118

"118" is a long-form 190-episode social dramedy, with ½ hour episodes. The drama aims to portray the many facets of Singaporean life through a light-hearted situational comedy with relatable characters and incidents. The story unfolds in Tiong Bahru – a precinct where the old meets new for a vibrant fusion of culture. Hong Da Ming makes a living in Tiong Bahru. The area holds much significance for him – having grew up, married and worked in Tiong Bahru all his life. He married the younger of the “Ang Mo Kio Sisters” – Liu Mei Mei – who were active in the early years of the getai scene. Liu Mei Mei is a meticulous lady who knows how to plan ahead. With their first earnings, the couple opened a small coffee-shop in Tiong Bahru. Hong Da Ming is a positive and generous man. As his coffee shop and house number are both “118”, the people around him gave him the nickname of “118” (or ???), much to his delight. Together with his wife, he makes a living by running the coffee-shop, and are well-known in Tiong Bahru. Whenever someone is in need, they would always seek out 118 for help. His family lives in a 3-room flat, which was built in pre-war years, above the coffee shop. He has 4 children – 2 of his own, and 2 of his deceased buddy. The children are named Shun Feng, Shun Shui, Jin Zhi and Yu Ye (????,????)- Shun Shui and Jin Zhi are his own children, while Shun Feng and Yu Ye are the children of his deceased buddy. Having 6 people living in a 3-room flat is cramped-up enough, yet he also rents out a room to “Ah Niang”, a middle-aged man whose original name is Li Wei Liang. Ah Niang studied fashion design in France, but circumstances led him to simply run a stall in 118’s coffee-shop, selling dumplings with the recipe that his mother left for him. Ah Niang was not the only addition to the cramped flat. Later, Liu Mei Mei’s elder sister – Liu Jie Jie – and her family also came to live with 118 when her husband’s business failed. 118’s own younger sister and her daughter also came to live with him “temporarily” when her husband disappeared mysteriously. Kind-hearted by nature, 118 felt that they must have come to him because they were at their wit’s end. He would rather make room for them by having his own sons sleep in the living room, than to chase them away heartlessly. As such, the story unfolds with this myriad of personalities living under the same roof and hanging around the 118 coffee-shop, where many dramatic yet comedic events took place… “118” presents the positive side of a Singaporean – passionate, practical, caring, resilient, faithful, tolerant and forward-looking – while also touching on the lesser side of our personalities. Through the dramatic play of events, we are able to see ourselves in the many characters, who are in fact a mirror of the good and bad sides of all of us.

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