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Patricia Mok
Patricia Mok (born 17 October 1971) is a Chinese Singaporean actress, best known for humorous roles on ''Comedy Night'' during her stint as a JTEAM artist until 2012. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1996 to 2012. Early life Mok was educated in Ping Yi Secondary School and Yishun Junior College. Career Mok made her debut in the 1990s comedy show ''Comedy Nite''. She was a cast member from 1996, until the demise of the show. Her roles in the skits helped her to land a contract with MediaCorp in 2006. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award in the Star Awards 2003 for playing a dowdy and meek wife in ''Holland V'', and earned two nominations in the Asian Television Awards in 2006 and 2008. Mok was switched to hosting MediaCorp events and shows in 2010. In a 2012 interview, she confessed that she felt uncomfortable being an emcee and thought she was better suited to acting in dramas and sitcoms. Mok left the entertainment industry in early 2012 after her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yishun Junior College
Yishun Innova Junior College (YIJC) is one of the 14 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after their O-level examinations. The two-year A-Level programme prepares students for education in local or foreign universities. History Yishun Junior College Yishun Junior College (YJC) started operations in January 1986, and was initially housed on the same premises as Yishun Secondary School and Yishun Town Secondary School, while its permanent campus was being built. The campus was completed in December 1986 and was officially declared open by Parliamentary Secretary for Education Tang Guan Seng on 28 May 1988. YJC was listed as one of the top-ten value added junior colleges in 2005 and 2006, and attained the gold academic value-added award for three consecutive years between 2007 and 2009. Innova Junior College Innova Junior College was the third junior college to be established past the mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolutely Charming
''Absolutely Charming'' (simplified Chinese: 糊里糊涂爱上它) is a Singaporean Chinese fantasy drama which will be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Cherry Hsia, Elvin Ng, Zhou Ying, Zhang Zhenhuan, Rebecca Lim, Richard Low and Patricia Mok as the cast of this series. The series was repeated at 7am on Mediacorp Channel 8 on weekends. Plot Hu Liqin, a Fox Spirit, is banished to Earth for being unable to suppress her feelings of love in heavens. The only way she would be permitted back to the Celestial Court was if she could find a man who is willing to sacrifice his life to love and protect her. Cast * Cherry Hsia as Hu Liqin, a fox spirit. * Elvin Ng as Song Haomin, one of the designers at Foxy * Zhou Ying as Xie Enlin, one of the designers at Foxy * Zhang Zhen Huan as Wu Zikang, one of the designers at Foxy * Rebecca Lim as Song Xinmei, owner of Fragrance Inn * Richard Low as Song Tiancheng * Patricia Mok as Liu Bingbing * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2000
Star Awards 2000 is the eighth installment of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. The ceremony were hosted by Timothy Chao and Yvette Tsui. The award ceremony saw numerous changes in the award ceremony, with the Taiwan popularity votes being discontinued and were solely decided by the Malaysia viewers alone, new categories were introduced (such as the Best News/Current Affairs Presenter, now as two separate categories), and nominations for both Primetime and Daytime programs were merged. The ceremony also introduced a new crystal trophy made in Shanghai, designed with a shape of S and A on the angle of view (which represents the initials of ''Star Awards''), and the trophy has been used ever since the ceremony. This was also the last ceremony to be presented under Television Corporation of Singapore before its rebranding to Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and styl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 1999
The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various category winners are awarded a trophy, with initial designs featuring various star shapes. The star was subsequently removed and the trophy is designed as a S shaped column, depicting the star. History The 1st Star Awards presentation was held on 26 February 1994, took place at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre, MediaCorp TV Theatre with an audience of about 500 people. There have no other pre-show and post-awards ceremony held in that year. Winners were announced during the presentation of the ceremony, the ceremony also presented a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award, respectively. The first Best Drama Serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards For Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes
The Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994. Initially, the awards were 10 Most Popular Artistes with five male and five female artistes receiving it. In 1997, the award winners were increased to ten female artistes from five. History The category was introduced in 1994, at the first Star Awards ceremony ; Chen Liping, Chen Xiuhuan, Pan Lingling, Aileen Tan, and Zoe Tay received the award as five of the female artistes of the 10 Most Popular Artistes award. The winners are determined by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting. During 1994 and 1995, the Most Popular Actress award and Most Popular Actress were also awarded. It was a separate award from the 10 Most Popular Artistes award and was given out to the female artiste who topped the votes of the latter award. Tay won the award in both 1994 and 1995. In 1996, the Most Popular Actress award was ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 1998
Star Awards 1998 is the 5th edition of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. The Best Comedy Performer and Best Variety Show Host Awards were introduced to recognise excellence in non-drama categories such as sitcoms, comedy shows and variety/ infotainment shows. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Other nominees are arranged based on chronological order of actors' showcase videos on the ceremony itself ;Best Actor (最佳男主角) *Xie Shaoguang 谢韶光 - Stand by Me 家人有约 ** Christopher Lee 李铭顺 - The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 **Li Nanxing 李南星 - The New Adventures of Wisely 卫斯理传奇 **Chew Chor Meng 周初明 - Immortal Love 不老传说 **Terence Cao 曹国辉 - Stand by Me 家人有约 ; ;Best Actress 最佳女主角 *Huang Biren 黄碧仁 - Stand by Me 家人有约 **Zheng Wanling 郑琬龄 - Driven by a Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards
The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various category winners are awarded a trophy, with initial designs featuring various star shapes. The star was subsequently removed and the trophy is designed as a S shaped column, depicting the star. History The 1st Star Awards presentation was held on 26 February 1994, took place at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre, MediaCorp TV Theatre with an audience of about 500 people. There have no other pre-show and post-awards ceremony held in that year. Winners were announced during the presentation of the ceremony, the ceremony also presented a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award, respectively. The first Star Awards for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Mahjong
''King of Mahjong'' is a 2015 Singaporean-Malaysian comedy film directed by Adrian Teh and starring Chapman To, Mark Lee, Michelle Ye and Venus Wong. The film was released on 19 February 2015, the first day of Chinese New Year. Plot Cast * Chapman To as Fatt * Mark Lee as Wong Tin-ba * Michelle Ye as Ramona * Venus Wong as Sassy Bai * Adrian Teh * Cheronna Ng as Deedee Cheung * Richard Low * Patricia Mok * Dennis Chew * Lenna Lim Guest appearance * Eric Tsang * Tien Hsin * Kingdom Yuen * Lo Hoi-pang * Mimi Chu * Siu Yam-yam Production ''King of Mahjong'' was filmed in both Singapore and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r .... Box office When the film premiered in Malaysia on 26 February 2015, the film grossed RM$2.4 million at the box office after its f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Dance Dragon
''Dance Dance Dragon'' () is a Singaporean comedy film from Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Golden Village Pictures that was released for Chinese New Year on January 19, 2012 in Singapore and in March in Malaysia. It is MediaCorp Raintree Pictures's last film. It was produced by most of the production team of '' It's a Great, Great World''. The cast includes artistes from both Singapore and Malaysia. Plot As Chinese New Year 2012 marks the year of the Dragon, the film explores the Chinese's age-old obsession with the Dragon and having children on a "Dragon year" (see Chinese zodiac). In the introduction, Ah Long (Melvin Sia) tells about how his father (Zheng Geping) was desperate to have a son born in the Dragon year because his ancestors had decreed that only a "Dragon boy" could take over the family's Dragon dance and Lion dance association. His mother (younger, Pan Lingling and older, Lai Meng) instead gives birth to "Dragon girls" while Ah Long himself was born several seconds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homerun (film)
''Homerun'' () is a 2003 Singaporean Standard Mandarin, Mandarin-language period film. A remake of the award-winning Iranian film ''Children of Heaven'', ''Homerun'' is a drama about two poor siblings and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. Set in 1965, the year Singapore Singapore in Malaysia#Expulsion, separated from Malaysia, the film satirises the Foreign relations of Singapore#Malaysia, political relations between the two countries, leading to its Censorship in Malaysia, banning in Malaysia. The film was written and directed by Singaporean filmmaker Jack Neo, and produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures. It stars Shawn Lee (actor), Shawn Lee, Megan Zheng, Xiang Yun and Huang Wenyong. Filming took place in the rural outskirts of Kuala Lumpur during November and December 2002, but Filmmaking#Production, post-production delays pushed back the film's release date. Released in cinemas on 7 August 2003, ''Homerun'' grossed over Singapore dollar, S$2.3 million during its nine- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Not Stupid
''I Not Stupid'' () is a 2002 Singaporean comedy film about the lives, struggles, and adventures of three Primary 6 pupils who are placed in the academically inferior EM3 stream. Written and directed by Jack Neo, and produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, the movie stars Huang Po Ju, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Xiang Yun, Jack Neo, Richard Low and Selena Tan. Released in cinemas on 9 February 2002, ''I Not Stupid'' earned over S$3.8 million, becoming the second-highest grossing Singaporean film. Its satirical criticism of the Singaporean education system and social attitudes in Singapore sparked public discussions and parliamentary debates that led to reforms in the education system. Its sequel, ''I Not Stupid Too'', was released in 2006. Plot The film's storyline revolves around the lives and families of three students in the EM3 academic stream, Terry Khoo ( Huang Po Ju), Liu Kok Pin (刘国彬 ''Liú Guóbīn''; Shawn Lee) and Ang Boon Hock (洪文福 ''Hóng Wénfú'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That One No Enough
''That One No Enough'' (), is a 1999 Singaporean romance comedy film directed by Jack Neo. The film was Neo's directorial debut, not counting Hitman in the City which was directed for the direct-to-VCD market. Plot Businessman Hong Hao Ren is a devoted husband, while his ambitious wife, Chow Min Hui, focuses on advancing her career than their relationship. He eventually gets romantically interested with her secretary, Jenny. Married used-car-salesman Zhu Guo Rong is romantically interested in a karaoke hostess. However, a neighbour spots him with the hostess. Provision-shop assistant Lim Ah Kun falls in love with Chen Hui Yu, the daughter of his boss. Cast * Jack Neo as Hong Hao Ren * Mark Lee as Zhu Guo Rong * Henry Thia as Lim Ah Kun * Hong Huifang as Chow Min Hui * Patricia Mok as Chen Hui Yu * John Cheng * Yan Ni as Jenny * Yoo Ah Min as Hao Ren's mother * Tan Kheng Hua * Justina Low as Chan Huay Release The movie was released in theatres in Singapore and Malaysia on 13 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
