Stamp design contest awards<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
\nJoop Ave yesterday awarded prizes to the 10 winners of the
\nnational stamp design contest in connection with Indonesia's
\ngolden anniversary.<\/p>\n
The first three winners, whose works (shown in pictures on the
\nright, with the first winner at the top followed by the second
\nand third) are likely to be used for the commemorative stamps to
\nmark the 50th independence day which falls on Aug. 17 next year.<\/p>\n
The contest, focusing on \"Indonesia anticipates the 21st
\ncentury\" was opened to the public between June 1 and July 31.<\/p>\n
The contest organizers received a total of 2,677 entries from
\n2,294 participants.<\/p>\n
The winners were selected by an eight-person jury led by Maj.
\nGen. Sjaukat Banjaransari.<\/p>\n
The first three winners picked by the jury were the works of
\nYus Rusnaedi Arwadinata from Bandung, Mulyadi from Jakarta and
\nSukiran from Semarang, Central Java.<\/p>\n
The eight-member jury which comprised professionals from the
\nMinistry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, Directorate
\nGeneral of Post and Telecommunications, Bandung Institute
\nTechnology, the state-run printing firm Perum Peruri and
\njournalists also selected seven other winners.<\/p>\n
The first winner, Yus Rusnaedi who won Rp 4 million and a
\ntrophy, illustrated in his design a child carrying the national
\nred-and-white flag. The other two designs live up to the 21st
\ncentury theme of the contest. The second winner had a picture of
\nthe Palapa satellite and the third of a jet-era Jakarta. (icn)<\/p>",
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