Winning paintings to be on auction

Winning paintings to be on auction

JAKARTA (JP): Prize-winning paintings in this year's
children's painting contest organized by Garuda Indonesia, the
national flag carrier, would be put on auction.

The airline, however, did not disclose when and where the
auction would be held.

It said on Monday that the revenue collected from the sale
would be donated to needy people. Last year, Garuda collected Rp
160 million from a similar auction.

The final of this year's national-scale competition which
carried the theme of "I Love My Motherland" took place on Sunday
at Garuda's hangar at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
here with three winners in each of the three categories.

Seven of the nine winners were from Jakarta. The other two
were from Bali and Yogyakarta respectively.

Each of the first placed received a Jakarta-Bali return ticket
plus a Rp 1.5 million savings account, the second placed also
collected the same ticket with Rp 1 million, while the third
placed received Rp 500,000 for their savings account. (jun)