Wed, 30 Jun 2004

RI wins gold at physics meet

JAKARTA: Indonesia -- represented by five senior high school students from Jakarta -- won on Tuesday a gold medal at the 17th International Young Physicists Tournament (IYPT) in Brisbane, Australia, which is underway until Thursday.

Aldi Indra and Sandy Pratama from BPK Penabur 1 Christian high school, Wendy Siman from Tarakanita 2 high school, Abdullah Rasmita from SMU 8 state high school 8 and Muhammad Zuhdi from SMU 37 state high school comprised the second Indonesian team to take part in the competition.

Last year's event was held in Upsalla, Sweden. -- JP