About 1,200 celebrities attend Asian Television Awards 2002

Singapore: More than 1,200 celebrities from Asia’s television and film industries attended the 7th Annual Asian Television Awards gala ceremony held in Singapore yesterday night.

Awards in 29 categories were made at the live televised ceremony held at the National University of Singapore Cultural Centre. The show will be aired in 11 countries across the region.

Among the celebrities who attended this year’s awards was Hong Kong comedy sensation Stephen Chow, who presented the Terrestrial Channel of the Year Award to SPH MediaWorks’ Channel U (Singapore).

Taiwanese actress Lee Sin-Je, who won the Best Leading Actress Award at this year’s 39th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, was also on the star-studded guest list. Lee presented the Best Drama Performance by an actor to one of Taiwan’s best-known personalities, Kou Shih Hsun, for his role in the drama series The Orange Rouged (Public Television Service, Taiwan).

The awards show featured performances by Taiwan’s PowerStation (Dong Li Huo Che), the Philippines’ singing sensation Regine Velasquez (who starred in One Night with Regine, which won the Best Music Programme Award), the Philippines’ singer and actress Aiza Seguerra (who won best Drama Performance by an Actress), and Malaysia’s hit singer Camelia.

About 119 programmes and performances from 12 countries were nominated this year. The entries were assessed by 49 judges from 11 countries sitting on seven juries held across the region. Here is the list of awards:

The Best of Asian Programming
Best Children’s Programme
Fruity Pie
Public Television Service (Taiwan)

Best Original Song (Joint Winners)
Bukit Ho Swee
Media Corporation of Singapore, Channel 8 (Singapore)

Cash is King
SPH MediaWorks Limited, Channel U (Singapore)

Best Comedy Programme or Series
Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
Episode: I Do I Do
Media Corporation of Singapore,
Channel 5 (Singapore)

Best Current Affairs Programme
FTV’s Hall of Dissent
Formosa Television (Taiwan)

Best Single Drama or Telemovie
When Camellia Petals Fall
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Best Drama Series
Golden Bowl
Nippon Television Network Corporation (Japan)

Best Documentary Programme
Mother
Shanghai TV Station (China)

Best Infotainment Programme
3R - Respect, Relax, Respond
Red Communications for Astro Ria and TV3 (Malaysia)

Best Entertainment Special
MTV Asia Awards - Main Show
MTV Asia LDC (Singapore)

Most Innovative Programme
Dreams Come True
Television Broadcasts Limited (Hong Kong SAR)

Best Music Programme
One Night with Regine
ABS CBN Broadcasting Corporation (Philippines)

Best Game or Quiz Show
Stop the Clock
Exact Co Ltd for Channel 5 (Thailand)

Best Entertainment Programme
Asia Session - Travis
MTV Asia LDC (Singapore)

Best News Programme
News Biz Today
CNN International (Hong Kong SAR)

Best News/Currents Affairs Special
News Magazine: Asian Economy, Japan
Television Broadcasts Limited (Hong Kong SAR)

Best Sports Programme
Football Asia
World Sports Television for various broadcasters (Singapore)

Best Talkshow
You’re OK, I’m OK
SPH MediaWorks Limited, Channel U (Singapore)

Best Youth Programme
Youth Quest ‘Tian Ya Ren Wo Xing’
SPH MediaWorks Limited, Channel U (Singapore)

Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme
Vampire from the Abyss
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Broadcaster of the Year
SPH MediaWorks

The Best Performances
Best News Presenter or Anchor
Catherine Yang
Bloomberg Television (Japan)

Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter
Niret Alva
Miditech (P) Ltd for BBC World (India)

Best Light Entertainment Presenter/Performer
Donita Rose
MTV Southeast Asia (Singapore)

Best Drama Performance by an Actor
Kou Shih Hsun for The Orange Rouged
Public Television Service (Taiwan)

Best Drama Performance by an Actress
Aiza Seguerra for Remembering - ‘SongBook’
ABS CBN Broadcasting Corporation (Philippines)

Best Comedy Performance by an Actress
Irene Ang for Phua Chu Kang
Media Corporation of Singapore, Channel 5 (Singapore)

Best Comedy Performance by an Actor
Adrian Pang for Ah Girl II
SPH MediaWorks Limited, Channel i (Singapore)

Others
Terrestrial Channel of the Year
Channel U
SPH MediaWorks (Singapore)

Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year
MTV Southeast Asia (Singapore)