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Pierre Png
Pierre Png Tiang Huat (; born 29 October 1973), is a Singaporean actor. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas which include '' The Gentlemen'' and ''When Duty Calls''. Early in his career, he was known for playing the comedic role of Phua Chu Beng in the long-running sitcom ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd''. He is also known for his role as a troubled and unhappy husband in the 2008 year-end blockbuster period drama ''The Little Nyonya'', and as a villain in 2013 drama '' The Journey: A Voyage''. In 2018, he appeared in the Hollywood film ''Crazy Rich Asians''. Early life Png was born on 29 October 1973 in Singapore, and was educated at St Gabriel's Primary School and Holy Innocents' High School. Career Png first encountered acting shortly after National Service in his role in the 1998 film ''Forever Fever''. The role piqued his interest in acting, and he enrolled in an acting course. The same year, Png won the Channel 5 ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang (surname)
__NOTOC__ Fang () is the List of common Chinese surnames, 47th most prevalent Chinese surname. In Chinese, ''Fāng'' () means "square" or "four-sided". ''Fāng'' () is pronounced ''Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, Fong'' in Cantonese, ''Hong'' or ''Png'' or ''Pwee'' in some Min Nan dialects and ''Png'' or ''Pung'' in Teochew dialect, Teochew. It is the 56th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Some more uncommon surnames with romanizations that are also conventionally simplified to "Fang" in English are ''Fáng'' (), meaning "room", and ''Fāng'' (), meaning "fragrant". Etymology During Emperor Yellow Emperor, Huang Di's reign, a kinship, descendant called Yu Lei was awarded the land of Fang (north west of Nanyu, Jingxing County, Nanyu) for his contributions in defeating a foreign tribe. He was thus known as Fang Lei, and his descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shining Star
The Shining Star () is family drama produced by Mediacorp TV Channel 8. The drama made its debut on 6 March 2006 in Singapore, and ended its run on 31 March 2006. It stars Pierre Png , Dawn Yeoh & Hong Huifang as the casts of the series. It encores it's telecast from Monday to Wednesday at 3.30pm in 2018 and on weekends at 7.30am from Feb - Mar 2021. This show was ranked at 7th position for Year 2006 in terms of viewership ratings and was awarded ''Best Drama Serial'' of the year. Synopsis A-Li is a very pretty young girl. However she was born visually handicapped and has never known how she looks like, much less her surroundings and the happenings around her. Despite this, she is an optimistic character who never blames anyone, striving instead to be as independent as possible in her daily life, sometimes even going out of her way to help others. Her own father had abandoned her since young and she followed her mother when she remarried a sloppy and lazy man. The family depend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Home
''Portrait of Home'' () is a Chinese language drama serial which was filmed for and broadcast on Singapore's Mediacorp TV Channel 8 in 2005. It stars Adrian Pang, Xiang Yun, Louise Lee, Richard Low, Pierre Png and Felicia Chin as the casts of the series. It is shown on weekdays at 7pm. The show has 100 episodes telecast in two segments, the first with 60 episodes and the second with 40 episodes. Part 1 was aired from 16 May 2005 to 15 August 2005 while part 2 was aired from 11 October 2005 to 5 December 2005. Cast * Louise Lee as Li Tian (李甜), the wife of Zhou Dong who subsequently remarried to Lin Shitou. * Richard Low as Lin Shitou (林石头), the second husband of Li Tian. * Chen Shucheng as Zhou Dong (周东) and Zhang Guangyang (张光杨), Zhou is the owner of Tong Xin Yuan who disappeared after a kidnap attempt went wrong; Zhang is a good friend of Zhou and impersonates as him as he looks like Zhou. * Xiang Yun as Zhang Xiuhua (张绣花), a staff of Tong Xin Yuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Pursuit Of Peace
''In Pursuit of Peace'' is a Singaporean television drama set in Japanese occupation of Singapore, Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. The series was first run on Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp Channel 8 from 9 March to 11 May 2001 on Friday nights. The series is based on the 1999 book ''Eternal Vigilance: The Price of Freedom'' (published by Asiapac Books), which contains numerous eyewitness accounts of survivors of the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia. In contrast with ''The Price of Peace'', a similar television series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 1997, ''In Pursuit of Peace'' focuses more on developing the main characters' stories, while the former places greater emphasis on the historical aspects of the Japanese occupation. Plot The series is set in Singapore and Malaya during World War II and depicts daily life before and during the Japanese occupation of Singapore from the perspectives of two Chinese families. The Huang family run an inn ... [...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 MediaCorp Channel 8 and also on AZN Television. It stars Edmund Chen , Ivy Lee , Chen Hanwei , Jacelyn Tay , Chen Liping , May Phua & Yang Libing as the casts of this series. This series is unique as it has a large ensemble guest cast featuring over 95% of 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 around for 2 decades. It is Christmas time and the staff are busy running the hotel and preparing for guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growing Up (Singaporean TV Series)
''Growing Up'' is one of the English-language dramas in Singapore which was produced by MediaCorp, it had a total of six seasons and the show was set between the 1960s to the 1980s. The show debuted in 1996 and the final season of the show was screened in December 2001. The repeat telecast of the drama was shown in July 2009 at 3pm. Cast and Characters Main Cast *Lim Kay Tong (b. 1954) as Charlie ( "Mr Tay") *Wee Soon Hui (b. 1958) as Soo Mei (a.k.a. "Mrs Tay") *Andrew Seow (b. 1970/1977) as Gary Tay *Steven Lim (b. 1974) as David Tay *Irin Gan (b. 1979) as Vicky Tay *Fan Wen Qing (b. 1985) as Tammy Tay (Season 1) *Quek Sue-Shan (b. 1976) as Tammy Tay (Season 2) *Jamie Yeo (b. 1977) as Tammy Tay (Season 3 to 5) Supporting Cast *Aileen Tan (b.1966) as Mae *Amy Cheng (b.1970) as Karen *Mohan as Uncle Govindasamy *Ivan Tay as Keng Joo *Catherine Sng as Auntie Chong *Annabelle Francis (b.1978) as Jenny Lim *Cynthia Koh Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eye (2002 Film)
''The Eye'', also known as ''Seeing Ghosts'', is a 2002 Hong Kong-Singaporean horror film directed by the Pang brothers. The film spawned two sequels by the Pang brothers, ''The Eye 2'' and ''The Eye 10''. There are three remakes of this film, including ''Adhu'', made in 2004 in Tamil, '' Naina'' made in 2005 in Hindi and '' The Eye'', a 2008 Hollywood production starring Jessica Alba. Plot Blind since the age of five, 20-year-old Hong Kong classical violinist Wong Kar Mun undergoes an eye cornea transplant after receiving a pair of new eyes from a donor. Initially, she is glad to have her sight restored but becomes troubled when she starts seeing mysterious figures that seem to foretell gruesome deaths. The night before her discharge from the hospital, she sees a shadowy figure accompanying a patient out of the room and the next morning the patient is pronounced dead. Mun goes to see her doctor's nephew, Dr. Wah, a psychotherapist, about the strange entities that she has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken Rice War
''Chicken Rice War'' is a Singaporean romantic comedy film released in 2000 by Raintree Pictures. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in a Singaporean setting, where fierce competition between rival chicken rice hawkers resulted in bitter enmity. The old feud between chicken rice hawker families' stand in the way of their young offspring who fell for one another. Synopsis ''Chicken Rice War'' is loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. In this movie the Montagues and Capulets are represented by the families Wong and Chan. Both families run Chicken Rice stalls side by side in the same market, something that the authorities say is impossible, since it is not allowed. The underlying conflict is about the secret family recipes that has been kept secret for generations, but apart from that nobody really knows what the fight is about. Audrey Chan is a beautiful, vain and spoilt girl who is the most popular girl in school. Fenson Wong is an insecure young man wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim 10
Slim 10 () was a popular dieting pill produced by Yuzhitang Health Products of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. In 2002, the product gained notoriety for cases of thyroid problems, liver failure, and deaths in Asia as a result of its consumption.'Chinese diet pill casualties mount"'', Cable News Network (''staff/wires''), 21 July 2002'Asia's Killer Diet Pills'', Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, TIME Magazine, 5 August 2002'Diet pill linked to further deaths'', BBC News, 19 July 2002 The product label claimed that the ingredients contained only natural extracts,'Therapeutic Goods Administration News Issue 39"'', Therapeutic Goods Administration (Government of Australia), November 2002 and was originally cleared for sale by authorities.'Sad tale of death, suffering and ethics"'', Seah Chiang Nee, Little Speck, 17 June 2002 It was tested and found to contain fenfluramine and nicotinamide that was banned by authorities in several Asian countries but had not been discovered in previous test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AsiaOne
AsiaOne is Singapore's first pure play digital content platform, serving readers primarily in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. AsiaOne was first launched in 1995 by Singapore Press Holdings and is currently a joint venture between mm2 Asia and SPH Media Trust. On 5 June 2000, SPH AsiaOne Ltd was listed on the Singapore Exchange. It was delisted on 24 January 2002. AsiaOne was revamped in July 2021, focusing on being "Off Centre, On Trend", that is, offering the reader a fresh perspective of what's happening packaged in a relatable way that matters. The website is one of the top news and information websites in Singapore by readership. AsiaOne's won the Silver award for the Best News Website Or Mobile Service for its NewsLite service in 2021 at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2021. Content AsiaOne initially started as a news aggregator covering news from across the Southeast Asian region. Today, over 90% of its content is organically created by a team of in-hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Golding (actor)
Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is a Malaysian-British actor and television host. Golding has been a presenter on BBC's ''The Travel Show'' since 2014. He is known for his film work, playing the role of Nick Young in ''Crazy Rich Asians'', the title character in the action-adventure '' Snake Eyes'', Sean Townsend in the thriller '' A Simple Favor'', and Tom in the romantic comedy ''Last Christmas'', the latter two directed by Paul Feig. Early life Golding was born in Sarawak in the district of Betong, Malaysia. His mother, Margaret Likan Golding, is a native-born Sarawakian of indigenous Dayak Iban ancestry. His father, Clive Golding, is British. The family lived for almost five years in Terengganu, before moving to Surrey, England, when Henry was eight years old. There he went to The Warwick School, Redhill. He moved to Kuala Lumpur when he was 21 to pursue on-camera roles after working as a hairdresser on Sloane Street in London for a couple of years. Career In M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
