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This is my painting "Beginning to Rejoice", one of the two big paintings commissioned by Raffles City. The paintings are installed near the entrance to the ballroom at the Raffles City Convention Centre of Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore, Southeast Asia's Tallest deluxe Hotel. There are two large ballrooms, the Raffles Ballroom and the Stamford Ballroom with seating capacity of 3000 and 1000 respectively. Swissotel The Stamford is in Raffles City, it is about a 20-minute drive from the Singapore Changi Airport. It is conveniently located in the heart of Singapore.

It is recorded that Raffles City is also the home of one of the island republic's largest and most important collections of modern art. In their first complete catalogu to 'showcase' the major works in their collection, the colour images of art works by the following artists are featured in their book "Art In The City, The Raffles City Collection". They are: Alexander Calder, Rima Farah, Kevin Jackson, Kieron Thomas Farrow, Ithipol Thangchalok, Helyne Jennings, Ellsworth Kelly, Leung Kui-Ting, Liu Haisu, Donn Moulton, Kenneth Noland, Toko Shinoda, Sunaryo, Thavorn Ko-Udomvit, Zao Wou-Ki, Chen Kezhan, Chen Wen Hsi, Goh Beng Kwan, Lin Hsin Hsin, lu Guo Xiang, Ng Yak Whee, Jimmy Ong, Anthony Poon, Prabhakara Jimmy Quek, Tan Swie Hian, Tay Chee Toh, Teo Eng Seng, Simon Wong and Thomas Yeo.