Wed, 23 Jun 2004

RI to send children to physics tourney

JAKARTA: Indonesia will send a high school physics research team to Brisbane, Australia, to compete in the International Young Physicist Tournament (IYPT) between June 24 to July 1, 2004.

It will be the second consecutive time for Indonesia to send its delegates, which will consist of five students from the country's high schools.

The five students are from Christian High School 1 of BPK Penabur, State High School 8 (SMAN 8), Tarakanita High School 2 and State High School 37 (SMAN 37)

The tournament features students from around the world who will compete in research on physics engineering and science.

Indonesia finished second in last year's tournament. -- Antara