TWO home-grown artists - film-maker Eric Khoo and composer Tan Chan Boon - were conferred the title of Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters yesterday evening by the French government.

The medal of Chevalier, or Knight, recognises individuals with significant contributions to the enrichment of French cultural inheritance in the arts and literature.

Dr Lim Jo Hwee, who heads the computer vision and image understanding department at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, was conferred the title of Knight in the Order of Palmes Academiques, an award given to academics and educators.