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Hainan Kopi Tales

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Genre
  
Family Drama

Written by
  
Chen Chun'an (陈春安)

Opening theme
  
咖啡香 by Mavis Hee

Network
  
Mediacorp Channel 8

Created by
  
Koh Teng Liang (许声亮)

Directed by
  
Chia Mien Yang (谢敏洋)

First episode date
  
July 2000

Number of episodes
  
20

Starring
  
Chew Chor Meng Cynthia Koh Florence Tan Lin Meijiao

Cast
  
Chew Chor Meng, Cynthia Koh

Similar
  
Wok of Life, The Teochew Family, My Lucky Charm, Springs of Life, The Awakening

Hainan kopi tales


Hainan Kopi Tales (琼园咖啡香) is a Singaporean Chinese drama serial which aired in year 2000 on Channel 8.

Contents

mavis hee hainan kopi tales


Story

Using Qiong Yuan, a Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s.

Long Fuyuan (Li Wenhai), a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (Ah Sing and Ah Zhuo) with his second wife in Indonesia. Long's first wife constantly makes life difficult for his second wife and her sons when they move to Singapore.

Ah Sing (Chew Chor Meng) decides to be sailor in order to avoid her. Not long after Long returns to Hainan Island to retire and Ah Sing is asked to manage the coffeeshop when Long's first wife cannot save the ailing business.

Cast

  • Chew Chor Meng as Long Ah Sing
  • Yao Wenlong as Long Yong'an
  • Guan Dehui as Long Yongbiao
  • Vincent Ng as Long Yonglin
  • Cynthia Koh as Liuyue
  • Florence Tan as Lifeng
  • Lin Meijiao
  • Chen Huihui
  • Li Wenhai as Long Fuyuan
  • Carole Lin
  • References

    Hainan Kopi Tales Wikipedia