Channel 8 actress Kate Pang and Star Search winner Andie Chen married on Sunday and are expecting a baby, after secretly dating for a year.

Pang, 30, and Chen, 28, registered their marriage and had an "intimate family dinner", said MediaCorp artiste manager Mei Ho. They have no plans for a wedding banquet.

In a statement issued by the broadcaster yesterday, the couple said going underground had been the "healthiest" way to maintain a relationship in show business.

As recently as last month, Chen shot down rumours of a romance with Pang while publicising prime-time drama Disclosed.

Pang, who is Taiwanese, played friends with Chen in period drama Joys Of Life last year. In prison drama Break Free in March, they played a couple.

Chen, who is back in town for the registry wedding, will return to Taiwan soon, where he has been trying to break into Taiwanese showbusiness.

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