118 (TV series)
118 was a Singaporean drama produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Chew Chor Meng, Pan Lingling, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui, Xu Bin and Hong Ling as the cast of this series.
The show replaced the second half of the 7.00 pm drama timeslot, airing at 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm on weekdays, making the 1st long form half an hour drama airing together with news-current affairs programme Hello Singapore at 6.30pm. It is the longest running Chinese drama produced by Mediacorp.
Plot
Hong Daming is a positive and generous man. As his kopitiam and house number are both "118" and the numerals sounded like Yeo Yeo Huat or 要要发, the people around himHong gave him the nickname of "118", much to his delight. Together with his wife, Liu Meimei, he makes a living by running his very owned traditional kopitiam known as Yeo Yeo Huat or 要要发, and is very well-known and well-liked in Tiong Bahru. Whenever someone is in need, they would always seek DamingHong for help.His family lives in a 3-room HDB Flat and shophouse directly above his traditional kopitiam Yeo Yeo Huat, which was built during the pre-war years, both of which are also located at Tiong Bahru as well. He has 4 children named Wang Shunfeng, Hong Shunshui, Hong Jinzhi and Wang Yuye.
Having 6 people living in the Tiong Bahru Shophouse HDB Flat is cramped-up enough, yet Daming also rents out a room to "Ah Niang", a middle-aged man whose original name is Li Weiliang. Weiliang had studied fashion design in France, but circumstances led him to simply run a stall at Yeo Yeo Huat, selling zongzi with the recipe that his mother left for him.
Weiliang was not the only addition to the cramped flat. Later, Meimei's elder sister, Liu Jiejie and her family also came to live with the Hong family when her husband, Zhang Tiancheng's 's business failed. Daming's own younger sister, Hong Shanshan, and her daughter Viveka Lee also came to live with him "temporarily" when her husband Alex Lee disappeared mysteriously. Kind-hearted by nature, Daming 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 Shunfeng and Shunshui sleep in the living room and sleeping at Yeo Yeo Huat himself, than to chase them away heartlessly.
Daming also let his eldest daughter Jinzhi to run a stall selling wonton noodles and his best friend Lin Zhigao run another stall selling fried bee hoon at Yeo Yeo Huat as well, and even allowed Zhang Tiancheng and his family sell pizzas, spaghettis and beers at Yeo Yeo Huat during the evening and night and convert the kopitiam into a restaurant by placing a few board labels to allow them to do business at night.
As such, the story unfolds with this myriad of personalities living under one roof and hanging around Yeo Yeo Huat, where many dramatic yet comedic events took place.
This drama presents the positive side of Singaporeans – 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 many of the characters portrayed, who are in fact a mirror of the good and bad sides of all of us.
Cast
Zhang (Jiabao) family
Cameo appearance
Note: Only credited cameos are listed.| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
| Chen Meiling 陈美龄 | Daming's mother 达明母亲 | Hong Daming's mother who brought young Daming to cut his hair | 1 |
| Chen Zonghua 陈宗华 | Ah Hong 阿洪 | Getai Boss | 14, 20, 33, 62, 75, |
| Michelle Tay 郑荔分 | Herself | Getai Host | 14, 20, 33, 62, |
| Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 | Herself | Mediacorp Artiste who was one of Lin Zhigao's passengers. He did not take her as he is on Hong Shanshan's call | 18 |
| Qiqi 琦琦 | An An 安安 | Getai Performer | 20, 33, 75, |
| 方进平 | Chen Guoqiang 陈国强 | Ah Qiang Steven's eldest son | 28, 89 |
| Chen Jiahui 陈佳慧 | Isabel | Huang Mei's Assistant | 31, 33, 95, |
| Royston Ong 王俊雄 | Wang Fudi 王福弟 | Wang Fuhai's elder brother Hong Daming's buddy Wang Shunfeng and Wang Yuye's biological father Died in a car accident 20 years ago | 31, 38 |
| 庄义川 | Man 男子 | Meiyou approaches this man asking where is his daughter. Frustrated, he grabs Meiyou by the collar, but is saved by Zhihao. | 39 |
| Gary Tan 陈毅丰 | Ah Wei 阿威 | Villain KC15's triad member Responsible for burning Yeo Yeo Huat kopi tiam Sent to a rehabilitation centre as of episode 114 | 45, 54, 66-67, 70-72, 74, 104 |
| Bryan Chung 钟肇峰 | Tony | Villain KC15's triad member | 45, 54, 70-72, 74, 104 |
| Joy Yak 易凌 | Susan 苏珊 | Hong Daming's friend Liu Meimei's friend and past rival in the getai industry Vivian's Mother Returned to the United States in Episode 60 | 53, 59-60, 197, 199 |
| 卢冠耀 | Middle-aged man 中年男子 | Chen Meizhen's 40-year-old ex-boyfriend | 55 |
| Michael Kwah 柯宗耀 | David / Ah King | Villain Zhang Jiabao and Bobby's friend Drug supplier Ah Lian's man Eve's ex-man | 57, 80, 90, |
| James Fong 方伟豪 | Big Mouth 大嘴 | Handphone repair shop owner | 64, 140, 162 |
| Jaylynn Loh 卢乐慈 | Glory | Max Chan and Tang Sijia's daughter | 67, 87, 136, 147-148, 160 |
| Lin Mingzhe 林明哲 | Director 导演 Producer 监制 | Television Director at Mediacorp; Television Producer of Life - Fear Not | 109, 141, 190, 210 |
| Cheong Yuan Ting 张愿庭 | Ms Jin 金编审 | Scriptwriter at Mediacorp Wrote for The Golden Way, I Love My Pretty Babe, Tiger Mum @ Home and Life - Fear Not | 109, 141, 210 |
| 廖永辉 | Simon's steward Simon管家 | Simon's steward Locked Daming and Shunshui in a room under Simon's orders Released Daming and Shunshui in episode 117 in exchange for Ada's departure with Simon | 116 |
Cameo appearance (appearing from ep 128 onwards)
Note: Only credited cameos and notable cast are listed.| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
| Lee Tze Yuan | Himself | 28th SEA Games 2015 wushu representative | 157 |
| Emily Sin | Herself | 28th SEA Games 2015 wushu representative | 157 |
| Eugene Teo | Himself | 28th SEA Games 2015 water polo representative | 157 |
| Ang An Jun | Himself | 28th SEA Games 2015 water polo representative | 157 |
| Chen Shucheng 陈澍城 | Himself | Mediacorp artiste Plays Zhuang Shuiqing in Life - Fear Not | 190 |
| Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | Herself | Mediacorp artiste Plays Zhuang Daomei in Life - Fear Not | 190 |
| Rayson Tan 陈泰铭 | Himself | Mediacorp artiste Plays Zhuang Daoqiang in Life - Fear Not | 190, 210 |
| Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 | Herself | Mediacorp artiste Plays Zhuang Daohan in Life - Fear Not | 190 |
| Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | Himself | Mediacorp artiste Plays Zhuang Daoren in Life - Fear Not | 190 |
| Hao Hao 皓皓 | Xiao-qiang 小强 | Hospital doctor Zhang Keke's current boyfriend |