Provision Shop (Chinese: 杂货店) is a Singaporean telemovie commissioned by the

Ministry of Communications and Information The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI; ms, Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan; zh, 通讯及新闻部; ta, தொடர்பு, தகவல் அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore respons ...

in collaboration with Tribal Worldwide Singapore. It is directed by

Royston Tan Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short films ...

and stars

Sora Ma Sora Ma (; born 22 January 1984) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2010 to 2017. Career Former commerce graduate, model and beauty queen-turned-artiste - Sora Ma, entered show busin ...

Marcus Chin Marcus Chin On Kang (, born 22 September 1953) is a Singaporean host, actor and singer. He left Mediacorp as a full-time artiste. Career Chin joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation during the 1970s. During the 1990s, he was mainly know ...

Li Yinzhu Li Yinzhu (simplified Chinese: 李茵珠; born 14 September 1949) is a Singaporean actress. She has been in the entertainment industry since 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials. Career In 1980, Li signed with Singapore Broadcasti ...

, Siti Khadijah, Brandon Wong, Cui Yang, Aden Tan and Sarah Daniel. The telemovie will debut on television on July 17, 2016 on

Mediacorp Channel 8 Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Mediacorp, Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that ye ...

Plot

The telemovie tells four stories revolving around a diverse community of locals and foreigners grappling with social tensions, and shows how through mutual understanding and respect, there will eventually be the openness to embrace change and diversity.

Cast

as Gao Ling Ling, the provision shop owner's daughter who is obsessed with

Korean drama Korean dramas (; RR: ''Han-guk deurama''), more popularly known as K-dramas, are television series in the Korean language, made in South Korea. They are popular worldwide, especially in Asia, partially due to the spread of Korean popular cultu ...

s *

as the provision shop owner *

as Madam Goh, also nicknamed "Empress Wu", who is tough on the outside but soft in the inside *Siti Khadijah as Theresita, Madam Goh's helper * Brandon Wong as an ice-delivery man *Cui Yang as the ice-delivery man's supervisor from China *Aden Tan as Peter, a tertiary student who is a frequent patron of the provision shop *Sarah Daniel as a tertiary student in a budding romance with Peter

References

Singaporean television films 2016 television films 2016 films Films directed by Royston Tan Films shot in Singapore Films set in Singapore {{Singapore-film-stub