Bridge-making competition

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's Tarumanagara University, Petra Christian University of Surabaya and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chicago held a wooden bridge construction competition last week.

Some 38 students from various high schools and Tarumanagara University took part in the one-day competition, the second of its kind, to vie for scholarships from the three organizing institutions.

Singgih D. Gunarsa, vice chairman of the Tarumanagara Foundation, said the competition was aimed at improving student creativity.

Dina Thio from Ananda high school in Bogor, West Java, and Irine Khalim from the school of civil engineering at Tarumanagara University won the competition. (09)