| Native Name: | 红头巾/紅頭巾 |
| Genre: | Period drama |
| Runtime: | approx. 45 minutes |
| Creator: | Ching Git Yan (程洁茵） |
| Producer: | George Wu （吴乔颐） |
| Starring: | Zeng Huifen Hong Huifang Huang Wenyong Li Yinzhu Li Wenhai Yang Lina Li Yongci Lin Meijiao Hong Guorui |
| Opentheme: | "Samsui Women" (红头巾) by Sarah Chen |
| Endtheme: | “Days under the Sun" (艳阳下的日子）by Sarah Chen |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Network: | SBC Channel 8 (now Mediacorp Channel 8) |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
Samsui Women (Simplified Chinese: 红头巾, Traditional Chinese: 紅頭巾, literally "The Red Bandana") is a 24-episode historical drama produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Starring Zeng Huifen, Hong Huifang, Huang Wenyong and Li Yinzhu. It details the travails of the Samsui women, who came from Sanshui, China to Singapore in search of work in the construction industry, and whose hard work have helped shape Singapore for years.
Together with The Awakening, it is considered one of the greatest dramas produced by the SBC and catapulted veteran actress Zeng Huifen to stardom with her role as the hardworking and kind Ah Gui. The theme song was voted one of the top 5 favourite drama theme songs at the Star Awards 2007 25th anniversary special.
The production team attempted to find the Samsui women to interview them about the past but could not locate them as they had mostly left their previous known living places in Chinatown, Singapore and only a few samsui women continued to work at constructions sites. The team approached the Sanshui clan association which the samsui women are part of. Interviews with them remained difficult as they refused to talk much about their past.
The show runs from 6 May to 13 June 1986.[2]