Megawati meets Olympiad winners

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri received on Thursday the Indonesian students who earned medals at last week's Physics Olympiad in Pohang, South Korea.

"The President told us to return to Indonesia after finishing our schooling abroad. I would want to return home if I could get a proper job," said Yudhistira Firgus, who won Indonesia's sole gold medal at the Olympiad.

Yudhistira, who has been accepted at the Bandung Institute of Technology, plans to serve an internship in the United States before the academic year begins in September.

Joining Yudhistira were his teammates Edbert Jarvis Sie, Andhika Putra, Ardiansyah and Ali Sucipto. The team finished fifth at the international competition. --JP