Roti Kok in Machap Baru

When Malacca was still under colonial rule as the British Crown Colony of the Straits, Mr Puah Sen Fong (transliteration) who originated from Qiongzhou (now Hainan) established himself in Machap, producing oven-dried bread strips for the locals. Since 1935, Kenn Guan Hiong has been succeeded for four generations. 83 years later today, Roti Kok has become a household favourite in the southern region of Malaysia.

After the founder, Mr Puah Sen Fong (transliteration), passed away in 1970, the second generation owner Mr Puah Chian Po (transliteration) took over operations of the bread factory, until handing it over to the third generation Mr Puah Kia Men in 2000. As the fourth generation, Mr Puah Chai Fei, completed his studies, he also helps his family in managing the age-old business. Freshly baked roti kok, pairing with rich aromatic coffee, is the collective memory of local residents growing up in Machap Baru. Several decades of changes have passed, yet the heirs prevail in maintaining the well-established business, this persistence enables younger generations to have a taste of the previous generation’s lingering warmth.

Text: Yew Wan Ting & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Coordinator : Daniel Lim
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Easy Day

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Pak Sian Temple in Sungai Udang

This is the story of Pak Sian Temple located in Sungai Udang, Melaka.

The precursor of the temple was Xian Shi (transliteration) Temple, built by Chinese ancestors who migrated southwards in earlier times. Due to its extensive history, the temple became dilapidated and shabby. The initiator, Mr Ong Tie Kie, once accidentally made a wish for his impoverished self winning a lottery ticket, therefore he initiated the rebuilding of the temple alongside his brothers. Afterwards, due to the British army setting up camp in that location, an order was issued to relocate Pak Sian Temple.

Now that Pak Sian Temple underwent a few rebuilds and relocation, standing upright at its current address, flourishing with reverence.

Text: Yew Wan Ting & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Beaverton from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Sesame Biscuits in Bukit Pelandok

Located in Bukit Pelandok, Negeri Sembilan where the majority of the population hailed from Fú Zhōu, is a 60-year-old biscuit factory —— Swee Tin Biscuits. A Fú Zhōu biscuit specially made annually just before mid-autumn festival —— “wooden biscuit” (also known as “firewood biscuit”, charcoal grilled sesame biscuit, “war biscuit”, or even “mouldy biscuit”) are produced in celebration of the occasion. The oblate-shaped “wooden biscuit” has no filling, with a floured surface and sesame-coated bottom, a savoury flavour packed with the aroma of sesame. Due to the texture of the sesame biscuit becoming hard and dry after being left out for some time, and takes some effort to chew, more people prefer to dunk it in coffee, hence the nickname “wooden biscuit”.

The oven used in baking “wooden biscuit” is not the conventional oven, but a customized urn-like stove. After placing the biscuits into the stove, cover it with the lid which also serves as a charcoal tray filled with red-hot burning charcoal. Periodically, the charcoal tray needs to be lifted for ventilation to prevent the biscuits from getting burnt, as well as top up fresh charcoal to retain the heat. The manufacturing process particularly requires experience and skill, moreover it is time-consuming and laborious.

Swee Tin Biscuits persist in employing the traditional way of baking, the process complicated, and the heat intense. Therefore each year it is only available for two months in conjunction with the mid-autumn festival, its production is carried out on Thursdays and Sundays, extremely limited and rare. The factory also offers goods baked fresh daily such as red bean biscuits, bridal biscuits, maltose biscuits, teochew biscuits, butter cookies etc.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Aldershof from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Doctor cum Artist – Dr. Angeline Lok

Angeline Lok, a 70’s baby born and bred in Port Dickson, currently working as a specialist doctor in Shanghai.

One day in 2015, as she went out for a walk despite heavy rains, her pet dog carried to her in its mouth a dying black kitten. After several weeks of recovery and treatment procedures, despite losing one eye, the black kitten survived tenaciously with its strong survival instinct. Since then, Angeline has formed a close bond with the black cat. Upon picking up drawing skills, she sketches cat figures, depicting the various brutal and challenging surroundings in which they face during growth, with the hopes of arousing people to allocate relative space, respect, and aid.

Dr Angeline founded BICAST amateur drawing studies class together with a bunch of like-minded friends, organizing drawing exhibitions and art therapy trial classes from time to time. This group of people, coming from various industry backgrounds and equipped with different drawing styles, gain mutual benefits from creativity brainstorms and idea-generation exchanges.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : A Quiet Thought

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Festival at Then Hou Temple in Hainan Village, Port Dickson

Hainan Village in Port Dickson has been in existence for more than a century. With the outflow of youth, only 35 households remain residing.

The Then Hou Temple built in the village is a hundred years old, and organises an annual festival occasion during 23rd March of the lunar calendar to celebrate The Empress of Heaven (Mazu)’s birthday. The village population who reside in dispersed outstation areas would return to their hometown, and work collectively to cook traditional Hainanese delicacies such as mutton soup for the consumption of villagers and guests alike, joining in celebration and making merry together. Meanwhile, there is hope that the Hainanese culture could be inherited from one generation to another, the legacy of traditional Hainanese dishes and customs continues.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Evon Pang
Music : Troutdale from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Painter – Mr Yap Hong Ngee

Mr Yap Hong Ngee, renowned Malaysian Chinese ink painter, artiste, flower arrangement master. He started to learn painting at 16 years old, and has over 50 years’ experience in the field of painting and creative works. He held more than 60 exhibitions in various countries and places including Malaysia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei etc. His speciality is the usage of sparrows in his paintings, of which he is acclaimed.

In his creative works, Mr Yap combines traditional pen and ink elements together with modern improvisation. He breaks through the limitations on shapes and colours of traditional themes, adding in personal life experience and feeling to construct a new form. Meanwhile, he also practises from two-dimensional art towards actual objects, especially essentials in life, enriching his own ideas on creating and expression in artworks.

Mr Yap also advocates personal expression and multi-interpretation in artworks. Creative works should not remain stagnant, but need constant change by incorporating personal ideas, attitudes, and perception of society.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Mei Li from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Tofu in Sungai Udang

In Sungai Udang, Melaka, there stood a handmade tofu factory which spun 50 years of history, each morning freshly producing firm tofu, fried tofu, soybean milk etc. The tiny tin-roofed tofu factory is located within the proprietor’s own courtyard, abiding by the traditional woodfire way of producing artisanal handmade tofu.

The procedures of manufacturing handmade tofu is tedious, the quality of the tofu entirely relies on the master’s cumulative experience over the years as well as mastery of the craft. Each segment including selection of beans, milling into liquid form, condensation, compression, slicing, and deep-frying, are factors which affect the quality of the end product. During the transformation process of soybeans from solid to liquid and back to solid, Handsome Ong and May Ong with their decades of experience, compress nicely the aroma of soybeans into each tofu cube.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Evon Pang
Music : Acoustic Instrumental from Youtube NCM

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Artiste – Mr Sum Kwai Fong

Mr Sum Kwai Fong, a 1966 graduate of Chung Hua High School Port Dickson, was the first batch to graduate from the school. At present, he holds the position as president of the Malaysia Artistes Association, and is currently working in the fields of Art Education and Art Therapy. Mr Sum implies that Art in drawing takes not only the form of a picture, and also not an objective copy of scenes in life, but an assimilation of the artist’s understanding towards life, attitude towards society and their own mindsets, as well as a representation of their characteristics.

Mr Sum also respects that neither lowliness nor nobleness apply in Art aesthetics. Each person has their own different inclination, therefore personal preferences should not be employed as academic criticism, otherwise examination of theoretical value would be lost. The only way to nurture art attainment, pursue and achieve self-worth, is through self-recognition.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Evon Pang
Music : Somewhere Somehow from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Wah Kong Temple in Puchong

Each temple has its own originating history, this is the story of Wah Kong temple in Puchong.

At the temple, there goes an allusion as such: an enormous snake who has cultivated spiritual training for 800 years was burned to death by an Englishman a few days just before it metamorphoses into a dragon. In 2005, the committee members of the temple dug out golden hued “dragon bones”, which they believe belonged to the enormous snake who did not get to ascend heavenly order and metamorphose into a dragon. Thus they constructed a pagoda in the temple to lay the remaining broken bones together with the soil of the excavation spot to rest, and for people to pay their respects.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Xiao Etangshui from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD

Calligrapher – Mr Loke Keng Wah

Renowned Malaysian calligrapher, Mr Loke Keng Wah, also known as Loke Lei, was born in 1929. He graduated from National Taiwan Normal University, and has been the principal of Chung Hwa High School Port Dickson for over twenty years. Mr Loke specialized in the groundwork of Chinese ink painting, calligraphy, and classic literature. Especially his artwork in 1962, an ink painting entitled “Force”, a combination of Chinese and Western styles on a horizontal banner, represented Malaysia and was selected to participate in the Federation of British Artist Exhibition, thus earning international fame. He currently holds the position as advisor of the Negeri Sembilan Art Society. Besides, he is also a member of the Malaysian Chinese Culture Society, the Malaysian Calligraphy Society, as well as the Malaysian International Modern Calligraphy and Painting Association.

Mr Loke always proactively promotes the development of arts and culture, often donating his artworks for charity purposes, as well as doing his best for the Chinese society in Malaysia. Besides being a Good Samaritan, he also hopes that more people would approach and appreciate arts. Even though he is 90 years old, Mr Loke still maintains a strong physique thanks to calligraphy. Writing calligraphy requires the utmost focus and attention, concentrating all thoughts on each stroke, in order for one to achieve serenity and tranquillity. A healthy practice, calligraphy therapy is.

Text: Daniel Lim & Pua Hui Wen

有你 UNI Production
Producer : Mok Yii Chek
Cinematographer : Amelia Lim / Evon Pang
Video Editor : Amelia Lim
Music : Piao Lang from Felt Music

COPYRIGHTS 2018 ECHINOIDEA SDN BHD