Morning Express (Singaporean TV current affairs series)
# Morning Express (Singaporean TV current affairs series)

Morning Express (Chinese: 晨光第一线) is a documentary/current affairs programme produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It is hosted by a team of the three hosts/newscasters consisting of Soh Bee Lan, Ng Siew Ling, and Yang Zhen Hua. The show covers a daily brand news belt, headlines of different newspapers, financial and economics bulletin, as well as different lifestyle topic every day. The show replaced the weekday broadcast of Good Morning Singapore.

## Presenters

* Ng Siew Ling (黄秀玲)
* Yang Zhen Hua (杨振华)
* Soh Bee Lan (苏美兰)

## Former Presenters

* Kristine Lim Zhi Ying (林稚瑛) - Went over to Current Affairs in Apr 2021
* Jiang Huan (蒋睆) - Left in Mar 2019

## Segments

* 0900 - 0910: News
* 0910 - 0920: Newspaper (纸上风云)
* 0920 - 0930: Lifestyle topics of the day
   * Monday: Spotlight (晨光聚焦)
   * Tuesday: Sincerity (晨心诚意)
   * Wednesday: Trending (潮流解码)
   * Thursday: World News (着眼天下)
   * Friday: Hobby (玩物壮志)

## Trivia

* Kristine Lim Zhi Ying's first current affairs program and comeback after she left for Beijing to be a correspondent for Channel NewsAsia and is the only one who crosses over between presenters, newscasters and Hello Singapore.
* Yang Zhen Hua and Jiang Huan's debut current affairs programme.
* The programme was televised at 11:00am on 25 March 2015, during the national mourning period. It was extended to a 1-hour version from 9 to 10 am on 12 September 2016 and aired outdoors for the first time in Bedok Town Centre.

## Accolades

| Nominee / Work | Award | Accolade | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Chia Jia Xin 谢家芯 | Best Programme Promo 最佳宣传短片 | Star Awards 2015 Show 1 红星大奖2015 - 第一场 | Nominated |
