Fann Woon Fong, known professionally as Fann Wong, is a Singaporean actress, singer, businesswoman and model. She has been referred to as one of MediaCorp's Ah Jie for being one of the most successful actresses from Singapore.
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. It is headquartered at the Mediapolis development in Queenstown's One-north precinct, which succeeded Caldecott Hill—the long-time home of its predecessors—in 2015; as of 2022, Mediacorp employs over 3,000 employees; a large number of them are in both public and private sector broadcasting.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.
The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, also known as Wan Qing Yuan, and formerly as the Sun Yat Sen Villa, is a two-story colonial style villa in Balestier, Singapore. The villa is now a museum commemorating Sun Yat Sen (1866–1925), the founding father of the Republic of China who visited Singapore nine times between 1900 and 1911.
The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Singapore.
987 is an English-language radio station in Singapore. Owned by the state-owned broadcaster Mediacorp, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. The station launched on 1 January 1989 as Perfect 10 98.7 FM.
Joanne Peh Wei Siew is a Singaporean actress and television host. She is married to Singapore-based Chinese actor Qi Yuwu.
Cynthia Koh is a Singaporean actress. She has appeared and starred in many television series produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel 5.
Daniel Ong Ming Yu is a Singaporean businessman, radio DJ and television host. He is the co-founder of Twelve Cupcakes, a Singapore-based cupcake chain. He also entered the eateries business with Mischief American street food at Esplanade in 2015, and Rookery at Hong Leong building in 2014. He was a radio deejay in Singapore's MediaCorp Radio 987FM and television host.
Glenn Francis Ong Su Kar is a Singaporean radio presenter at SPH Radio's Kiss92 FM, a Singapore English radio station, hosting the morning show with Angelique Teo and Mark Van Cuylenberg. A radio veteran of over 20 years, Ong has been described as "foul, politically incorrect but refreshingly candid".
Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling is a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) from Nov 2006 to Apr 2011 and a former competitive swimmer from Singapore. Yeo won 40 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games. She also represented Singapore in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Summer Olympics. Yeo was elected as a Rhodes Scholar, but never took up the scholarship. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was a TV analyst for english-speaking Asian countries on ESPN Star.
Ning Cai is a magician and a Singapore Literature Prize-nominated author.
Ris Low Yi Min was crowned Miss Singapore World 2009 on 31 July 2009. She stepped down on 29 September 2009 after a case of credit fraud was revealed. She is currently taking up a diploma in Health Science, Hospitality and a diploma in Nursing at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.
Dennis Chew Chong Kheng, also known as Zhou Chongqing, is a Singaporean radio deejay, actor, variety show host, businessman and singer. Chew is known for playing Aunty Lucy, a character which requires him to cross-dress as a woman in the variety show Paris and Milan.
Guo Liang is a Chinese-born Singaporean actor, television host and radio deejay.
Yeo Jia Min is a Singaporean badminton player. She is a former World Junior No.1 and the first Singaporean in either the junior or senior categories to made it to the top of the BWF's ranking system.
Danny Yeo is a Singaporean host, theatre director, writer and lecturer. He has over a decade of experience in hosting TV, as well as being a former radio DJ, and writing books regarding topics such as culture, youth and psychology. He is also a World Vision goodwill ambassador in Singapore. In the year 2010, he was nominated for the "Best Director" award in The Straits Times' theatre awards.
The following lists events that happened during 1977 in Singapore.
The Woodlands double murders were the murders of pregnant housewife Choong Pei Shan and her daughter Teo Zi Ning by her husband Teo Ghim Heng on 20 January 2017. The murders, which took place in their Woodlands flat in Singapore, were supposedly committed due to Teo and his wife arguing with each other about their financial difficulties. During the argument, Teo was provoked by Choong's insults and strangled her with a towel before he killed his daughter, Zi Ning. The murder of Choong, in turn, made Teo responsible for murdering his unborn son; Choong was six months' pregnant when her husband killed her.
Felicia Teo Wei Ling, was a Singaporean who was presumed dead after she went missing on 30 June 2007. It was alleged that she was murdered by her two friends, whom she visited on the same night. Teo was reported missing four days after she disappeared, and there were both search efforts and investigations made to trace her whereabouts. The case made headlines due to extensive public appeals and searches for Teo, and became one of Singapore's high-profile missing person cases.
