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Yang Libing
Yang Libing (, born 13 November 1965), also known as Emily Yeo, is a former Singaporean Mediacorp actress. She was prominently a full-time artiste from 1983 to 2009. Career Yang first entered the entertainment industry in 1984 after she completed the SBC's drama training course with her older sister Yang Lina. She starred in the long-running hit drama '' Wok of Life'' and won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Star Awards in 1999. Yang left the entertainment industry in 2009 to focus on business and operated a hair salon with her sister Yang Lina which was opened in 2004. Yang has appeared in several of MediaCorp's anniversary events and was one of many former artistes present at the Star Awards 2012. Personal life Yang studied at Nan Chiau High School. Yang married actor Li Nanxing in 1994 after co-starring with him in several drama series. They divorced in 2004 citing irreconcilable differences. Yang's sister, Yang Lina, died of uterine cancer Uterine cancer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang (surname)
Yang (; ) is the Transcription (linguistics), transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the list of common Chinese surnames#People's Republic, sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' text. The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period of the Ji (Zhou dynasty ancestral surname), Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty ) who was enfeoffed in the Yang (state), state of Yang. History The German sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang the "Monkey Clan", citing the totemistic myth recorded in the ''Soushenji'' and ''Fayuan Zhulin'' that the Yangs living in southwestern Shu (state), Shu (modern Sichuan) were descendants of monkeys. The ''Soushenji'' "reported that in the southwest of Shu there were monkey-like animals whose names were ''jiaguo'' (猳國), ''mahua'' (馬化), or ''Monkeys in Chinese culture#Jue and Juefu, jueyuan'' (玃猿). ... [...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] |
21st-century Singaporean Actresses
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Star Awards 1997
Star Awards 1997 is the fourth edition of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore 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. ... to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. References External links Star Awards 1997 @ Xinmsn Star Awards {{media-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NewspaperSG
NewspaperSG is an online newspaper archive launched in 2010 containing newspapers distributed in Singapore, including those published in the 19th century. History The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of ''The Straits Times'' available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010. At the archive's launch, it included 14 newspapers, including the ''New Nation'', '' Sin Chew Jit Poh'', '' Nanyang Siang Pau'', ''Berita Harian'', the '' Singapore Weekly Herald'', the '' Straits Mail'', '' The Business Times'', '' today'', '' Streats'', the '' Malayan Saturday Post'', the '' Straits Observer'', and the '' Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser''. In December 2017, six more newspapers were added to the archive, the '' Syonan Shimbun'', ''Comrade'', the '' Indian Daily Mail'', the '' Malaya Tribune'', the '' Morning Tribune'', and the ''Sunday Tribune The ''Sunday Tribune'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Fringe 1987
''On the Fringe'' () is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 18 Apr 1988. This drama serial consists of 25 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9.30 pm. Cast *Li Nanxing as Chen Yong, the leader of the Roller Express gang. The lead role was originally offered to Eric Moo but was rejected by him. *Chen Bifeng as Meifeng *Zheng Wanling as Dangna *Duan Weiming as Xie Abao *Yang Libing as Zhang Xiaohua *Weng Jiahong as Haocai *Lin Meijiao * Huang Yiliang *Zheng Geping *Steven Woon * Dai Peng *Wang Xiuyun *Chen Juanjuan *Pan En *Liang Tian *Richard Low *Wu Weiqiang *Guan Xinyi *Cai Ducui *Li Yinzhu *Li Gongyu *Wang Changli *Chen Tianxiang *Zhu Zuquan *An Zheming *Huang Fa *Zeng Yaofeng * Liang Baozhu *Zhang Jinhua *Chen Meiguang *Yan Bingliang Yan Bingliang (born Giam Ping Leong) is a Singaporean actor best known for acting in many Chinese-language television series produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airforce (TV Series)
Airforce (空军) is a Singapore Chinese miniseries produced by the SBC in 1988. It was the first military themed drama produced in Singapore and produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence. The drama featured the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSSAF) and its aircraft such as the Northrop F-5, Aermacchi S-211 and Aermacchi SF.260. Most scenes were filmed on-site at Changi Airport and its adjoining air base. The series creator was Jiang Long, who also co-created the 1984 classic period drama '' The Awakening''. The miniseries was later dubbed in English for broadcast on SBC 5 in April 1989 as a strategy by SBC to air the English dubbed version of a Mandarin serial first before the actual serial was shown. The dub had received positive viewer response. It was one of several SBC drama series re-aired on Channel 8 in 2007 as part of Mediacorp's anniversary celebrating 25 years of local Chinese drama production. Plot The series revolves around several young RSAF trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Pillow
''The Golden Pillow'' () is a 40-episode epic drama produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (now MediaCorp) in 1995. Synopsis The story is about Ren Niang, who attempts to find success and happiness in his life. Born in Thailand, Ren Niang goes to Singapore in search of his long-lost biological father Sai Qilin and gets entangled in a love triangle along the way. He chances upon a mysterious "golden pillow" rumoured to possess magical powers. Part of the plot involves various characters trying to get their hands on the golden pillow. Legacy The series was one of earliest Singaporean drama series to be filmed on location overseas (part of it was filmed in Europe). At the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special celebrating 25 years of local Chinese television, the scene of Fann Wong, Zoe Tay and Alex Man "listening" to the golden pillow was named one of the top 5 most memorable scenes. Xie Shaoguang Cha Shao-kwong (born 15 September 1961), professionally known as Xie Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me, Love Me Not (Singaporean TV Series)
Love Me, Love Me Not (真爱无敌) is a romance drama about two angels who must fulfill a mission to make certain people fall in love. It stars Jacelyn Tay, Xie Shaoguang, Wong Li-Lin, Chen Hanwei and Dennis Chew. Plot Two angels, Hong Luanxing ( Jacelyn Tay, the Love Star) and Gu Guaxing ( Wong Li-Lin, the Lonesome Star), are sent to Earth as a punishment for breaking a rule in heaven. On Earth, they take on new identities as Song Xingxing, a lawyer, and Song Jingjing, a matchmaker from the Social Development Board. Their punishment is to complete conflicting tasks: Hong Luanxing, the Love Star, now is a lawyer and has to break couples up. Gu Guaxing, the Lonesome Star, now has to pair singles up. Each of them has to break up/pair up 100 couples before their punishment is considered complete. Xingxing and Jingjing fell in love with Ziyan and Yiqin respectively later on in the show. In the end, both of the angels went back to heaven after completing their punishments and Xingx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Axis Of Truth
Beyond the aXis of Truth () is a Singaporean Mandarin supernatural/sci-fi crime drama series which aired in June 2001. It stars Edmund Chen, Ivy Lee, Chen Liping, Chen Shucheng & Nick Shen as the casts of this series. Synopsis Forensic pathologist Chen Xueming (Edmund Chen) and CID officer Wu Pinyu (Ivy Lee) work together on several manslaughter cases, each of which involves unnatural phenomenons that can only be described as supernatural such as reality-bending, cryokinesis, walking dead/vampirism, time-travel and plant-human hybrids Case 1: A woman named Liao Yongwei (Vivian Lai) having an extra-marital affair with paraplegic Li Zeyuan (Chen Tianwen) is drowned. When Zeyuan is hospitalised, Yongwei's estranged husband is mysteriously attacked at a bowling alley and later burnt at the hospital. Case 2: Xueming and Pinyu are called to a string of bodies which showed signs of having been frozen at some point, beginning with two police officers who had been escorting a shoplifter. ... [...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 Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp Channel 8 and also on AZN Television. It stars Edmund Chen, Ivy Lee (actress), Ivy Lee, Chen Hanwei, Jacelyn Tay, Chen Liping, May Phua and Yang Libing as the casts of this series. This series is unique as it has a large Ensemble cast, ensemble guest cast featuring over 95% of Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), 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 arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukit Ho Swee (TV Series)
Bukit Ho Swee () is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Its boundary is made up of the Alexandra Canal in the north; Kim Seng Road and Outram Road in the east; Zion Road and Jalan Bukit Ho Swee in the south; Delta Road and Lower Delta Road in the west. Etymology The name Bukit Ho Swee derives from both Malay and Hokkien: ''Bukit'' is Malay for hill, and ''Ho Swee'' commemorates Tay Ho Swee () (18341903), an influential Chinese opium and spirit farmer, timber merchant and ship owner.Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, He was also the son of Tay Han Leong, the first opium and spirit dealer in Singapore. When Bukit Ho Swee got its official name in 1907, it was an area with many plank and attap houses. History Bukit Ho Swee had a prominent Chinese community dating back to the days when Singapore was under Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |