Family Matters (Drama)
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Family Matters is a television drama produced by Mediacorp TV Channel 8
and telecast from 11 September 2006. Based on the lives of two lawyers who specialise in divorce cases in the Family Court of Singapore. Played by Ivy Lee
and Thomas Ong, the show depicts their troubled experiences separating career and their emotional attachments towards each other.
Having experienced the deep love and warmth from her adoptive parents and stepbrother, Zheng Weilun (Terence Cao), Shuyang still yearns to marry despite past hurts and disappointments. Her stepbrother, Weilun, has been trying to woo Shuyang but to no avail, because Shuyang has no feelings for him at all because she only has an eye for Gao Ming.
However, Shuyang's faith and beliefs are greatly shaken when she finds out about Gao Ming (Thomas Ong), her adopt father's illegitimate son. To make matters worse, she finds herself falling for the ever-flamboyant Gao Ming. Towards the end, she finds herself contracting stomach cancer
and there is not much hope to be cured. Who would she choose: Gao Ming or Wei Lun?
In the last episode, Shuyang chose Gao Ming to be with her and Wei Lun went to jail due to some scandalous affairs. Shuyang managed to keep her condition in control by eating medicine and went for treatment and later survived after 1 year.Gao Ming And Shuyang than
married
MediaCorp TV Channel 8
MediaCorp Channel 8 is a 24-hour free-to-air Mandarin Chinese general entertainment television channel in Singapore...
and telecast from 11 September 2006. Based on the lives of two lawyers who specialise in divorce cases in the Family Court of Singapore. Played by Ivy Lee
Ivy Lee
Ivy Ledbetter Lee is considered by some to be the founder of modern public relations. The term Public Relations is to be found for the first time in the preface of the 1897 Yearbook of Railway Literature....
and Thomas Ong, the show depicts their troubled experiences separating career and their emotional attachments towards each other.
Lead Actors and Actresses
- Thomas Ong as Gao Ming
- Ivy LeeIvy Lee (Singapore actress)Ivy Lee is a Singaporean actress under MediaCorp who was signed on after winning the bi-annual Star Search in 1993. Her personality leads her into many motherly roles but her flexibility allowed her to succeed in portraying other characters as well. In 2005, Lee gave birth to a pair twin sons. She...
as Zhao Shuyang - Terence CaoTerence CaoTerence Cao is a Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp television actor.-Biography:Cao was educated at Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore. Prior to joining SBC in 1989, Cao worked as a flight attendant...
as Zheng Weilun - Cynthia KohCynthia KohCynthia Koh is a Singaporean Chinese actress, appearing in MediaCorp drama serials.-Early life and education:Born in 1974, Koh has one younger sister. Her father works in the Singapore Civil Defence Force while her mother is a housewife...
as Guan Jier
Supporting/Minor Roles
- Chen ShuchengChen Shucheng-Acting:Chen joined Mediacorp, then known as Radio Television Singapore , as an actor in 1971. Since then he has portrayed many different roles ranging from the young nerdy doctor in The Awakening, a rich flirting playboy in Pretty Faces to the strict and unbending father in Love at 0°C .-Life...
as Zheng Zhigang - Lin Yuyun as Li Chunling
- Lin MeijiaoLin MeijiaoLin Meijiao 林梅娇 is a Singaporean television actress.-Bio:Lin is a consummate artiste who has acted in many drama serials. This thespian was also awarded the Best Supporting Actress at the 1995 Shanghai International Film Festival for her role in the drama serial Silk Of Love.Her congenial and...
as Gao Wei - Wang YuqingWang YuqingJeffrey Tan Chooi Leong, better known as Wang Yuqing, is a Singaporean actor, most known for his role in The Flying Fish , which catapulted him to stardom...
as Xie Xhangfeng - Nick Shen as Shi Baobao
- Huang Dingrong as Rain
- Rebecca LimRebecca Lim*Rebecca Lim is a Singaporean actress who has acted in both Chinese and English dramas in Mediacorp, most notably as Wendy Lim in the highly-acclaimed MediaCorp Channel 5 TV Series - The Pupil, which she won the Best Actress Award at the 15th Asian Television Awards, 2010.She was the 4th runner-up...
as Luo Manshi - Tan Xin Yi as Young Shuyang
- Li Jiaxun as Young Weilun
Story
As a child, Zhao Shuyang (Ivy Lee) was adopted by Zheng Zhigang (Chen Shucheng) when her parents got separated and remarried. Under Zheng's mentorship, Shuyang grew up to become a promising lawyer, specializing in divorce cases.Having experienced the deep love and warmth from her adoptive parents and stepbrother, Zheng Weilun (Terence Cao), Shuyang still yearns to marry despite past hurts and disappointments. Her stepbrother, Weilun, has been trying to woo Shuyang but to no avail, because Shuyang has no feelings for him at all because she only has an eye for Gao Ming.
However, Shuyang's faith and beliefs are greatly shaken when she finds out about Gao Ming (Thomas Ong), her adopt father's illegitimate son. To make matters worse, she finds herself falling for the ever-flamboyant Gao Ming. Towards the end, she finds herself contracting stomach cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
and there is not much hope to be cured. Who would she choose: Gao Ming or Wei Lun?
In the last episode, Shuyang chose Gao Ming to be with her and Wei Lun went to jail due to some scandalous affairs. Shuyang managed to keep her condition in control by eating medicine and went for treatment and later survived after 1 year.Gao Ming And Shuyang than
married