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Draw My Nanhai Dream Art Open Call
Organised By: Penang Art District
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Lydia Chew Siew Ling |
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出生於檳城，現居怡保，是熱情的自學藝術家與藝術教育者。現任霹靂藝術協會副財政，積極推動本地藝術。自2007年起多次參展，專注肖像畫，亦探索水彩與咖啡畫的創作可能。
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Qiesya Qaisara Mohamadsyahrilnazeem |
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I’m a neurodivergent artist who loves creating art from my perspective.
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Joshua Foo Guan Long |
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Aka Foohaus, 100% 'Penang Lang' since 1973. He spent
most of his childhood & teenage life roaming on the island, cinemas, bookshops, cassette stores, post office & alleys
in George town. He had a nomad advertising & design life, worked in KL, China & Hong Kong for 28 years. He is into portrait arts, life drawing, watercolour & oil painting. He is now settled down in Penang with his family & continuing his next chapter dreams of arts...
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Ng Yi Jing |
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我是方禹敬, 13岁，在马来西亚槟城锺灵国民型中学就读。我所呈现的作品是“碎瓷的记忆”，“碎瓷”指破碎的瓷片，它不仅是物质的残片，也是一种时间的见证者。 瓷器原本象征完整、精致与文化的辉煌，而“碎瓷”则象征被岁月摧残、历史遗忘的过往。 “记忆”让这些碎片不仅是破损之物，而是承载故事的媒介——它们仍然“记得”曾经的形状、色彩与意义。每一片残缺都藏着被遗忘的历史与情感。
I am Ng Yi Jing, 13 years old, studying at SMJK Chung Ling. The artwork I am presenting is titled “Fragments of Porcelain Memories”. “Fragments of porcelain” refer to broken pieces of ceramic — not only remnants of material objects but also witnesses of time.
Porcelain once symbolized completeness, delicacy, and cultural brilliance, while these “fragments” represent what has been eroded by time and forgotten by history.
“Memory” allows these shards to be more than mere broken objects; they become vessels that carry stories — they still remember their original forms, colors, and meanings. Each piece of imperfection holds traces of forgotten history and emotion.
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Khaw Yeen Ling, Cynthia |
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主题： 烟云随月海上行
在悠悠岁月中，百年的时光，乘载着不仅仅是青花瓷之工艺，更是人与人之间，与时代对话的桥梁，天青色通过等烟雨的晴莱，如爱与传承，延续下去……
我是Cynthia， 一名退休人员，因为长时间陪着孙子们上美术课,长时间的等待他们下课，我决定给自己一个机会学繪画，老师也願意收我这位高齡学生，缘份和机会让我有更多时间陪伴孙子们-起绘画见证他们的成长，同时彩出我人生的第二道彩虹。
Title: Eternal Love, Captured in Timeless Art
A 400-year-old piece of porcelain, preserved for an eternity yet it isn’t merely the beauty that moves me.
It is the soul beneath the surface — the quiet strength, the determination and depth of Love it carries.
In every curve and glaze, I feel the craftsman’s heartbeat —
his persistence, his passion, his devotion, his Love.
Each piece holds more than art; it holds a promise,
a whisper of what once was — Love shaped by human hands.
Porcelain becomes more than history, it becomes a bridge between hearts, a connection between two souls across time, linking the past, the present, and the future through the most fragile yet everlasting thing of all — love.
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Lam Yen Yee，dorcas |
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sometimes, it's not the ocean that's too big, but your faith that's too small.
有时候， 不是海太大，而是你把自己看得太小。
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Zengqianmo |
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Loh Kooi Loong |
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Ng Yi Zheng |
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I'm Ng Yi Zheng (18years old) from Smjk Heng Ee.I'm learning drawing since 5 years old.
I'm presenting my draw 'Lost history被遗忘的历史'.That pirate ship, once a symbol of courage and freedom, is gradually being forgotten. But one day it will be remembered for all the historical memories it holds.
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Zahratul Khoireen Binti Muhammad Idham |
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Zahratul Khoireen binti Muhammad Idham (@Zahra) is a 13-year-old artist passionate about drawing and painting. Diagnosed with dyslexia at 9, she found art as her way to express emotions and ideas. Since childhood, she has explored many styles — from anime character design to acrylic and palette knife painting.
Artwork Title:
Sailing Through Time
This artwork is about 'Keep sailing, even when the waves rage and time keeps moving. Every gust of wind brings challenges but also hope.
I don’t know when I’ll reach the shore, but I know one thing, the journey won’t stop.'
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Tan Jun Jie |
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Tan Jun Jie 陈俊杰
(Born in Penang, Malaysia)
Exhibitions
2022 1st Solo Art Exhibition in Gurney Plaza, Penang.
2023 Autism Acceptance Month Art Activities (Meeting Angels in Community) in Loh Guan Lye Hospital, Penang.
2023 Beyond Contemporary Art Penang (BCAP) in the Wembly St.Giles Hotel.
2023 Southeast Asia International Art Camp and launching of The South East Asian Artlist (Memoirs, Culture, Nature and Art) Vol.1 in Sarawak.
2024 'Dragon Year' Nakhon Sawan Asian Art Exhibition in Thailand.
2024 ‘Art in Paradise' Asian Art Exhibition in Ubud Arma Gallery, Bali, in Indonesia.
2024 71st Anniversary Art Exhibition of Penang Art Society (Emerging Artist Award).
2025 Autism Acceptance Month Art Activities (Embracing
Differences: Celebrating Uniqueness) in Loh Guan Lye Hospital Penang
2025 Kedah Buddhist Association Cultural and Art Festival.
2025 North Kedah Art Society 35th Anniversary
“Journey of Art Together” Exhibition.
2025 Kita Orang - Blue & White 2025 International Group Exhibition
Artwork Title:My grandmother’s Blue teapot
30cm x 30 cm
Acrylic
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Agnes Zhang |
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一个中国航海家的梦想，把美好的中华文明带到世界各地。
The dream of a Chinese sailor — to sail across the seas and spread the beauty of Chinese civilization to the world.
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Eda Tan Sew Lan |
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Nadyne Zia Alveena Binti Zul-azri |
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Wong Zhi Ling |
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Porcelain Snail Series 2: Sea of Porcelain Dreams
瓷壳蜗牛系列 2: 瓷梦之海
30cm x 30 cm
Acrylic
In the silent deep
the conch bears the memory of porcelain
echoes of a thousand years within its shell
it does not race the tide
but moves to its own calm breath
Jellyfish drift like thoughts
starfish gleam like dreams
beyond the shell is the world’s noise
within the shell lies quiet truth
slow the steps and the soul finds home
在静谧的深海里
海螺背负着青花的记忆
藏着千年的回声
它不与潮汐争快
只随心的节奏
聆听万物的呼吸
水母如念 浮沉不定
海星如梦 闪烁如心
壳外是喧嚣 壳内是自守
唯有放缓行 方能见真境
唯有静于心 方能见自我
A chartered accountant by profession and an artist at heart, I find balance between precision and passion.
I explore life’s vibrancy through acrylics.
My paintings invite viewers into a world where inner perception meets outer form, where each brushstroke captures not just what is seen, but what is felt.
Art is a meditative dialogue with life itself. Each stroke is both a release and a revelation.
Through every creation, I seek to express the spiritual pulse that flows beneath everyday existence.
我是一名注册会计师，也是一位心怀艺术的创作者，在理性与热情之间寻找平衡。
我通过丙烯探索生活的多彩与生动。
我的画作邀请观者走入一个内在感知与外在形式交汇的世界，在那里，每一笔不仅描绘眼前所见，更传达内心所感。
艺术是一场与生命本质的沉思式对话。每一笔既是释放，也是领悟。
每一次创作，都是我试图描绘日常表象下细腻而真实的内在流动。
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Nur Nafeesah Al Hawra' Binti Suhaimi |
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Al Hawra’ is a neurodivergent artist who has been living with dyslexia and ADHD. She is now at the age of 10, viewing the world through her unique lens, she often challenges the ordinary—sparking thoughtful conversations and bold ideas. But rather than debating with words, she pours her perspective into her art.
From a young age, she’s been deeply drawn to colours, often spending her free time immersed in colouring. As a kinesthetics learner drawing is one way for her to calm herself down after doing various daily activities. The way she sees things daily makes her art more vibrant hence she draws whimsical buildings, playful scenes and everything in between. As she takes her daily life easy, that’s how she interpreted those to her creations with happy thoughts and happy hues too. Each creation invites others to see the world as she does: vibrant, layered, and full of meaning.
Artwork Title: Sea Deeper
Medium: Acrylic and pen on canvas
The artwork is inspired by the surreal sunset where one of the boats represent the emotion of love and happiness all over. With the other vessel that resembles a fantastical cruise ship that carrying animals and nature to represents how both are really related. The ocean waves with the different type of current under the sea showing the sea is alive with rhythm. And if you see deeper, there are beautiful and interesting creatures as well as hidden treasures. A radiant chest sits nestled in seaweed that makes one thinking at mystery, adventure, or perhaps a valuable treasure which include memories and big dreams.
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Muhammad Zayn Al'abideen Bin Suhaimi |
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Zayn is a vibrant neurodivergent artist who channels his unique perspective and boundless energy into the world of sketching and doodling; a passion that sparked as early as age three. What began with charming renditions of buildings and hand-drawn maps has grown into a vivid artistic journey where any surface, even a front door, becomes a canvas.
With pencils in hand and imagination in full flight, Zayn who is now 13, finds joy and calm in his creations. Adding colour is his favourite part—it brings his sketches to life and fills his world with excitement. In his own words, “Drawing gives me a piece of mind and makes me calm.” Zayn’s art isn’t just a hobby—it’s his voice, his safe space, and his way of connecting with the world.
Title of the artwork: The Enormous Life
Medium: Acrylic on canvas.
This piece is actually representing on how we look at the life itself. The ship sailing on the calm sea with the birds chirping shows how the world is at peace in one look. They are vessels of hope and heritage, reminders that life is an uncertain journey. However, if you dive in deeper, there are actually many sceneries and scenarios that you can find and look at. If you go deeper inside until the bottom, you might be lucky to find beautiful hidden gems! The hidden gems that might makes your dreams come true, that might make you find your true colours or even that might make you sit back and flash back at the old memories; the good, the bad and everything in between. Whatever that you might find and faced, those are all for your own good and destined written from the above. Life is not meant to be muted. It is meant to be felt, remembered, and celebrated.
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Loo Hooi Ghee |
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Nora Foo |
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Dream Fragments (《海藏之梦》)
30 × 30 cm
Chinese ink and color on paper
Inspired by the relics of sunken porcelain, this piece drifts between dream and remembrance. The flowing ink and gentle waves echo the fragility of time and the quiet resilience hidden beneath the sea.
作品灵感来自沉睡海底的陶瓷遗迹。画中流动的墨色与柔和的波纹，象征着海浪与时间的流动，也寄托了记忆的延续与深海中那份安静而坚韧的力量。
Nora Foo is a Malaysia-based creative and mother who found her way into Chinese painting as a practice of mindfulness and calm. Through ink and color, she explores the quiet emotions within daily life — tenderness, transience, and the beauty of imperfection.
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Muhammad Mu'az Bin Mohamad Zakuan |
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Muaz is 13 years old. He is a neurodivergent artist. He been diagnosed with autism since he is 2 and half years old. He loves to draw since he is small. He used to draw and paint whenever he felt mad, anxious, gloomy, overwhelmed, or even when he felt joyful. Besides that, art also can make him express all of his imagination and thinking in his own world without limitations. He conveys his story line on the canvases which is purely intuitive and spontaneous. He feels content and proud when seeing his artwork being exhibited and people notice his art genre. Muaz artwork is not about the details, the beauty or the trend going on, but it's special because of the uniqueness of his thinking.
In 2022, he participates in his first exhibition at Selangor International Book Fair, Shah Alam Selangor. At this exhibition, two of his paintings were successfully sold. Since that, he has participated in more than ten exhibitions locally and internationally. Besides that, he also contributes his artwork image in 2025 calendar collaborated with NARC UiTM Malaysia and HLB Bank Malaysia.
Title : Muaz Underwater World
Description : The artwork is based on my imagination on creatures in the underwater. The shipwreck are their playground. The octopus play as a ghost. Dolphin, fishes, crabs and turtles play happily together.
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Hana Khadeeja Binti Ahmad |
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ANG CHUAN YONG |
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Dame Hw |
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Hi my name is Howei.
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尹文正 |
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尹文正，现居中国上海，青年艺术家、古瓷修复师。
擅长油画、插画及综合材料的创作与实践。
本次作品【青花遗梦】作品灵感是沉船中的青花碎瓷碗。一只笔山精灵闻讯赶去，头顶笔山竟召唤出神龙，碗中的龙纹化身腾龙而飞，它手持龙灯与太极球寻找残片的下落...
现阶段致力于探索东西方艺术的对话与融合，尝试将传统文化元素置于现代视野中进行重构与诠释，积极探索自然综合媒材的创新运用。近年“泡泡”、“瓷谣”、“雪釉”、“土颂”等系列作品，始终坚持以实验精神面对创作，在传统与当代、东方与西方、材料与观念之间寻找属于自己的艺术路径。
自然伙伴计划·中国美术学院【绘就绿色未来】赛事 优秀奖 2025
安徒生国际艺术奖 金奖 2024
长三角文博会·2024IIF上海国际插画艺术节作品参展并收录图鉴 2024
上海恒汇国际当代艺术展览 作品参展 2021
上海后滩当代艺术博览会 作品参展2020
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Marisa Rania Binti Mohammad Raqi |
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Marisa Rania is a 15-year-old, autistic artist whose passion for art drives her creative journey. Talented in painting with acrylics on canvas, drawing with markers and using her ipad for digital art, Marisa finds joy and freedom in expressing herself visually. Art is her voice, a way to share how she sees and feels about the world around her. In 2024, she had the opportunity to participate in her first art exhibition, where one of her paintings was succesfully sold. Later, she unlocked a significant milestone through a collaboration with The Spectrum by E.S.A, where her artwork was turned into merchandise. Marisa’s merchandise can be order online through www.thespectrum.my. She then participated in another art exhibition to further showcase her talent and creativity. For Marisa, drawing is not just an activity but a meaningful outlet for connection, helping her communicate her inner experiences and emotions with the world.
The title of the Artwork : The Lost Coins.
This artwork shows an underwater scene with a treasure chest full of gold coins and jewelry. Around the chest, there are colorful fish swimming in the blue ocean. Pink jellyfish float gently in the water, adding beauty to the scene. Green sea plants and coral grow on the ocean floor.
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Pang Wai En |
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The Moonwake's Solitude No. 1《月醒孤航》
Acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30cm
When I painted The Moonwake’s Solitude No. 1, I imagined the quiet beauty of a lone sailor adrift beneath the moonlight surrounded by the vastness of the Nanhai.
To me, the calm sea and glowing sky reflect both solitude and strength just like a moment of stillness where the past and present seem to meet.
I wanted to capture the feeling of being small yet deeply connected to something greater, just as the ancient seafarers once were when they followed the same moon across open waters, not knowing to nowhere but with the trust of the only light which is the "moon".
I wish this piece will represent the Nanhai waters carrying stories of sailors and dreamers who once journeyed across the waves, stories of those who once sailed its waves. A reminder of how solitude can feel both gentle and powerful at the same time.
当我创作《月醒孤航》这幅作品时，脑海中浮现的是一位孤独的航海者，在月光之下漂泊于南海的辽阔之中，那份静谧的美。
对我而言，平静的海面与柔和的月光，既象征着孤独，也蕴含着力量——那是一种静止的片刻，仿佛让过去与现在在此相遇。
我想捕捉那种“渺小却深深与浩瀚相连”的感觉——就像古老的航海者，在无垠的海上追随同一轮明月前行，目的地未知，却心怀信念，只信任那唯一的光——“月亮”。
我希望这幅作品能成为南海的象征，承载着那些曾在浪潮间航行的水手与梦想者的故事。提醒我们，孤独本身也可以是温柔而强大的存在。
Pang Wai En, known artistically as Melody, is a Penang-based amateur painter whose works explore solitude, memory, and quiet strength through the language of light and atmosphere.
Her artistic vision is deeply reflective, blending her background in storytelling with her sensitivity toward mood and symbolism. Through each brushstroke, she translates emotion into atmosphere, light, and space, capturing what words cannot.
槟城业余画家彭钰雁（艺术名 Melody），以光与氛围为语言，探索孤独、记忆与静谧的力量。
她的创作带有深沉的内省气质，将叙事背景与对情绪和象征的敏锐感受相融合。每一笔触都是情感的延伸——以光、空间与静默，描绘言语所无法触及的深处。
Exhibitions & Projects
Hosted “Find Your Inner Colour: An Art Explore”, Group Session, Dreamer Haven Art Café, 2025
Participated in AQUA MARINE EXHIBITION: PENANG’S BLUE HAVEN – LIFE BENEATH THE SURFACE, Penang State Museum, 2025
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Muhammad Adam Zharfan Bin Zalizan |
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Norhartini Haron |
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I’m Tini Haron. Subang Jaya is home but my mind often
moves between extremes.
In 2024, I turned to art not for fame, but for survival.
Diagnosed with Bipolar disorder type 1, I found clarity in chaos and transmitted it in every brushstroke.
Artwork Title:
Blue & White, Abundance & Good Fortune
This artwork is inspired by love and features characters reminiscent of blue and white porcelain found on the bed of the South China Sea, dating back 400 years. As I delve into the depths of the sea in my mind, I envision seafarers resting together, accompanied by the Foo dogs, which are guardians in Chinese culture. An orchid (Lanhua) is placed near the seafarers' inhalation organs, known in Chinese tradition as a heavenly fragrance. Lingzhi, the fungus revered for its supernatural medicinal properties, floats nearby, symbolizing immortality when consumed. An antique vase, filled with sunflowers that represent prosperity, luck, and long life, dances atop a shipwreck. The delicate toes of a ballerina resemble a long-lived deer, and a magnificent, confident long-necked peacock glides gracefully through the deep waters. An enormous, coiled dragon watches from above, seemingly controlling time. The Ruyi head, peeking out and swimming among the remnants of the shipwreck, serves as the central decorative symbol, conveying the wish, "May your wish be granted."
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Nur Khadeeja Alya Mohd Khairie |
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Danial Kushairi |
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Oung Shao Phing |
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Teh Wei Choon |
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Loh Yi Qi |
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Nurul Asyikin Bt Mohamad Adrus |
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An artist who finds inspiration in the beauty of history and the sea. My artwork for Draw My Nanhai Dream reflects the harmony between time, memory, and imagination — where every brushstroke tells a story of connection and hope carried by the waves.
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Nanhai Dream
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| Rank | Name | Total Vote |
| 1 | Nora Foo | 34 |
| 2 | Khaw Yeen Ling, Cynthia | 30 |
| 3 | Nur Nafeesah Al Hawra' Binti Suhaimi | 7 |
| 3 | Muhammad Zayn Al'abideen Bin Suhaimi | 7 |
| 4 | Norhartini Haron | 6 |
| 4 | Wong Zhi Ling | 6 |
| 5 | Nurul Asyikin Bt Mohamad Adrus | 4 |
| 5 | Ng Yi Jing | 4 |
| 5 | Lam Yen Yee，dorcas | 4 |
| 5 | Ng Yi Zheng | 4 |
| 6 | Tan Jun Jie | 3 |
| 6 | Agnes Zhang | 3 |
| 6 | Muhammad Mu'az Bin Mohamad Zakuan | 3 |
| 7 | Lydia Chew Siew Ling | 2 |
| 7 | 尹文正 | 2 |
| 7 | Marisa Rania Binti Mohammad Raqi | 2 |
| 7 | Pang Wai En | 2 |
| 8 | Qiesya Qaisara Mohamadsyahrilnazeem | 1 |
| 8 | Joshua Foo Guan Long | 1 |
| 8 | Elain | 1 |
| 8 | Zahratul Khoireen Binti Muhammad Idham | 1 |
| - | 罗沐瑶 | 0 |
| - | Loh Yi Qi | 0 |
| - | Teh Wei Choon | 0 |
| - | Oung Shao Phing | 0 |
| - | Danial Kushairi | 0 |
| - | Zengqianmo | 0 |
| - | Loh Kooi Loong | 0 |
| - | Nur Khadeeja Alya Mohd Khairie | 0 |
| - | Muhammad Adam Zharfan Bin Zalizan | 0 |
| - | ANG CHUAN YONG | 0 |
| - | Eda Tan Sew Lan | 0 |
| - | Nadyne Zia Alveena Binti Zul-azri | 0 |
| - | Loo Hooi Ghee | 0 |
| - | Dame Hw | 0 |
| - | Chow Zinho | 0 |
| - | Hana Khadeeja Binti Ahmad | 0 |
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