Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
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Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd was a Singaporean sitcom. The sitcom centres on an eccentric general contractor with his trademark yellow boots, curly afro hair and large facial mole. While it carries the traditions of a sitcom, many unusual elements were used such as flashbacks, quick gags and celebrity cameo appearances. It is also the second locally produced English sitcom after Under One Roof. It paved the way for the third and final future Singaporean local sitcom named Police & Thief. It was also one of the most popular sitcoms in Singapore just like the other 2 popular Singaporean local sitcom and drama Under One Roof and Growing Up respectively.
Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd | |
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Created by | Andrea Teo Kenneth Liang |
Starring | Gurmit Singh Irene Ang Edwin Chong Pierre Png Tan Kheng Hua Marcus Ng Neo Swee Lin Lim Kay Siu Charlie Tan Ray Kuan |
Country of origin | Singapore |
No. of episodes | 167 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ong Su Mann |
Running time | 24 minutes (without commercials) 30 minutes (with commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | MediaCorp Channel 5 |
Release | 25 September 1997 (1997-09-25) – 11 February 2007 (2007-02-11) |
The name for Phua Chu Kang is based on the Hokkien romanization for the Chinese name 潘厝港.