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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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