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The company Anson (Minor actor) Edward (Minor actor) Junming (Major actor) Maqil (Major actor) Max (Major actor) Mika (Minor actor) Nigel (Minor actor) Raoul (Minor actor) Yexiang (Major actor) Zilong (Minor actor)
Jalil (Yexiang)
"Innovation over tradition—I put us on the map!" > The Visionary Leader. Ambitious, forward-thinking, and proud. Jalil believes taking bold risks and charging higher rent at Marina Bay Sands is the only way to save the Pasar Malam from irrelevance, blind to how his grand vision squeezes the everyday stall owner.
Journalist (Anson)
"Following the second leadership restructuring this month... how did you overthrow Mr Jalil?" The Inquisitive Press. Eager for the scoop on the sudden market shakeup, they ask the probing questions that put Mr Bao and Mr Cai on the spot. They serve as the public eye, broadcasting the drama, shifting narratives, and capturing the downfall of the Pasar Malam's leadership.
Jun Ming(Marco)
Marco has been at the Pasar Malam as long as Jalil, and says almost nothing for most of the play. He gets one excited line during the celebration. Then his friend is dragged off by loan sharks, and the quiet man snatches a microphone. He never accuses anyone directly. He asks questions, repeats "Cai and Bao are honourable" until it stops sounding like a compliment, and lets one fact loose: there was never any vote. Antony had a crowd of thousands. Marco has six stall owners and a press conference, and it turns out that's enough.
Max(Bao)
Bao did the work everyone credits Jalil for. The emails, the MBS meetings, the late nights: his, uncredited, and he never once complained about it. That's the man Cai finds. Not ambitious, just persuadable, and convinced that honour settles every question. A wall of fake post-it notes and some flattery later, Bao betrays his best friend to protect people who never asked to be protected. Everything he does wrong, he does for defensible reasons. At the end he compares himself to a sampan, bobbing, powerless against the storms of fortune. But the storm was a choice, and it was his.
