eAhlong.com: Loan Shark Online

Tragi-comic documentary of a fresh polytechnic graduate’s efforts to modernise his family business by updating it online to the Internet, even if it is unlicenced moneylending. He succeeds at finding an investor to set up eAhlong.com and hits jackpot at the stock exchange after six months. But a year later, business plunges with the dot-com bubble burst and his dreams of making his father proud of him fizzle along with his good standing. This film deals hilariously with the issue of the old-fashioned economy’s narrow-mindedness and new economy’s greed. Ah Seng has just finished his studies at the polytechnic and wants to modernize his father’s business. Unfortunately, his dad is an illegal loanshark (“ah long”). In trying to achieve his dream, Ah Seng must face both the old economy’s narrow-mindedness and the new economy’s greed.

Director: Colin Goh, Woo Yen Yen
Runtime: 13m0s
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Rating: NC16
Availability: library@esplanade
Accession No: 2007-D-0394;2005-D-0020
Subtitles: English
Release Year: 2001
Producer: Woo Yen Yen, Colin Goh
Language: English, Hokkien
Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

Chua Kah Sheng, Tan Cheng Han, Tan Bee Yian, Foo Ji Haw, Colin Goh, Carolyn Oei, Terence Chua, Bernard Phua, Lois Tan, Glenn Cheng, Onn Hui Ling, Mathias Oh

Crew:

Co-Directors - Colin Cheong, Terence Chua, Colin Goh, Andy Logam-Tan, Joyceln Woo
Script - QuickQuill Communications, TalkingCock.com
Cinematography - Colin Cheong
Post-Production & Editing - Andy Logam-Tan
Screenshots and Computer Effects - Terence Chua
Lighting - Andy Logam-Tan, Terence Chua
Sound - Andy Logam-Tan
Location Scouts - Joyceln Woo, Colin Goh, Bernard Phua
Storyboard - Colin Goh
Executive Producer - Joyceln Woo
Props - Colin Goh, Joyceln Woo, Onn Hui Ling
Subtitles - Joyceln Woo, Colin Goh, Andy Logam-Tan

Keywords:

Occupations: Ah Long, Illegal Loanshark, Unlicensed Moneylender, Businessman, Business Administration, Investment Banker
People: Heartlanders, Elderly, Pig's Head, Gangster, Mob, Ruffian, Gangs
Language: Singlish, Singapore Colloquial
Developments: Finance, Dot-com Business, New Economy, Technology, Internet, Investment
Places: Heartlands, Christmas Island
Relationships: Father/Son, Business Partners, Husband/Wife, Friends
Themes: Family Heritage, Tradition, Filial Piety, Change, Modernity
Emotion: Pride, Approval
Occupations - Loanshark, Businessman, Investment Banker, Lawyer
Cultures - Singlish, Singaporean Colloquial Terms
Places - Christmas Island
New Economy - Dot.Com
People - Elderly
Relationships - Husband/Wife, Business Partners, Father/Son