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Dr Lim Kee Ming
Mr Chua Huan Theng
42nd President
Chairman
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Ngee Ann Cultural Sub-Committee
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In the midst of celebrating our 48th National Day, Ngee Ann Cultural
Centre (NACC) is pleased to organise the National Day Calligraphy
and Painting Exhibition for the 4th year running to commemorate
the special occasion. Our aim is to provide a platform for our local
artists to showcase their finest calligraphy and paintings artworks;
whilst, bringing a different type of celebratory event for the
audiences. In addition, NACC hopes to propel and promote a more
vibrant cultural scene in Singapore.
Dr Lim Kee Ming
42nd President This annual exhibition is one of NACC’s major events of the year.
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Each year, NACC will invite our renowned local artists to participate
in this exhibition. Garnering the crème of the crop from both the
Chinese and Western arts, such as traditional Chinese calligraphy,
Chinese paintings, watercolour, oil painting, woodcarving etc, and
audience will be stupefied by the finesse of the works from these
outstanding and passionate artists.
To cultivate the younger generation’s interest in traditional Chinese
calligraphy art and encourage them to pursue the art form, NACC
had organised the Students’ Calligraphy Competition 2013 in early
July. We have received overwhelming participation from 235
students across 53 primary, secondary and tertiary educational
institutions islandwide. The 18 winning calligraphy works will be
exhibited along with other established artists, bringing new hope to
the future art scene.
Dr Lim Kee Ming
42nd President Herein, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all
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participating artists for their passion in creating such superb works
to showcase to the public. At the same time, I would like to thank
the audience for their support.

Lastly, I wish our nation a happy and prosperous 48th National Day.
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To celebrate our 48th National Day, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, a
subsidiary of Ngee Ann Kongsi, proudly presents the “National Day
Calligraphy & Painting Exhibition 2013”. Held at the Ngee Ann
Exhibition Hall during the National Day period, the exhibition is
open to all. We hope the public will gain a deeper understanding
and appreciation for local calligraphy and paintings. More than 140
local artists were invited to exhibit their works, covering a wide
range of genre and themes such as Chinese Ink, Chinese Ink
Mr Chua Huan Theng
(Colour); Western styles of Watercolour, Oil Painting, Woodcarving,
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etc, depicting various font types of calligraphy, flowers and birds,
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abstract works, architecture, etc.
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The exhibition provides a channel to display the remarkable
artworks from local artists, so as to allow the young generation to
showcase their talent in traditional Chinese calligraphy art. A total
of 235 students from local primary, secondary schools and junior
colleges & polytechnics participated in the Student’s Calligraphy
Competition 2013 organized by the Centre. The competition aims to
promote Chinese calligraphy amongst students. The 18 winning
works were stringently selected by a panel of reputable local
calligraphers. To spur the students to scale greater heights in their
pursuit of Chinese calligrapher, the winning entries will be exhibited
alongside the works of local renowned calligraphers and painters.

I would like to thank all participating artists for their strong support
Mr Chua Huan Theng and schools and students for their enthusiastic response and
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participation. Besides, I would like to thank the staff of the NACC for
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working diligently on the event.
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I wish the event every success and greater success in the years to
come!