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Marking George Town IV

Georgetown,
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"Brother and Sister on a Swing" is a mural by young local deaf-mute artist Louis Gan. It graces the wall of the printing warehouse in an alleyway in George Town. It depicts two young children, a boy and a girl, standing on a swing and celebrates the intimacy of sibling relationships, just as Louis has with his brother. The subjects are the children of the proprietor of the printing firm, SBS Paper Products. Having learned about Louis from news articles of him appearing in The Star and Kwong Wah, he invited Louis to paint the mural depicting the children. The printing firm had already installed a swing set and even created a street sign called "Step by Step Lane" on the otherwise nameless back alley.