SYNOPSIS

Ever stop and ponder why some people write more beautifully than others?

Are Calligraphy, Lettering, and Typography same and interchangeable?

Is calligraphy a fine art, like painting, sculpture, drawing or photography?

What are the major and popular calligraphy forms in the world?

It has been said that Chinese calligraphy focuses not only on methods of writing 書法  but also on cultivating one‘s character  人品  and taught as a pursuit. Why?

These are some of many other questions to be explored in this Knowledge Sharing Session No. 1. If time permits, live Chinese brush calligraphy would be demonstrated.

SPEAKER BIODATA

Ir Peter Kwok Pin Yook  

Since young, Ir Peter Kwok has been an enthusiast of Chinese calligraphy. Way back 57 years ago, 1963  in primary school standard 5 in Penang, he came in second place in the school internal calligraphy contest. He  subsequently represented the school in Penang Inter Primary School Calligraphy Competition. Though he did not win any price from the competition, his interests and attention to  calligraphy never stop until today. He does not follow any calligraphy teacher but has own general understanding and interpretation of calligraphy.

He holds a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering from National University of Singapore and is a Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (Civil) registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Since 1991, he runs a civil engineering consultancy practice, Sedia Perunding. He was the secretary of the Information Technology Special Interest Group when it was first formed in 1999 (Session 1999 - 2000) and is a committee member of the Information and Communication Technology Special Interest Group for session 2018-2019 and 2019 -2020.   Currently, he also serves as a Board member of Koperasi Perumahan Impian Selangor Berhad.