Full Circle: Episode 10: Fate

First aired: Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 9:00 pm
Episode summary by Singapore TV

A mentally disabled Ming lived in Tampines Home after his foster mother passed on. By a twist of fate, he was reunited with his birth family.

Ming was 37 when he was featured in Friday Weekly, a Chinese newspaper for secondary school students. The article highlighted the difficulties that Ming faced as a mentally disabled person. A secondary one student read the report and recalled her late grandmother talking about her long lost uncle called "Ming".

Adopted at birth, Ming, a bright child, suffers a high fever that leaves him mentally disabled for life.

About the show

Full Circle is a half-hour docu-drama about people from all walks of life torn apart by extraordinary circumstances and the twists of fate in their quest to find their absent loved one.

The stories highlight the strength of love that can be found between parents and children, siblings, lovers or mere friends that is powerful enough to bridge long periods of separation. Torn apart by war, poverty, accident, conflict, or a relationship gone wrong, within them is a compelling longing inspiring a tireless search for their lost loved one. Risking disappointment and rejection, they knock on doors, appeal through radio and newspapers.

Some lucky ones find their missing link by a twist of fate, but not all reunions are happy ones. Yet, some continue in search of their happy ending and for these people, Full Circle hopes to be an avenue for them to obtain leads that will make them and their lost loves come full circle.

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