Malaysian artists colour George Town's historic buildings in a new light

With emerald green, Sankemakly brings the Boon Wah Co Textile building on Campbell Street and Rope Walk in George Town to life. Photo: Sankemakly

A chance encounter on an Immigration Department bench has led to over a decade of friendship, collaboration and colour.

Two artists from Selangor, who go simply by the names Sankema (Tee Lee Hooi) and Kly (Then Yee Peng), began chatting while waiting in a long queue for their numbers to be called and clicked immediately.