On the Fringe () is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 18 Apr 1988. This drama serial consisted of 25 episodes, and was broadcast every weekday night at 9.30 pm.
Cast Li Nanxing as Chen Yong, the leader of the Roller Express gang. The lead role was originally offered to Eric Moo but was rejected by him. Chen Bifeng as Meifeng Zheng Wanling as Dangna Duan Weiming as Xie Abao Yang Libing as Zhang Xiaohua Weng Jiahong as Haocai Lin Meijiao Huang Yiliang Zheng Geping Steven Woon Dai Peng Wang Xiuyun Chen Juanjuan Pan En Liang Tian Richard Low Wu Weiqiang Guan Xinyi Cai Ducui Li Yinzhu Li Gongyu Wang Changli Chen Tianxiang Zhu Zuquan An Zheming Huang Fa Zeng Yaofeng Liang Baozhu Zhang Jinhua Chen Meiguang Yan Bingliang Ye Shipin
Production The drama's script is based on research from newspaper reports and interviews with students, teachers, social workers and probation officers.
Original soundtrack The drama's theme song is 'On the Fringe' sung by Thomas Teo.
Reception The drama received both positive and negative feedback from the public, warning that "this drama serial, to a large extent, glamorises gangs and gangsterism" while some said that it "enables adult viewers to understand the underlying cause... younger viewers realise the danger of hanging out with wrong people" and "unveiling the problems of these teenagers... deterring them from getting involved with gangsterism".
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