According to the Singapore Department of Statistics, Singaporeans who claim Chinese ancestry and of Hainanese origin has been consistently the fifth largest as amongst the various Chinese dialect groups, after (in descending order) the Hokkiens, Teochews, Cantonese, Hakkas.
The Hainanese may have been especially associated with working in the services industry during colonial times due to how the other industries has been dominated by the other Chinese dialect groups in Singapore by the time the Hainanese arrived, but it would give rise to what the main core of the drama series is about, the Hainanese way of life in Singapore through amongst many things, the coffeeshop.
The Hainanese may have been especially associated with working in the services industry during colonial times due to how the other industries has been dominated by the other Chinese dialect groups in Singapore by the time the Hainanese arrived, but it would give rise to what the main core of the drama series is about, the Hainanese way of life in Singapore through amongst many things, the coffeeshop.
Winner of the Best Drama Serial at the 2000 Star Awards in Singapore, honouring the best Mandarin language TV productions in Singapore as produced by Mediacorp annually. It also won in the technical category in Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Chew Chor Meng (who is actually of Teochew origin) as Long Ah Sing.
The drama series stretches from the 60s to 80s Singapore, but exploring the Hainanese way of life.
The third drama series in Singapore to be focusing on a specific Chinese dialect group, after The Teochew Family (1995) on the Teochews, The Guest People (1997) on the Hakkas.
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