High school students win writing contest

JAKARTA: Two Indonesian high school students have jointly taken the first prize in a new writing contest organized by the United Nation's Children's Funds (Unicef) and the Indonesian Children's Welfare Foundation (FKAI).

Endang Rukmana, a student from the SMU 1 Serang senior high school in Banten, and Ferina from the Pelita Harapan junior high school in Tangerang, Banten, were declared the winners and took home Rp 5 million each and certificates from Unicef and the YKAI.

The other 18 finalists received Rp 250,000 each and books.

Steven Allen, the Unicef Indonesia representative, said in a statement on Wednesday that the contest would be held annually in acknowledgement of the opinions and creativity of Indonesian children. --JP