Father of batik painting

By CHOONG KWEE KIM
  • Letters

  • Sunday, 03 Dec 2006

Artist Datuk Chuah Thean Teng

FROM helping his mother design dainty shoes for Chinese women with bound feet to becoming a pioneer of Malaysian batik painting, Datuk Chuah Thean Teng has come a long way. 

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