''Facing the Music'' () is a 1998 Singaporean romantic drama series starring

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, Auguste Kwan, Ling Xiao,

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and

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. It premiered on

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on 2 March 1998 at 9pm local time.

Cast

as Yu Kaidi * Auguste Kwan as Shuai Yibin *

as Xia Ni * Ling Xiao as Yu Chong *

as Ma Mimi *

as Huang Qiguang *

as Wu Lihua *

Chen Huihui Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname *Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ** ...

as Huang Yanyan * Hong Junrui as Yu Kaige *

Dai Peng Dai may refer to: Names * Dai (given name), a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name * Dai (surname) (戴), a Chinese surname Places and regimes * Dai Commandery, a commandery of the state of Zhao and in early imperial China * Dai County, in Xinz ...

as Wu Guangzhou * Chen Zhiguang as Wu Darong *

Hong Peixing Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organiz ...

as Xie Zijian * He Junjie as Wu Jincai * Chen Yiwen as Wu Aiqin * Magayson as Samy * Lakhjit Kaur as Rita * Amritraj Singh as Vasso * Fu Guoquan as Xie Junming * Anna Lim as Weng Lailai * Chen Meiguang as Dong A-hao * He Qitang as Li Zhanhong *

Ding Lan Ding may refer to: Bronze and ceramics * Ding (vessel), a bronze or ceramic cauldron used in ancient and early imperial China * Ding ware, ceramics produced in Dingzhou in medieval China People * Ding (surname) (丁), a Chinese surname and lis ...

as Cindy * Li Haijie as Shuai Zhili *

Huang Peiru Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang Riv ...

as Fang Lisheng * Sun Yuhui as Sally * Zhang Yunhong as May * Guan Xuemei as Neighbour A

Production

Some of the exterior scenes were filmed at Block 63, Lorong 4

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. Lead actor Ling Xiao reportedly earned around per episode, and in total for the series.

References

External links

''Facing the Music'' (钢琴88)
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