Three who rose and shone

OVER the years, The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BTBAF) has helped thousands of kids from less privileged backgrounds realise their dreams of pursuing the arts. Here are three touching success stories:

Kang Joo Soon, 18

Kang joined the Little Arts Academy's visual arts programme when he was 12. His primary school teacher helped him get a place there because his parents could not afford to send him for art classes outside of school.