Family Matters (Singaporean TV series)

Family Matters is a television drama produced by Mediacorp TV Channel 8 and telecast from 11 September 2006. Based on the lives of two lawyers who specialise in divorce cases in the Family Court of Singapore. Played by Ivy Lee and Thomas Ong, the show depicts their troubled experiences separating career and their emotional attachments towards each other.

Cast

Lead Actors and Actresses

• Thomas Ong as Gao Ming
• Ivy Lee as Zhao Shuyang
• Terence Cao as Zheng Weilun
• Cynthia Koh as Guan Jier

Supporting/Minor Roles

• Chen Shucheng as Zheng Zhigang
• Lin Yuyun as Li Chunling
• Lin Meijiao as Gao Wei
• Wang Yuqing as Xie Xhangfeng
• Nick Shen as Shi Baobao
• Huang Dingrong as Rain
• Rebecca Lim as Luo Manshi

Story

As a child, Zhao Shuyang (Ivy Lee) was adopted by Zheng Zhigang (Chen Shucheng) when her parents got separated and remarried. Under Zheng's mentorship, Shuyang grew up to become a promising lawyer, specializing in divorce cases.

Having experienced the deep love and warmth from her adoptive parents and stepbrother, Zheng Weilun (Terence Cao), Shuyang still yearns to marry despite past hurts and disappointments. Her stepbrother, Weilun, has been trying to woo Shuyang but to no avail, because Shuyang has no feelings for him at all because she only has an eye for Gao Ming.

However, Shuyang's faith and beliefs are greatly shaken when she finds out about Gao Ming (Thomas Ong), her adopt father's illegitimate son. To make matters worse, she finds herself falling for the ever-flamboyant Gao Ming. Towards the end, she finds herself contracting cancer and it cannot be cured! Who would she choose: Gao Ming or Wei Lun?

In the last episode, Shuyang chose Gao Ming to be with her and Wei Lun went to jail due to some scandalous affairs. Shuyang managed to keep her condition in control by eating medicine, and she extended her life for 11 more years in the show before she died.