Lost Chapters – The Forgotten Years – Debut On Singapore TV Channel 5

I’m very happy to say that I’ll be making my debut as an actor on Singapore’s Mediacorp Channel 5 tonight (Thursday 14th January 2010) as part of a 4 part Docu-Drama Lost Chapters. I had the great pleasure and opportunity to play one of the Peranakan leaders of Singapore – Sir Song Ong Siang who lobbied in the early 1900′s to form the first Volunteer Force. – What one may consider the beginnings of the Singapore Armed Forces today.

Here is the Promo clip that was running on Channel 5 Yesterday:

Here is the program summary I copied from the website:

Tomorrow Night 7.30pm Channel 5:

Lost Chapters The Forgotten Soldiers

(Part 1) (Chinese Subtitles)The Forgotten Soldiers is about Singapore’s first soldiers. A forgotten story of brave men, who answered a call to arms when many had yet to call Singapore home. In Episode 3 of Lost Chapters, we look at the story of Song Ong Siang and Lim Book Keng, two stalwarts in the Peranakan society who lobbied in the early 1900s to form the first local volunteer force. In this lesser known story, we reveal a story of patriotism, loyalty and willingness to fight and die for Singapore. In During that time, the mettle of the first company of soldiers is tested during the Sepoy Mutiny and World War 1. The story transits to World War 2 when a new breed of volunteers lead by Captain Yap Pheng Geck, fights for Singapore.