IF you are a young person, would you like to voice out your opinion on one of the most debated topics currently, which is the lowering of age for candidacy from 21 years old to 18 years?
Then, the Penang Youth Development Corporation (PYDC)’s sixth column writing competition titled ‘Umur 18 Jadi Calon – Your Voice Matters’ would be a great channel for you to share your thoughts.
State Youth and Sports Committee chairman Soon Lip Chee, who is also the PYDC chairman, said the competition is part of state government’s initiative to enhance youth’s creativity in writing as well as to encourage their social participation.
“The state government, through the PYDC, would like to empower the youths in Penang by giving them a proper channel to speak their minds on things pertaining to civic awareness and social development.
“We hope that the topic chosen for the competition would create an awareness among our youths on what is happening in the country as well as within the society.
“Thus, youths in Penang should fully utilise the opportunities brought forth by PYDC and share their thoughts for the betterment of the country,” said Soon in a press conference today.
Soon said the participants could choose to write the article in any of the four languages, namely English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese.
“The entry form can be obtained from PYDC’s website (https://pydc.com.my). For further inquiries, please contact Ms Neerasha the executive for PYDC’s youth programme at 018-2891336,” added Soon.
Meanwhile, PYDC general manager Gwee Sai Ling said the top three winners would be selected from the entries submitted in the respective languages.
“There are two age categories – category A for 15 to 18 years old and category B for 19 to 30 years old.
“Prize money of RM150 will be awarded to top three winners from category A and category B in their respective languages,” added Gwee.
Apart from that, Gwee also announced the winners for the PYDC’s 5th column writing competition.
The winners are Crystal Woo and Ang Yi Jing in category A and Lee Wen Xuan, Jaylene and Joyce Goh in category B for the Chinese section.
Gwee said for category B (English language), the winners are Teh Hui Jai,Lim Le Ying and Khor Kai Shin. While Nur Syariha Masri, Khor Kai Shin and Muhamad Nur Iman Mochamat were the winners for Malay section.
Story by Tanushalini Moroter
Pix by Chan Kok Kuan