Just in Singapore () is a Singaporean Chinese modern comedic drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 25 February 2008 and ended on 4 April 2008. This drama serial consists of 30 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. The series was repeated at 2 am on Sundays.
Cast
Main cast
Chen Liping as Nancy
Huang Wenyong as Lin Bang (Francis) Fiona Xie as Lin Xiu Ming Kang Cheng Xi as Su Ding Yi Li Yinzhu as Zi Dong Sao ("Automatic Auntie")
Supporting cast
Jimmy Nah (MC King) as San Wan (Actor died during period of filming) Apple Hong as Qian Qian Paige Chua as Lin Xiu Zhen Hong Huifang as Wang Jiao Adam Chen as Ma Zhi Gang Patricia Mok as Ma Li (Mary) Nelson Chia as Luo Ba (Robert) Liang Tian as Kopi Shu He Bing as Kopi Sao Ong Ai Leng as Shu Min Rayson Tan as Jian Hui Zhang Xin Quan as Peter Yan Bingliang as Ah Pao Zhang Wei as Mr. Fang Hong Da Mu as Granny Ma Vivian Lai as Jin Yan Chen Huihui
Synopsis
The story is set in a HDB estate and revolves around its occupants. Every day, heartwarming scenes of tears and laughter take place in these humble settings. Characters include Lin Bang, an over-the-hill stage-singer, and his family; Robert and Mary, a married couple who are not disabled in any way but totally rely on relief funds from the government to get by; Ma Zhigang, a man without conscience who secretly caused his grandmother's death so he can claim insurance funds; 'Auntie Auto' and 'San Wan who are misers; 'Uncle Kopi' and 'Auntie Kopi' who are still living in their rental flat even though their children are doing very well...
Uncle Kopi (Liang Tian) and Auntie Kopi (He Bing) have a large ceramic tub at home. Left behind by Uncle Kopi's father, it has held water for the baths of many generations in their family. When their youngest daughter (Ong Ai Leng) wishes to entrust her parents with the care of her young son, she is worried that the tub may be a hazard and thus asks her parents to dispose of it. The old couple is unwilling to give it up and decide to put it at their neighbour Grandmother Ma's (Hong Da Mu) home for the time being.
Grandmother Ma's grandson Ma Zhigang (Adam Chen) is a lazy young man who refuses to hold a proper job. He owes a huge debt and so decides to sell the tub. However, he runs into loansharks while on the way to sell the tub and therefore leaves the tub behind while on the run. He is saved by Qianqian (Apple Hong), a Vietnamese bride brought to Singapore by San Wan (MC King). Zhigang, seeing how beautiful Qianqian is, cheats San Wan of a large sum of money and instigates Qianqian to elope with him.
The tub left behind by Zhigang is picked up by the Weijie, the eldest son of the lazy couple Robert (Nelson Chia) and Mary (Patricia Mok). Thereafter, it ends up with Auntie Auto (Li Yingzhu), and then Lin Bang's (Huang Wenyong) family.
Lin Bang's wife Nancy (Chen Liping) runs a shrine and they have two daughters. Their eldest daughter Xiuzhen (Paige Chua), a university student, is pretty, intelligent, and carries a torch for Su Dingyi (Kang Chengxi), a handsome and stylish young man from a wealthy family. But Lin Bang is actually her stepfather and so her biological father does not recognise her as his daughter. To get closer to him, she hides the fact that she is from a poor family, so that she will not feel ashamed of her parents.
Their younger daughter Xiuming (Fiona Xie) is not as intelligent as her elder sister. After finishing her 'N' levels, she operates a stall at a night market. She has grown up among the lower social levels and feels that even though people of this class are not wealthy and have no social status to speak of, they can etch an honest living and give support to one another. Hence, she does not mind when people find out that she lives in a rented flat, has a father who is a taxi driver by day and getai singer by night and a mother who gets up to dodgy things at the temple. Xiuming's honest and open nature attracts Dingyi and he begins to woo her. However his attempts often end in comedic failure or is misinterpreted by Xiuming.