High school students win writing contest

Thu, 13 May 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

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

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