Imagine the forced eviction of some 500,000 Chinese into internment camps euphemistically referred to as "New Villages" where movement was stringently curtailed. This was the 1950 Briggs Plan of British General Sir Harold Briggs during the Malayan Emergency to stem the influence and infiltration of the Malayan National Liberation Army. The Emergency ended officially on July 31, 1960. The painting also comprises philately cutouts of the British Queen, which dominate the camp periphery, together with uniformed guards, while those incarcerated are shown to have lived in similarly-constructed houses with a water pipe or two. These were harsh times, when the British returned after the invading Japanese surrendered. Chang Yoong Chia is one of the busiest globe-trotting artists, his last artist's residency being in Leipzig, Germany, his second German stint after learning Deutsch in Berlin. His residency included Uyman, Sapporo and Wanakio in Okinawa (Japan); Shanti Road in Bangalore and KHOJ in Mysore (India); Pinyao (China); Tembi Yogyakarta (Indonesia); Chiayi (Taiwan); Ujiae Art Studio, Gwangju (South Korea); C21, Blackburn (Britain); and Rimbun Dahan. He had also taken part in the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial; World Social Forum Porto Alegre (Brazil); Bangladesh Asian Art Biennale; Chongqing Youth Biennale; Japan's Welcome To The Jungle; START Art Fair (London); Journey (Jerusalem); Open Sea (Lyon, France); Asia Young 36 (Jeonju, South Korea) and the KL Biennale. Yoong Chia received his education at the Malaysian Institute of Art and was a finalist in the APB Signature Art Prize in Singapore (2011).