechnic. He attended Singapore Institute of Management studying marketing while juggling acting commitments at Mediacorp, playing minor roles in the television series ''Key Witness'', ''Super Dad'', ''Watch Out! Alexius'', and ''Mister Flower''. Career Ten is also a model and was formerly signed to modelling agency NOW Model Management. He participated in '' Mediacorp Star Search'' in 2019, and came in as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
