Swee Huat Plastic company was established in 1975, our employees employ machines like extra hands, to speed up production process rather than replace human labour. The white and coloured plastic are glued together and then submitted to the countless shavings, polishings and tumblings required to turn them into smooth uniform oblongs with rounded corners. The final smoothing is done slowly, with lubricating oil.  The more intricate carving designs are carved entirely by hand where the carver holds a knife firmly in place and swiftly twirls the tiles to accommodate the design.

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Finally, the tiles are painted in four different colours. The workers then quickly apply a large dab of paint to the incised design. This excess paint is later removed with a putty knife, leaving the incised area full of colour, and the tiles are washed again.