Double Happiness () is a Chinese

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serial 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 Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The ch ...

in Singapore which was screened in 2004 and ended in Jan 2005. It stars Ivy Lee , Xie Shaoguang , Edmund Chen ,

Vivian Lai Vivian Lai Yi-ling is a Taiwanese-born Singaporean actress & television host. Life and career Born in Taiwan, Lai migrated to Singapore with her Taiwanese family when she was still a student. She joined ''Star Search Singapore 1999'' and was the w ...

& Zhang Wei as the casts of this series. It consists two parts, with 70 episodes in this part of the show. It is about a family who sells

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in a renowned restaurant in

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called Happy Fish. The restaurant has its ups and downs, but eventually it will come out strong, but not without tragedies and lessons learnt. In 2007 MediaCorp sold its rights to Chinese broadcaster CCTV8 and it was broadcast in China in 5 parts. It also had a rerun on Channel 8 in August 2012 to March 2013 for both seasons. The latest rerun was in Jan 2020 to Sep 2020 on weekends 7.30am.

Cast

* Ivy Lee as Situ Yaxi, Jiaqi's wife, Mrs Luo and Kaijin's daughter in law, Jiaxi, Jiayu and Jialong's sister in law, Jiafu and Jiaqian's second sister in law, Wenwen, Lana and Patrick's second aunt * Xie Shaoguang as Luo Jialong, Jiaxi, Jiayu, Jiaqi, Jiaqian and Jiafu's big brother, Yaxi's brother in law and Meili's husband *

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 lif ...

as Su Meili, Jialong's wife, Jiayu, Jiaqi, Jiaqian, Jiafu and Jiaxi's big sister in law *

Xiang Yun Chen Cuichang (born 27 October 1961), better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained arti ...

as Luo Jiaxi,Jialong first younger sister ,Xuezhi's wife,Wenwen's mother *

Huang Yiliang Ng Aik Leong (Chinese: ), better known by his Chinese name Huang Yiliang, is a former veteran Singaporean television actor and director. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1980 to 2006, after which he decide not to renew after the contra ...

as Lin Xuezhi, Jiaxi's husband, Wenwen's father, Jialong first younger brother-in-law,Jiayu,Jiaqi,Jiaqian and Jiafu's first big brother-in-law *Li Xianmin as Lin Wenwen, Jiaxi and Xuezhi's daughter *

Aileen Tan Aileen Tan (born 18 October 1966) is a Singaporean actress. Life and career She was educated at the now defunct Willow Secondary School. Tan was often cast in leading roles in the first 15 years of her acting career, but has since played supp ...

as Luo Jiayu *

Rayson Tan Rayson Tan (; born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor. Career Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search Singapore talent comp ...

as Huang Yaozu, Jiayu's husband *Kimberly Wang as Lana, Yaozu and Jiayu's daughter *Clarence Neo Jia Jun as Patrick, Yaozu and Jiayu's son *

as Luo Jiaqian * Edmund Chen as Luo Jiaqi *

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 hi ...

as Wenjie/Wenxiong (Dual Role) * Priscelia Chan as Lin Meijiao, later Shirley *

Jin Yinji Gam Ngan Gei (born 17 June 1946), better known as Jin Yinji, is a Singaporean actress of South Korean descent. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1986 to 2017 but continued to film on an ad-hoc basis. Jin's contract with Me ...

as Mrs. Luo/Ah Feng (Dual Role) *Zhang Wei as Luo Kaijin *

Hong Huifang Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps ...

as Luo Kaiyin, Kaijin's younger sister *

Henry Thia Henry Thia (; born 25 February 1952), also known as , is a Singaporean actor and comedian. Career Thia was a member of the main cast of ''Comedy Nite'' throughout its run. Although he had many roles in various sketches, his most memorable role ...

as Gao Ah Peng, Meijiao's former husband *

Jeff Wang Jeff Wang () is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He was previously contracted to MediaCorp and was based in Singapore for over a decade. He was a prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2010. As he decided to pursue a career i ...

as Luo Jiafu *

Chen Tianwen Chen Tianwen (born 28 March 1963) is a Singaporean actor. Career Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th arti ...

as William *

San Yow Yao Wenlong (, born 14 November 1970) is a Singapore based Malaysian actor. Career Yao entered the local television scene after winning the Star Search 1993 (Male category) organised by then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now MediaCorp). W ...

as Tang Jiaming

Guest cast

Moses Lim Moses Lim (born 12 December 1949) is a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian and food connoisseur, best known for playing Tan Ah Teck in the Singaporean sitcom '' Under One Roof (1995 - 2003)''. Education Lim took his primary school educa ...

* Brandon Wong

Synopsis

The main female character in the show is Yaxi, who has to struggle with the Luo family for the control of Happy Fish, a Fish and Chips Restaurant. Yaxi, who is married to the Luos' second son Jiaqi, is a career woman who had hardly frequents a kitchen and is asked to look after Happy Fish by her dying mother-in-law.

Accolades

* Edmund Chen and Ivy Lee (as Luo Jiaqi and Situ Yaxi respectively) were named the Top 5 Favourite On-screen Partners/Couple at the

Star Awards 2007 Star Awards 2007 () was a television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was the first ''Star Awards'' ceremony to be broadcast in two weeks putting emphas ...

special celebrating 25 years of Chinese drama.

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