Winners who wrote on global peace, harmony announced
PERDANA Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) and MajalahSains.Com have awarded the winners of their essay competition which encouraged Malaysians to bring forth ideas and new thinking to promote global peace and harmony.
Themed “Criminalise War” and “Science for Peace”, the competition, which was held from October 2018 to January this year, was open to the public, as well as university and secondary school students.
Essays were judged based on the participants’ level of knowledge and understanding of the theme, the quality and clarity of argumentation, structure and writing style.
PGPF honorary advisor Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali presented the prizes.
“I am pleased with the active participation from the public and students.
“The level of interest and knowledge shown by these participants in the subject of peace highlighted that peace is an important matter to Malaysians and they strive to better the world,” said Siti Hasmah, who is also patron of the competition.
PGPF chairman Tan Sri Norian Mai said the competition was designed to focus on the theme of “peace” which is in line with the foundation’s main advocacy of criminalising war, an idea mooted by Prime Minister and PGPF president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The essay competition was also aligned with Unesco’s World Science Day for Peace and Development, which fell on Nov 10 last year.
The competition received overwhelming participation nationwide and was judged by professionals. Dr Chandra Muzaffar was the chief judge.
Under Category One for the public and university students on the topic “Criminalise War” in Bahasa Malaysia, the winners are Faridah Mohd Tap, Mohd Firdaus Md Hamsin and Nurfaizatul Aisyah Ab Aziz while in English, the winners are Raja Ummi Nadrah Raja Sulaiman, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Raih and Dr Ismail Haron.
The first prize winners from Category One took home RM5,000 while second and third prize winners won RM3,000 and RM1,000, respectively.
Under Category Two for secondary school students on the topic “Science for Peace” in Bahasa Malaysia, the winners are Mohd Afiqizzudin Mohd Sulaiman (SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat, Johor), Alia Sofia Zainal Abidin (SM Agama Persekutuan Bentong, Pahang) and Munirah Munawarrah Khairul Hashim (Pusat Permata Pintar, Selangor) while in English, the winners are Elise Oh En Xin (Chung Ling Private School, Penang), Nicholas Ting Tiing Hou (SMK Sacred Heart Sibu, Sarawak) and Nur Zaharina Mohd Zaid (SMK Puteri Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur).
The first prize winners from Category Two took home RM2,000 while second and third prize winners won RM1,500 and RM1,000, respectively.