Kit , actress and singer

Excerpt from The Straits Times,
Monday, 25 Sept 2006
by Teo Pau Lin:

Kit Chan is "now more open..she cuts a vastly different figure from her former petulant image. For the first time, she reveals that her parents are the owners of a provision shop in Chinatown, Chan Hong Kee.
'I never spoke about it out of protection for them. But they're selling the business and retiring next month, so it's okay,' she says.

One thing that hasn't changed is her disciplined work ethic..
'She's a very good girl', observes Mr Gaurav Kripalani, artistic director of the Singapore Repertory Theatre. 'We asked her out for drinks after the shows but she said no, she's going home to rest her voice.'

Does she feel nervous before each performance?
'Of course,' she admits readily.
'I pray to God very night. There's just no way you can do this on your own.' Earnestly, she goes on to reveal how she converted to Christianity at age 10 as a student in Fairfield Methodist Primary School.
But lured by existentialist theories and New Ageism in her late teens, she became a free-thinker.
'But when I was 28, I thought, no, cannot be. There must be God. So I went back. I found my faith again.'

Riding on this refreshing burst of openness, you ask if she has plans to marry her 41-year-old boyfriend. 'No. Things are really just stable and nice right now. Anyway, I'm conservative in that he has to propose to me first, with a ring,' she says.
You go for one more. What does he look like?
'As far as I'm concerned, he's a very fine-looking man indeed,' she adds sweetly.

When time's up, she bids you goodbye with a little squeeze on your arm. 'Hey, thanks so much for your time,' she says. And as she leaves, she flashes you a big smile.
Say hi to the new Kit on the block."