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3 unusual facts about Lim Hak Tai


Cheong Soo Pieng

In 1955 Cheong Soo Pieng, along with five other artists Chen Wen Hsi, Chen Chong Swee, Lim Hak Tai, Tay Wee Koh, and Suri bin Mohyani were invited to showcase their artworks in England, funded by fellow artist and arts patron Ho Kok Hoe.

Lim Hak Tai

He came to Singapore at the outbreak of Sino-Japan War in 1937, and taught art at The Chinese High School and Nan Chiau Girls High School (now Nan Chiau High School) for a year.

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

On his return to China, he approached Mr Lim Hak Tai and persuaded him to establish the first arts school in Singapore.



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