Passion for brush painting still burning in nonagenarian


Prized possession: Ang with his favourite painting, created in 1976, featured in his exhibition at the state assembly building in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Ninety-three-year-old Ang Swee Hin has no plans of retiring as his passion for Chinese brush painting has not died down one bit.

The veteran Penang artist, regar­ded as one of the foremost authorities in Chinese brush painting in Malaysia, plans on painting until he draws his last breath.

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