By Teo Wan Gek

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong ushered in the new year amid dazzling fireworks together with more than 20,000 residents in Serangoon last Friday night.

He was at a countdown party organised by the Serangoon Citizens Consultative Committee.

Dubbed ‘Serangoon Swing 2011’, it got off to a rousing start at 6pm with line dancing, bouncing castles and a foam party booth.

The Serangoon Gardens Circus was filled to full capacity as thousands thronged the specially built stage to watch local media artists such as Rui En and Jeanette Aw perform.

As midnight drew close, Mr Lee joined the artists and celebrities on stage to ring in the new year, adding his own well wishes for Singapore.

‘We have had a very good 2010,’ he said. ‘Let’s work together, climb new heights and break new ground, and make Singapore even better in 2011.’

Source: The Straits Times

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欧萱、瑞恩和多名新传媒艺人也到场表演, 现场粉丝发出连连尖叫声。

Source: Shinmin

Categorised in CH, Serangoon Swing 2011, Shin Min.

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Both the TNP reporter + Min were sooo impressed with the initiative and helpfulness shown by the 10 RBKD-ers during the old folks’ event.

What meant the world to me was that I could tell you guys were genuinely enjoying yourself.

How much you guys have grown after all this while.

Now I can say with certainty that this is more than just a fan club. I’m really so proud of you guys.

Happy new year.

Categorised in Bridge, RBKD.

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2011年已来到，前半年的电视剧偏温馨。

林雯莹报道

2011年已来到，前半年的电视剧偏温馨，郑惠玉产后复出、范文芳扮俗女皆令人期待！

《喜事年年》依照往年习惯，围绕着农历新年，突显家庭的重要性；《乐在双城》表达出因祸得福的道理；《生日快乐》讲述癌症病患如何振作过日子，而《麻婆斗妇》正如其名，叙述婆媳之间的关系和互动。

想更了解上述电视剧？继续读下去吧！

《乐在双城》（播出：2月14日）
演员：瑞恩、白薇秀、庞蕾馨、張振寰、方展发、张耀栋、朱咪咪、姚文龙、陈欣淇等。
简介：一位年轻的千金小姐，丰厚遗产虽然被诈骗，但在过程在寻获真挚友情和爱情，并领会到幸福原来可以很简单。

精彩之处：白薇秀对瑞恩，这个新鲜搭配令人期待。白薇秀去年拍完长剧《想握你的手》后，休息喘口气，曝光率减少，但今年将全力冲刺，预计拍3部剧。至于瑞恩，她去年作品频密，口碑皆不错，是个丰收年，今年也会接下3部剧。她在此剧中再次突破，扮演可爱的千金。此外，这也是台湾个性女生庞蕾馨的主角处女作，她的表现势必令人关注。

《麻婆斗妇》（播出：4月11日）
演员：瑞恩、方展发、许美珍、李司棋、林明伦、洪乙心、李心钰、苏智诚、曹国辉等。
简介：这部现代写实剧带出在我们生活周遭常见的婆媳冲突，及家庭成员的各种有趣互动。

精彩之处：派出收视报捷的《我在你左右》幕后创作团队，《麻婆斗妇》路线与目前热播的台湾乡土剧《爱》相仿，盼再创佳绩。许美珍是这类家庭剧的熟面孔，这次饰演毒媳，将尽情对瑞恩使坏。不过，《爱》在4月仍在播映，两部戏如此轰炸，观众是否吃不消？幸好，瑞恩也算是一定的收视保证。

Source: xinmsn

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, CH, The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇, xinmsn.

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洪铭铧 洪门宴

前两年，《早报周刊》每年年初都以“出位艺人”为主题，由我负责联络本地电视银侯制作高层，投选他们认为新的一年里会出位的艺人。

这样的投选方式，后来发现有不完善之处。

今年，再接到《早报周刊》任务时跟主编商讨不如改邀媒体投票。

这一次的投选，除了本报，领情本地电视圈最重要的八个报刊、网站媒体参与。

被媒体点名，至少得一票的入围演员方面，竞争比较激烈，有白微秀、蔡琦慧、郭亮、林慧玲、瑞恩、童冰玉、庄米雪和周颖。

Source: Zaobao

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But no elderly person living alone should be helpless when something happens.

By Kwok Kar Peng

DYING alone.

The thought of this happening to actress Rui En used to petrify her.

Ironically, it was a meeting with two elderly people who live alone that helped her get over that fear.

“After today, I realise there’s nothing much to be afraid of. It’s all a matter of perspective. As one elderly woman put it, it’ll happen sooner or later, so why worry now?” said Rui En, 30.

The actress, famous for her roles in TV dramas By My Side and Happy Family, met the two senior citizens when she visited the Lions Befrienders (Mei Ling) Seniors Activity Centre.

The visit was at The New Paper’s invitation as part of Project Helping Hands.

There, she sang songs, did a funny chicken dance and played games like Bingo with 40 seniors, most of whom live alone in rented one-room flats in the Mei Ling Street HDB estate.

She also prepared goodie bags containing rice, biscuits, drink sachets and Brand’s essence of chicken for each of the seniors. Ten members of her fan club RBKD also came along as volunteers.

One person who helped change her perception of growing old alone was Madam Chan Yit Yoong, 84.

The sprightly woman has been living on her own for the last nine years after her husband died in 2000.

She has an adopted daughter who visits her once or twice a month in her rented flat in Mei Ling Street.

Madam Chan may be alone, but she is far from being lonely.

She said she goes to the activity centre every day to eat, exercise, watch TV and play games with the other elderly residents and volunteers in the neighbourhood.

Despite the real danger of her falling sick at home with no one to render help, she told Rui En that she isn’t scared of dying alone.

“I’m so old already, something will happen to me someday, so there’s no need to be afraid,” the senior said.

Inevitable
What she said affected Rui En greatly.

She said: “The thought (of dying alone) isn’t that scary after today because I cannot prevent it from happening.”

Rui En also met another lively senior, Mr Tan Ah Kaw, who is also known as the Handyman of Mei Ling Street.

When we visited Mr Tan, 80, his small flat was crammed with light bulbs, telephone cords and boxes of knick knacks.

He told us those were not junk. They are still in working condition and he hopes to give them on to people in the estate who might need them.

Though he has a wife, two kids and grandchildren living elsewhere on the island, he said he prefers to live in the flat which he’s called home for 29 years.

He shares the flat with a distant relative and visits his family once a month as he finds travelling a hassle.

“I told my wife and kids, ‘What do I do when you go out to work? I don’t want to stay home to watch the flat,’” he said.

“I would rather help my friends here buy their food, run errands, change their light bulbs or fix their faulty plumbing.

“I miss my wife, but I have no choice. I like it here where I have friends. Some people may win the lottery but I think I have everything already. I’m very satisfied.”

The optimism shared by Mr Tan and Madam Chan surprised Rui En, who was impressed by their independence.

But as mobile as the two of them are now, the danger of an elderly person falling or getting sick at home with no one noticing is very real.

Though there are no official statistics to show how many elderly people die alone at home.

Past media reports indicate that there were at least seven cases of people whose decomposing bodies were found days after their deaths in 2009 and 2008. At least 45 elderly people died alone in their homes in 2007.

While Madam Tan appeared nonchalant about dying alone, she admitted that she would be very sad if it had happened to one of her friends.

Said Rui En: “Wherever possible, no elderly person should be left alone. I live with my 82-year-old grandmother and I cannot imagine leaving her to die alone…

“If you put yourself in that situation, anybody will be scared. That sense of hopelessness and desperation (waiting for help to come) is something people should not experience.

“But with motion sensors installed in their home, this can be prevented.”

Source: The New Paper

Categorised in EN, RBKD, The New Paper.

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Join 15,000 Serangoon residents in ushering in 2011 at Serangoon Swing 2011.

The Countdown Party, “One Serangoon, One Family”, is guaranteed to be an evening of family-oriented fun, games and musical entertainment featuring fellow residents, local celebrities and artistes. Best of all, residents can celebrate the New Year and bond with each other right at their doorstep.

What’s more, residents will get a chance to party away with Mediacorp artistes – Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Hady Mirza, Sylvia Ratonel, Ebi Shankara, Mark Lee and Henry Thia! There will also be performances by Serangoon’s very own talent. Dick Yip & the Garden Ministrels, who will kick off the night of entertainment.

Guest-of-Honour, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, will grace the event along with Advisers from the Aljunied GRC, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Mr George Yeo, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Mr Yeo Guat Kwang and Madam Cynthia Phua.

Come on down to Serangoon Garden Circus on 31 December 2010 from 6pm to 1am for a night of fun-filled entertainment. Admission is free.

Source: PA

Categorised in EN, Serangoon Swing 2011.

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SERANGOON grassroots leaders are pulling out all the stops to make sure that their New Year countdown party is the one event not to be missed on the last night of this year.

On Friday, popular local artists such as Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Mark Lee and Henry Thia, and Singapore Idol Hady Mirza, will lend their star power to Serangoon Swing 2011.

Along with host celebrities Michelle Chong, Moses Lim and Justin Mission, they will kick off seven hours of song, dance and celebration from 6pm at the Serangoon Garden Circus, where a stage is being erected. To top it off, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will join the star-studded event and ring in the New Year with residents.

Source: Straits Times

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Caldecott Hill’s ice princess plays an aggrieved daughter-in-law in her next role

Her last role was a badass-kicking police office Hu Xiaoman in Unriddle. Come next year, not only will you see Rui En as a girly girl in A Tale of 2 Cities, this versatile actress will also play the role of an aggrieved daughter-in-law in The In-Laws.

In The In-Laws, Rui En plays a girl-next-door character, who is down-to-earth and has a passion for recycling. She plays an onscreen couple with Pierre Png and her character will constantly be in oppression because of her controlling mother-in-law and a scheming sister-in-law.

“My character in this drama is very different from the one in A Tale of 2 Cities. I was a princess girl in that one; unruly, willful with a penchant for dressing up. I don’t like to dress up. I wasn’t used to the nail polish to the high heels. This is a girl-next-door character, so it has a more casual style,” said Rui En at the photo shoot for The In-Laws.

Her character in The In-Laws might be closer to Rui En’s style, but the actress said that it was a challenge to interpret the character’s personality in the story.

“My previous roles often fight back when messed with or fight for something they want. However, this character is bullied right from the start and she tolerates it completely. My previous characters were more independent and assertive,” replied the 29-year-old.

Rui En admitted it was a “new experience for her to be given an aggrieved and pitiful role” and that she watched Taiwanese drama Love and Korean drama A Wife’s Temptation for acting tips.

“I set very high standards for myself in every drama I do. I would write a few pages of my character’s background, for example, her tribulations when she was a child,” said Rui En, who always treated the roles she played seriously.

A year ago, Rui En spent a very meaningful Christmas, by volunteering at a children’s home.

“Those children are usually very lonely. It’s meaningful to them when outsiders visit them during Christmas,” reminisced the actress.

This year, Rui En was roped in for an ad against drunk-driving and had the chance to show off her singing chops.

The actress also expressed that she usually does not receive many Christmas presents, nor has she received any special ones. However, Rui En does have something she wants, and that is to “rest at home alone”.

Despite having a heavy schedule now, Rui En said that she would have time to rest very soon.

Would the actress follow in Felicia Chin’s footsteps, taking a temporary break from showbiz or be like Jesseca Liu, signing onto another management company?

“I’m not someone who thinks too much. I do what I love doing, I’m hardly ambitious. I only know I love acting,” said Rui En.

This year, the 29-year-old actress was involved in three different productions, namely Happy Family, With You and Unriddle; all of which garnered good ratings. Does she hope to clinch something at the Star Awards next year?

“I didn’t think so much. That includes Star Awards. I never had expectations. I’m satisfied as long as the ratings are good and feedback from the viewers is good. I wouldn’t ask for anything more, since I’m already doing what I like best,” replied Rui En.

Source: Xinmsn

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