Bridge-making competition

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)