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First Touch
''First Touch'' is a Singaporean English-language medical drama which aired in 2002 and 2003. The series is about a team of doctors, nurses and staff at a hospital obstetrics and gynaecology department. Cast *Edmund Chen as Dr. Charles Yong, chief of gynaecology *Amy Cheng *Nick Shen as Dr. Wee Teck Meng *Ferlin Jayatissa as Dr. Vasso *Vernetta Lopez as Dr Kelly Chan *Wee Soon Hui Supporting/Guest/Recurring Cast *Steph Song as Dr. Ann Lee *Natalie Faye as Lee Hoon * Timothy Nga as Steve Lai *Noor Naserimah as Nurse Faridah *Alan Tern *Mindee Ong *Joey Swee *Cheryl Chin Cheryl Chin is a Singaporean television and film actress. She was formerly known as a Singapore television actress and fashion model who competed in and won the Star Search Singapore finals in 2003. She also received the best actress award. S ... References {{reflist External links''First Touch''on Mediacorp website Singaporean medical television series 2000s Singaporean television series 2002 Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meng Ong
Meng Ong is a Singapore born filmmaker. He began making movies at 16 and graduated from New York University Film School. '' Miss Wonton'' is his first feature-length film, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2001 in the American spectrum section. He has also been selected as one of the “Directors to Watch” by filmfestivals.com. It also won the prestigious PRIX FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and showcased at other festivals like Busan International Film Festival and as the opening night film at the Bite the Mango film festival in UK. The film has been released by United International Pictures in Singapore (2001) and at the Cinema Village in New York City (2002). It has been released on video by Comstar. In 2019, it was selected by Asian Film Archive for Korean Film Archive’s Asian Digitalization Project which awards films of cultural and historical significance. Meng Ong’s second feature, “A Fantastic Ghost Wedding” (aka “A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steph Song
Steph Song () is a Malaysian actress of Malaysian Chinese, Chinese heritage, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Australia. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by Asian readers of ''FHM'' magazine. Song has received five Leo Award nominations and one Gemini Award nomination for her TV and film work in Canada and the United States. Career Song acted mostly on a freelance basis in Singapore in her early career, and was the female lead in the second season of ''Heartlanders'', as well as the first season of ''Achar!'', which won Bronze Medal at the New York Television Festival, New York Television Awards and has since been sold to 10 countries. Another show that Steph was in, titled ''Singapore Short Story Project'', won best Drama Series at the Asian Television Awards in 2004. In 2004, Song joined SPH MediaWorks, and was supporting lead in "Perceptions" and female lead in the very last Channel i-produced drama ''Six Weeks'' which won Best Drama Series at the Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Singaporean Television Series
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin 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 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 compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean Medical Television Series
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the vast majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also far-reaching worldwide. In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups. Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent. The Singaporean identity was fostered as a way for the different ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Chin
Cheryl Chin is a Singaporean television and film actress. She was formerly known as a Singapore television actress and fashion model who competed in and won the Star Search Singapore finals in 2003. She also received the best actress award. She has appeared mostly on Singapore's television drama and comedy series. In 2010, she appeared in ''Mongolian Death Worm'', directed by Steven R. Monroe, starring Sean Patrick Flanery, and ''Machete'', directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Danny Trejo, Steven Seagal, Jessica Alba, and Robert De Niro. Early life Chin was born in Singapore to Irene and Albert Chin. Both her mother and father are of Chinese descent, though her father was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chin has a younger brother, Sean. Because of her father's roots, she was raised in Malaysia for 3 years and then settled in Singapore until the age of 11. Chin grew up without both grandparents. Her grandmother died in the first plane crash of Singapore Airline's history, an ... [...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 Aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindee Ong
Mindee Ong ( zh, 王欣; born 7 October 1979) is a Singaporean actress best known for starring in the Royston Tan films '' 881'' and '' 12 Lotus'', as well as in the television series ''Let It Go''. Career Ong starred in Royston Tan films '' 881'' and '' 12 Lotus''. She then starred in the 2010 comedy film ''Lelio Popo'', the 2011 romantic comedy film '' Perfect Rivals'' and the television series ''Anything Goes''. She starred in the 2014 Malaysian horror film '' The Transcend''. She starred in the television series ''Let It Go'' in 2015. In the same year, she starred in '' My Papa Rich''. She appeared in the second season of ''Folklore''. Personal life She has two daughters. Filmography Film *''Birthday'' (2005; short film) *'' 881'' (2007) *'' 12 Lotus'' (2008) *''Lelio Popo'' (2010) *'' Perfect Rivals'' (2011) *''Filial Party'' (2014) *''Seventh'' (2014) *'' The Transcend'' (2014) *'' My Papa Rich'' (2015) *'' The Dream Boyz'' (2015) *''Will You Be My Valentine?'' (2016; short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Tern
Alan Tern Yoke Cher (, born 31 March 1976) is a Singaporean actor. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2001 to 2011. Career Tern was a finalist in the 2001 Star Search Singapore, and he joined MediaCorp after the competition. He made his debut in the sitcom ''My Genie'' not long after signing on and also appeared in '' The Hotel''. Tern's acting in '' Double Happiness'' earned him a Best Supporting Actor Award nomination at the Star Awards 2005. Tern left the entertainment industry as he has announced his decision to leave MediaCorp after filming '' A Song to Remember'', in which he played the abusive husband of his wife's character. He did not rule a return to acting but stated that he wanted to concentrate on running his business for the time being. Personal life Tern was educated at The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College. Prior to joining Star Search he graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a degree in accountancy. Tern currently runs his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Nga
Timothy Nga (10 June 19739 January 2023) was a Singaporean actor. Nga began his professional career in 2003 and performed with several local companies, including The Necessary Stage, the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT), and Wild Rice Wild rice, also called manoomin, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus ''Zizania'', and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both .... Acting credits Theatre Film Television References External links * 1973 births 2023 deaths Singaporean actors {{Singapore-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obstetrics And Gynaecology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system – vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts). Postgraduate training programs for both fields are usually combined, preparing the practising obstetrician-gynecologist to be adept both at the care of female reproductive organs' health and at the management of pregnancy, although many doctors go on to develop subspecialty interests in one field or the other. Scope United States According to the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), which is responsible for issuing OB-GYN certifications in the United States, the first step to OB-GYN certification is completing medical school to receive an MD or DO degree. From there doctors must complete a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Chen
Edmund Chen () (born 4 February 1961) is a Singaporean former 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. Career Chen entered the entertainment industry after completing the SBC (predecessor of MediaCorp) 7th drama training course in 1987. He starred in several high-profile dramas such as sci-fi drama series ''Star Maiden'', ''Air Force'' and police thriller ''Patrol'', where he met and later married co-star Xiang Yun. During the late 1990s he temporarily left showbiz for several years to concentrate on other projects. After returning to MediaCorp his popularity soared and he won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award seven consecutive times. During the Star Awards 2007 25th anniversary special, he and Ivy Lee, who played his on-screen partner many times, were named the Top 5 Favourite On-screen Couples for their roles as husband and wife in '' Double Happiness''. He le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communication theory, Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964 work on the nature of Mass media, media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
