Yip Yew Chong And His ‘ROJAK Shop called 'Kedai Sin Ma’ in Old Town Ipoh

..the fabric of Malaysia and Singapore –  multiracial and multicultural.....

'Kedai Sin Ma, a Rojak Shop mural' ...... at 51 Jalan Panglima, Old Town.. facing the Kinta river 

 A wall mural of a corner shop called ‘Kedai Sin Ma’ stands on the wall at 51 Jalan Panglima, Old Town Ipoh, a tyre shop.  It portrays a Chinese proprietor with his lovable sleepy cat at the front of the shop which sells  all sorts of products from Chinese lanterns to large Malay Wau’s (kites), pomelos and batiks cloth to Indian garlands (in a Chinese shop ??) It gets more interesting when you realise the colourful and prominent shopfront signages are written in Bahasa, English, Chinese, Tamil and Jawi.

Pretty authentic Rojak Shop..no?. The mural was painted by a Singaporean artiste named Yip Yew Chong in 2017 who explained that this was the ‘fabric of Malaysia and Singapore – multiracial and multicultural’.

True ROJAK ...Chinese shop, different signages, batik cloth and Indian garlands...the fabric of Malaysia and Singapore..

Yip in 2017 was a part time artist and was working as an accountant. His weekend trip to Ipoh was sponsored by Causeway Exchange of Singapore and arts group PORT of Ipoh.

Having finished ‘Kedai Sin Ma rojak shop ‘ early he still had time that weekend and partnered with Malaysian artist Chong Kok Leng to draw another mural which he called ‘Rojak Tree’. Strictly impromptu Chong drew the pomelo and I added the different tropical fruits papaya, jack fruit, durian and rambutan ..all in 1 tree. It was fun doing the ‘Rojak tree’ .

Chong Kok Leng (left) and Yip Yew Chong (right) with their mural 'Rojak Tree' . One tree and variety of fruits . Mural is on the back wall of KooKee.

Yip became a full time artist since 2018 July. Currently he has an exhibition at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. It is a set of work as part of  'Singapore's 60 anniversary, the Postcard Series' of Singapores evolving cityscape.It has been ongoing since July and ends in September.

Yip Yew Chong ..part of the Fullerton 'Postcard Series' for Singapore's 60th anniversary. It ends in September 2025.... Cute cat hmmm

JAG

How Come NoOne Told YB Jenny Choi

How come nobody has told YB Jenny that the Merdeka banner at Canning Market is incorrect. The Jalur Gemilang is missing. It has been 2 weeks now and it is still up. The above picture was taken by A. Law out faithful citizen journalist. This is most surprising seeing that Yb Jenny takes good care of Canning.

This is how it should look. YB Nizar Jamaludin standing proud with the Jalur Gemilang 

KC