NZ holds speech competition

NZ holds speech competition

JAKARTA: The New Zealand Trade Development Board held an
English language speech competition, involving the participation
of 81 students here recently.

The board said in its media release on Tuesday that 17
contestants had been selected from of a total of 81 representing
nine colleges here.

The topic of the speech competition was "Compare the lifestyle
of living in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Auckland, New Zealand."

In their speeches, the contestants talked about the density of
population, pollution levels and traffic jams. A number of them
also talked about the valuable lessons that can be learned from
the diversity of people and cultures in both places.

The winner of the competition was Siti Astrid Kusumawardhani
from SMU (senior high school) Islam Al-Izhar, second was Leonard
Hart Tangguh from SMU Don Bosco and in third place was Tania
Surya from SMU Kristen 1.

The first prize was a month's tuition in English language at
Academic College English Group (ACE Group) in Auckland, including
airfares and accommodation. The second and third prizes were
three month's English tuition at the newly established ACE in
Jakarta. -- JP