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A crafty way to help

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Burmese human rights campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi is recognised around the world for her tireless efforts to encourage democracy and freedom in her home country, Myanmar.

Having spent 15 years under house arrest, the Nobel laureate set off last week on her first trip abroad for 24 years, helping to promoting business growth in Myanmar at the World Economic Forum in Bangkok.

Two Hongkongers are playing a small part in promoting Myanmar industry, too - by promoting traditional Myanmese lacquerware in their shop.

Susanna Pang Bik-tsui and Venus Lee Lan-kiu have just opened Soil, a 'pop-up' shop at a ceramics workshop, in Sau Wah Fong, Wan Chai. Their crafts shop, which is open until June 30, sells mainly lacquerware from the Southeast Asian nation.

Although neither woman is an artist, both have worked in the creative industries for many years and make ceramics themselves.

Pang visited lacquer ware workshops in Myanmar to watch the production process. 'It's fascinating to realise they're still using ancient methods to make crafts,' says Pang, who used to work at the Hong Kong Design Centre, and who recently studied cultural leadership.

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