Nothing could be more appealing to the tourist gaggle than the indigenous people, especially those uninured to the trappings of modern life, or a reverse Cosplay acting for the tourism dollar. This cute little girl, depicted in all her innocence, tries on a hat while garbed in traditional dress. She is probably from the Akha tribe roaming around the less hospitable Golden Triangle region, but resettled in camps as tourist traps, the way the Padaung women are exploited, never mind that the brass rings stacked around their necks have debilitating physical defects. Chieu Shuey Fook is versatile in painting, batik and sculptures, and no stranger to Malaysia, having had his solo at the Samat Gallery. After graduating from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1953, he spent two decades in Advertising (Ogilvy & Mather) before becoming a fulltime artist in 1982. He was popular with corporations for two decades, with various commissions in murals like the aluminium relief on 20 SIA Boeing jets done in New York, and the Orchard Road MRT Station (now no more). His metal relief sculpture, Water House, won 1st Prize in the Instant Asa art competition in 1970. He won 1st Prize for Abstract Painting in competitions hosted by the NAFA Alumni Association in 2009 and the Singapore Art Society in 2013. He was also commissioned by the Singapore Community Chest to do a coin sculpture in 1990. He also helped set up the Black Earth Art Museum in 2008.