Sutiyoso awards young physicists

Sutiyoso awards young physicists

JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso awarded on Tuesday Rp 10 million
(US$1,075) to each of five high school students who recently won
a gold medal at the 17th International Young Physicists
Tournament (IYPT) in Brisbane, Australia, from June 24 through
July 1.

The five members of the team are Aldi Indra and Sandy Pratama
from BPK Penabur 1 Christian high school, Wendy Siman from
Tarakanita 2 high school and Abdullah Rasmita from SMU 8 and
Muhammad Zuhdi from SMU 37, both state schools.

Kompas Cyber Media reported that during the occasion, Sutiyoso
also met the 100-member Penabur children's choir, which will
compete at the third Choir Olympics in Bremen, Germany, from July
7 through July 12. The choir will sing some Betawi (native
Jakartan) folk songs including Kicir-kicir, Jali-jali and Ondel-
ondel. -- JP