Gurmit Singh aka Phua Chu Kang quits MediaCorp to spend more time with family


SINGAPORE: Actor-host Gurmit Singh is not renewing his full-time contract with MediaCorp when it expires at the end of the year, so that he can spend more time with his family. 

On Friday, his management issued a press statement stating that from next year, he will be taking on artiste engagements "on a more selective basis". 

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