Monday, April 22, 2013

Huang Wenyong to be honoured with special award at “Star Awards 2013 Show 2”

Huang Wenyong to be honoured with special award at “Star Awards 2013 Show 2”

    POSTED: 22 Apr 2013 4:22 PM
  
SINGAPORE: Late television icon Huang Wenyong will receive the Honorary TV Award, to honour his contributions to Singapore’s television industry, at the “Star Awards 2013 Show 2”.

SINGAPORE: Late television icon Huang Wenyong will receive the Honorary TV Award, to honour his contributions to Singapore’s television industry, during the “Star Awards 2013 Show 2”, which will be held at the Marina Bay Sands MasterCard Theatres on April 28.

A one-hour television special will also be produced to mark his death.

It is titled "Remembering Huang Wenyong" and will air on April 29, 8pm on Channel 8.

There will also be a "Frontline" Huang Wenyong special which airs on April 26, at 10.30pm on the same channel.

In addition, there will be a special broadcast of the best scenes from the sitcoms "Don't Worry Be Happy" and "Lobang King" which Huang starred in, along with an episode of the talk show "CelebriTea Break" where he appears as a guest, on April 27, from 2.30pm on Channel 8.

This will be followed by a re-run of the film "Homerun", in which he played the head of an impoverished household, at 2.30pm on April 28.

Fans can log on to MediaCorp's online portal Toggle as well, to catch complete episodes of Huang's classic shows.

The 60-year-old actor, who is best known for his role as Ah Shui in the classic 1984 drama "The Awakening", died of lymphoma in hospital on Saturday.

A special segment was added to the "Star Awards 2013 Show 1" on Sunday in light of his death.

The audience observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to the late star, before a short memorial video was played.

- CNA/ha

- wong chee tat :)

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