The ‘kwa’ or ‘kua’ is a traditional Chinese wedding gown, while a ‘sam kun’ is a blouse worn over a flared skirt.The donor (Mdm. Chia Wai Ching) flew to Hong Kong in 1953 to get the ‘kwa’ specially made by a tailor and paid HK$800 for it. Tailors in Singapore, at that point in time, were not skilled enough to produce such intricately designed ‘kwas’.
