Double Happiness II () is a

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series on

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in Singapore which was broadcast in March 2004 and ended in January 2005. It consists two parts, with 71 episodes in this part of the show. It is about a family who operates a

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known as ''Happy Fish'' located at

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. It stars

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, Xie Shaoguang,

Edmund Chen Edmund Chen (born 4 February 1961) is a Singaporean actor and artist. He began his career in 1987 and rose to become one of Singapore's most prominent and popular actors during the 1990s and early 2000s. Media career Chen entered the entertainmen ...

, Vivian Lai and Zhang Wei as the casts for the second installment. The restaurant has its ups and downs, but eventually it will come out strong, but not without tragedies and lessons learned.

Cast

as Situ Yaxi * Xie Shaoguang as Luo Jialong *

Patricia Mok Patricia Mok Siu Leng (born 17 October 1971) is a Singaporean comedian, host and actress, best known for her comedic roles on ''Comedy Night'' during her stint as a JTeam artist until 2012. She was a full-time Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. ...

as Su Meili, Jialong's wife * Xiang Yun as Luo Jiaxi * Huang Yiliang as Lin Xuezhi, Jiaxi's husband *Li Xianmin as Lin Wenwen, Jiaxi and Xuezhi's daughter *

Aileen Tan Aileen Tan Lay Ching (born 18 October 1966) is a Singaporean actress. Life and career Tan studied at Willow Secondary School. Tan worked in sales for more than a year before becoming an office administrator at an advertising agency. Tan pa ...

as Luo Jiayu *

Rayson Tan Rayson Tan Tai Ming (born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor. Career Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search Singapore ta ...

as Huang Yaozu, Jiayu's husband *Kimberly Wang as Donna, Yaozu and Jiayu's daughter *Clarence Neo Jia Jun as Patrick, Yaozu and Jiayu's son * Vivian Lai as Luo Jiaqian *

as Luo Jiaqi * Alan Tern as Wenjie/Wenxiong (Dual Role) * Priscelia Chan as Lin Meijiao, later Shirley * Jin Yinji as Mrs. Luo/Ah Feng (Dual Role) *Zhang Wei as Luo Kaijin *

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 '' A ...

as Luo Kaiyin, Kaijin's younger sister *

Henry Thia Henry Thia Hiok Hui (born 25 February 1952), also known as Alamak and Hui Ge (), is a Singaporean actor and comedian. Career Thia was a member of the main cast of ''Comedy Nite'' throughout its run, having the opportunity to work with both Ja ...

as Gao Ah Peng, Meijiao's former husband * Jeff Wang as Luo Jiafu *

Chen Tianwen Chen Tianwen (born 28 May 1963) is a Singaporean actor. Career Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th a ...

as William * Yao Wenlong as Tang Jiaming

Guest cast

* Moses Lim * Brandon Wong

Release

In 2007, MediaCorp sold the drama's rights to Chinese broadcaster CCTV8 and it was broadcast in China in 4 parts, 2 parts for each season.

Accolades

References

External links

''Double Happiness''
(Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Double Happiness (Tv Series) Singapore Chinese dramas 2004 Singaporean television series debuts 2005 Singaporean television series endings 2000s Singaporean television series 2004 Singaporean television seasons 2005 Singaporean television seasons Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming