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18-06-2023, 05:18 PM
Ng Keng Gene
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE – Once hailed as the biggest outdoor television studio in the region, what remains of the now-defunct Tuas TV World is slated for demolition by the second quarter of 2024.
The 6.6ha facility had eight sets, with five depicting old Singapore and three of China.
It was built between 1990 and 1992 at a cost of about $35 million by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) – an antecedent of Mediacorp.
The complex also had a 215m-long water feature that mimicked the Singapore River, including pumps to generate waves.
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It was previously reported that after about a decade of operations, Tuas TV World became too costly for the broadcaster to maintain, as fewer period dramas were produced after the 1990s.
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Of TV World’s 100-odd buildings, only about 17 remain today.
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Dramas filmed during TV World’s heyday in the 90s include Strange Encounters 3, Tofu Street, The Price Of Peace, Wok Of Life and Hainan Kopi Tales.
In February 2012, Mediacorp returned to the location to film Channel 8’s 30th anniversary period drama Joys Of Life, and among the actors who went back was Chew Chor Meng, who had filmed about 10 dramas at the site since the 90s.
Speaking with The New Paper then, Mr Chew said he had many fond memories of TV World, including fishing in a nearby waterbody during filming breaks.
Mr Chew, who brought his wife and two daughters to TV World in 2012 to show them where he previously worked, said that the site is part of Singapore’s drama history and part of the collective memory of actors around his age.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/r...demolished
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE – Once hailed as the biggest outdoor television studio in the region, what remains of the now-defunct Tuas TV World is slated for demolition by the second quarter of 2024.
The 6.6ha facility had eight sets, with five depicting old Singapore and three of China.
It was built between 1990 and 1992 at a cost of about $35 million by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) – an antecedent of Mediacorp.
The complex also had a 215m-long water feature that mimicked the Singapore River, including pumps to generate waves.
......
It was previously reported that after about a decade of operations, Tuas TV World became too costly for the broadcaster to maintain, as fewer period dramas were produced after the 1990s.
......
Of TV World’s 100-odd buildings, only about 17 remain today.
......
Dramas filmed during TV World’s heyday in the 90s include Strange Encounters 3, Tofu Street, The Price Of Peace, Wok Of Life and Hainan Kopi Tales.
In February 2012, Mediacorp returned to the location to film Channel 8’s 30th anniversary period drama Joys Of Life, and among the actors who went back was Chew Chor Meng, who had filmed about 10 dramas at the site since the 90s.
Speaking with The New Paper then, Mr Chew said he had many fond memories of TV World, including fishing in a nearby waterbody during filming breaks.
Mr Chew, who brought his wife and two daughters to TV World in 2012 to show them where he previously worked, said that the site is part of Singapore’s drama history and part of the collective memory of actors around his age.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/r...demolished
