Aloysius Pang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Pang.
Aloysius Pang
8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill
Stage name
Hanyu Pinyin
Féng Wěizhōng
Birth name
Hanyu Pinyin
Féng Wěizhōng

Aloysius Pang Wei Chong (24 August 1990 – 24 January 2019) was a Singaporean actor once managed under NoonTalk Media, best known for his involvement in multiple Mediacorp dramas.

Pang died on 24 January 2019 at 1:45am

SST)[1] due to serious crush injuries sustained from a military accident while on Operationally Ready National Service reservist training in the Singapore Army
, aged 28.

Early life

Pang was born in Singapore on 24 August 1990.

Pei Chun Public School[4] and Yuying Secondary School.[5] In 2012, he graduated from Singapore Institute of Management University with a diploma in management studies.[6]

Career

Pang started acting at the age of nine after he joined an acting class organised by Mediacorp, and starred in children dramas such as My Teacher, My Buddy (1999),

Young Talent Award in Star Awards 2003.[7] He left acting in 2004 after being repeatedly bullied;[8] in a 2015 interview he said he'd "told [Mediacorp] to take my file out and never call [him] again".[9]

In 2012, Pang made his comeback in the lead role of the film Timeless Love, which was directed by Lim Koong Hwee and Singaporean celebrity Dasmond Koh. Pang made his directorial debut in 2014 by directing the music video of Singapore-based singer Gavin Teo's I Understand (我懂了),[10] which also starred Xu Bin and Kimberly Chia.[11]

In 2014, he was named one of the

Best Newcomer at the Star Awards 2015. Pang released his first single "Black Tears" (黑色眼泪) in 2015. It was also announced that Pang would star in Singapore's first cosplay-themed movie, Young & Fabulous. Together with Xu Bin, he also took part in an online variety show produced by NoonTalk Media, called Freshmen (来吧！上课啦！).[12]

From

Best Newcomer and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor & Rocket. In Star Awards 2016, he won his first award for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. [13]

Pang was known for setting aside 10 percent of his pay to thank and bless the production people on set.[14]

On 7 April 2017, in an interview with Mediacorp's Toggle, Pang said that he would not renew his contract with Mediacorp in order to focus on a business he had set up with his brother. The company was named Kairos Green and focused on wood plastic composite.[15]

In 2018, he acted in a Toggle romance-mystery series From Beijing to Moscow where he made a two-month road trip to China, Mongolia and Russia with Felicia Chin, River Huang and Jojo Goh. It premiered on Toggle in June 2019.[7]

Pang was to start shooting in February 2019 and take on his first lead role in the

Channel 8 romantic comedy drama My One In a Million, alongside his long-time onscreen partner Carrie Wong before his death.[16] His role was given to Beijing-based local actor Lawrence Wong.[17][18]

In May 2022, three years after Pang died, it was announced that a Singapore–Thailand film, The Antique Shop, which features scenes of Pang, which were filmed prior to his death, would be released in Thailand on 2 June. This would be his final posthumous work.[19]

Personal life

Pang was in a unpublicized relationship with actress Jayley Woo which first started from 2017.[20][21] Shortly after his death, Woo revealed that they'd only planned to go public after the wedding.[22] She did not elaborate on the reason for keeping the relationship secret, but Pang's manager Dasmond Koh is known to have imposed a no-dating rule on his stable of artistes.[23]

Death

On 19 January 2019, while taking part in a live-firing exercise at

SST),[24] to enable diagnosis of the fault, the barrel of the howitzer was automatically lowered to neutral position within the cabin. Pang was in the path of the receding barrel and sustained severe crush injuries to his chest and abdomen as a result.[25]

Pang was evacuated by helicopter to the Waiouru Camp

repatriated back to Singapore, a post-mortem was to be performed with permission from the family,[27] but it did not proceed as Pang's family did not grant it.[28]

Pang's body was repatriated the following day.[29] A wake began on the morning of 26 January 2019. Initially limited to family and relatives, it was opened to the public from 26 January 2019, 12pm till 27 January 2019, 12pm. Thousands came and paid their respects, including close friends, media artistes, politicians and fans.[29][30][31] Pang was accorded a military funeral later on 27 January 2019 and his casket was moved to the Mandai Crematorium.[32] He was cremated in the evening.[33] His ashes were scattered into the sea off the island of Pulau Ubin the following day. Pang is survived by his parents and two brothers.[34]

Impact and aftermath

Pang was the first soldier to be injured due to gun lowering while operating the SSPH as claimed by the

route marches and the Individual Physical Proficiency Test, pending safety reviews.[38]

On 25 January 2019, MINDEF set up a Committee of Inquiry (COI) to investigate the death of Pang. He was also posthumously promoted to the rank of Corporal first class, the highest enlistee rank within the Singapore Armed Forces.[39]

On 1 February 2019, MINDEF announced that the SAF would be setting up a new Inspector-General Office (IGO), which directly reports to the Chief of Defence Force,[40] and absorbing the existing Safety and Systems Review Directorate (SSRD) in the process.[41] It would have full authority to scrutinise and enforce safety processes and practices at all levels.[40] Existing responsibilities of the SSRD include convening external review panels and conduct external benchmarking of safety practices and standards, reviewing safety-related reports including those of the Committees of Inquiry, and reviewing specific MINDEF/SAF systems as required.[41] On 27 February, Brigadier General Tan Chee Wee assumed the Office while simultaneously appointed to be the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of SAF.[42]

On 6 May 2019, the findings from the COI were presented in the

Military Expert technician, ME2 Ivan Teo, aged 35.[44] Pang did not move away from the gun barrel as required in the operating procedures, claiming that he would not be hit. Both Wah and Teo miscalculated the space in the cabin and the time needed for the barrel to be lowered, and Wah, proceeded to lower the gun barrel. After the gun barrel has been lowered for a time, Pang began to move away, however it was too late and was caught between the end of the barrel and the top of the cabin above him. Both Wah and Teo tried to stop the barrel from lowering through the main control screen and manually resisting the motion of the barrel, instead of activating the emergency stop buttons located at their respective positions in the howitzer. The COI stated the safety lapses were preventable if the standard operating procedures were followed. The External Review Panel on SAF Safety has also recommended to SAF to do more to improve on the 'weak' safety culture.[45]

On 31 July 2019, Teo and Wah were charged under the Singapore Armed Forces Act and the Penal Code in a military court for causing death under rash and/or negligent acts and for disobeying military general orders.[44] On 19 November 2019, they pleaded guilty and were sentenced on the same day with Wah and Teo fined $8,000 and $7,000 respectively. Should the fine not be paid, Wah and Teo would be detained for 40 days and 35 days respectively. Wah would also be demoted from the rank of Third Sergeant to Corporal.[46] The Pang family had requested a lenient sentence, saying that "One loss is enough. Other parents' sons have a life ahead of them."[47]

Tributes

A video tribute to Pang was aired on Channel 8 on 31 January 2019.[11] On 14 April 2019, a special memoriam was given during the 2019 Star Awards ceremony, where performers Xu Bin, Timothee Yap, Zong Zijie and Gavin Teo performed the song Voices From My Heart 小人物的心声 while montages of Pang were shown. However the Honorary TV Award, a posthumous award for artistes who contributed significantly to the industry, was not presented.[48]

Discography

Singles

Year Song title Notes Ref
2015 Black Tears (黑色眼泪) [49]

Drama soundtrack

Year Drama title Song title Notes Ref
2015 Life - Fear Not 一样 Sub-theme

Compilation albums

Year English title Mandarin title Ref
2015 Mediacorp Music Lunar New Year Album 15 新传媒群星金羊添吉祥
2016 Mediacorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16 新传媒群星金猴添喜庆

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Timeless Love Morgan
2013 Everybody's Business Meng
2016 Young & Fabulous Royston Chio
2022 The Antique Shop Ryan [50][51]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 My Teacher, My Buddy Pang Dayu
2001 In Pursuit of Peace Ah Dai
2002 The Adventures of BBT Superglue
Bukit Ho Swee Ah Cai
2003 A Child's Hope Ding Weiliang
2004 I Love My Home Xu Lizhong
A Child's Hope 2 Tang Yongjun
2012 It Takes Two Hao Zhijie
Poetic Justice Derek
2013 I'm in Charge Wang Jiahao
C.L.I.F. 2 Jiang Yongzhe
It's a Wonderful Life Young Hao Huihuang
2014 Mystic Whispers Zhiguang
Against The Tide Zhao Keji
World at Your Feet Fang Yangming
Served H.O.T. He Tailong
2015
Hand In Hand
 		Hong Meizhi
The Journey: Our Homeland Hong Guo'an
118 Himself
Super Senior Dong Haoyuan
Tiger Mum Chen Haolian
Love? Aloysius
Good Luck Lin Jiayuan
You Can Be an Angel Too Li Longhua
2016 You Can Be an Angel 2
The Gentlemen Zhang Naiyi
The Truth Seekers Jiang Xiaodong
My First School Li Yonghui
Life - Fear Not Zhuang Daoren
2017 My Friends from Afar Chen Xianglin
My Alien Girlfriend
Dream Coder He Jianming 何建明
2018 Follow Your Heart —
29 February Ye Zhixin
Love At Cavenagh Bridge Jackie
Ghost AR Shawn Koh Yizheng
2019 From Beijing to Moscow Kenneth Posthumous release [52]
2020 Victory Lap — Drama credited to him

Telemovie

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Two Boys and a Mermaid Aaron [53]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref
2003 Star Awards
Young Talent Award
 A Child's Hope
(as Ding Weiliang) 		Nominated
2013 Star Awards
Favourite Male Character
 It Takes Two
(as Hao Zhijie) 		Nominated
2014
Star Awards
Favourite Male Character
I'm In Charge
(as Wang Jiahao) 		Nominated
2015 Star Awards Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Indonesia) — Nominated
Favourite Male Character
 World at Your Feet
(as Fang Yangming) 		Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Against The Tide
(as Zhao Keji) 		Nominated
Rocket Award Nominated
Best Newcomer
 — Won [54]
Toggle Outstanding Duke Award — Nominated
2016 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes — Won [54]
Favourite Male Character
 Hand In Hand
(as Hong Meizhi) 		Nominated
Toggle Most Beloved Celebrity BFF award (With Xu Bin) — Nominated
2018 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes — Nominated

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