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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=February 2012Multiple issues|fanpov = August 2010|BLP sources = January 2008|POV-check = August 2010|tone = August 2010Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor | name = Kit Chan| image =| caption =| chinesename =| tradchinesename = ???| simpchinesename = ???| pinyinchinesename = Chén Jiéyí| jyutpingchinesename = can4 git3 ji4| birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|9|15|df=y| birth_place = Singapore | origin = Singapore | Instrument =| genre = Pop, Mandarin Pop , Cantopop | occupation = Singer, actress, and writer| yearsactive = 1993–present (singer) 1997–present (actor)| label = Ocean Butterflies (1993–2004)| URL =| website = http://www.kitchan.com Kit Chan is a Singapore an singer.
Career
Music
Kit was the first local pop singer to have been selected to sing the National Day theme song. In 1998, she was tasked to sing Home (National Day Parade song)|'Home' during Singapore National Day Parade . In 2004, she was invited to perform this song again. In 2010, she performed the song during the National Day Parade again.cite news | url= http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100708-225866.html | title=Get ready for bigger, bolder, grander NDP In 2007, Kit sang the theme song 'There's No Place I'd Rather Be' during Singapore's 42nd birthday. This makes Kit the first and only singer to have the honour of performing the National Day Parade theme song three times.
In 2004, Kit announced an indefinite break from the Chinese pop scene, to pursue her own interests. cite news | url= http://www.divaasia.com/article/7891 |title=Kit is back in showbiz
On 30 June 2007, Kit performed "Live Our Dreams" at the closing ceremony of the 34-year-old National Stadium, Singapore , making her the last singer to perform at the stadium.cite news | url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/284931/1/.html | title=The Final Roar at Singapore's National Stadium
In 2011, a new arrangement of the song Home (National Day Parade song)|'Home' was launched on Total Defence Day. Kit was the executive producer of the music video. The new arrangement was performed by 39 local singers (including Kit), and accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra .cite news | url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1110936/1/.html | title=Singapore classic "Home" gets remade for Total Defence Day
Musical
Kit has also managed to display her versatility not only in musical expression, but also linguistic and theatrical prowess, with her Cantopop , and English hits on top of her Mandarin albums. She has held lead roles in the Hong Kong musical Snow.Wolf.Lake with Jacky Cheung – both the Cantonese version in 1997 and the Mandarin production in 2005 – followed by The Legend (where she played the late Teresa Teng ), and " Forbidden City: Portrait of An Empress " (where she played the young Empress Dowager Cixi )– first performed in 2002 as part of the Esplanade's opening programme, and again in 2003. Kit has also played the lead in the Dutch-Hong Kong production of "East Meets West", and the Taiwanese musical "What's Love Got to Do with It? ".
In Sep 2006, she reprised her role again in "Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress", as part of a plan to make this musical internationally recognised, in the hope of going on a world tour.
Acting
Kit has also been involved in television dramas, being a member of the cast of Healing Hands II , the sequel to TVB 's hit medical drama Healing Hands , in 2000. She was also the female lead in SPH MediaWorks Channel U 's drama serial Cash is King. Kit also returned to the big screen in 2010 for the film Lover's Discourse.
Writing
Kit has also dabbled in writing, having published a collection of her English poems (Cork out of my Head) in 2000 in Taiwan, http://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/store/mli_viewItem.asp? idProduct=74 I Write a Page in 2000 in Singapore, as well as a fiction book (together with friend Siew Fern Yong) called Cathy and Jodie: The Princess and the Flea. cite web | url= http://www.mica.gov.sg/creative2006/press/2006-11-23-creative%20youth%20exchange%20results.pdf | title=CREATIVE YOUTH XCHANGE @ HELLO KITTY WINNERS UNVEILED
Business
Kit is also a budding entrepreneur, having invested in boutiques in Singapore, namely Flowers in the Attic and Roses in the Loft.
Community
In 1998, Kit was appointed as the first National Youth Ambassador for Singapore's National Youth Council , promoting moral values and a spirit of volunteerism among youths in Singapore, which she served for two years.cite web | url= http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_429_2005-01-14.html | title=Kit Chan : first Youth Ambassador From 2001 to 2004, she served as a council member with the National Youth Council. Kit was honoured in 2002 by the Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre with an Award for Excellence in Youth Work.
She is also the ambassador to the Christian relief organization, "World Vision".
In 2007, Kit was appointed to the board of the National Heritage Board (Singapore)|National Heritage Board , for a two year period to reach out to Singapore audience and link with the creative industries.cite web | url= http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW/pr/pra/07/NHB%20New%20Board%20Members.pdf | title=NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD CHARTS FRESH DIRECTIONS WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Public Relations
In 2007, she joined a Public Relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, to work as a campaign specialist. She worked on the Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence 's 2009 Total Defence (Singapore)|Total Defence campaign, 'What Will You Defend? '.cite web | url= http://is.asia-city.com/events/article/first-person-kit-chan | title=Kit Chan The stint lasted 19 months. She left the company after 19 months. cite news | url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1071120/1/.html | title=Kit Chan: From showbiz to office and back again
Education
Kit studied in Raffles Girls' School , Raffles Junior College and Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts . During Kit's six years' hiatus from the music scene from 2004 to 2010, she returned to LaSalle as a mature student. She wrote a thesis on the psychology of performance and graduated with first-class honors.
Personal life
Kit has three sisters and grew up on Trengganu Street in Chinatown. Kit has a long-time banker boyfriend.
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