Scholars win Australia Asia Award

Scholars win Australia Asia Award

JAKARTA: An Islamic scholar and a former journalist have won
the Australia Asia Award 2003, which will enable them to pursue a
doctoral and master's degree respectively in Australia under a
full scholarship program.

Upon announcing the award winners on Wednesday, Australian
Ambassador David Ritchie said Suparto, a lecturer at Syarif
Hidayatullah State Islamic University, and Hendrarto Darudoyo, a
former lecturer at the University of Indonesia and a former
senior editor of Warta Ekonomi business magazine, would receive
scholarship valued at over Rp 1.2 billion (US$134,800) to study
in Australia.

The successful candidates were selected by a panel consisting
of representatives from the Directorate General of Higher
Education and the Foreign Cooperation Bureau at the Indonesian
Ministry of National Education, the Indonesian Institute of
Sciences and the Australian Department of Education, Science and
Training. A scholarship for a doctorate and two scholarships for
a master's degree are available every year. -- JP