Five children win trip to Australia

Five children win trip to Australia

JAKARTA: Five children beat 30 finalists from eight provinces
in the McKids It's My Club creativity contest and won a trip to
Australia.

C. Irina of Jakarta and Made Tosan Aji Pamungkas of Denpasar
won the writing competition while Christofer Andrew (Jakarta),
P.A. Adi Kurnia (Surakarta, Central Java) and Naesilla (Jember,
East Java) won the drawing competition, jointly held by
McDonald's Indonesia and the Tourism Department of New South
Wales, Australia.

The jury led by writer Arswendo Atmowiloto evaluated the
writing competition entrants from their ideas, narration, and
originality while in the drawing contest, the children's
imagination and artistic sense were the main criteria.

"All the finalists have produced great works. Frankly
speaking, I'm sure great writers and painters will emerge from
this competition," Arswendo said last weekend.

About 700 children from across the country took part in the
competition. --JP