Compiled by C. ARUNO, MAHADHIR MONIHULDIN and R. ARAVINTHAN
THREE girls from SJK (T) Taman Melawati made their school and families proud by winning a gold medal at an Asean-level innovation competition, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The competition was hosted by the Young Scientists Association of Indonesia and the Diponegoro University of Jawa Tengah.
Sadhaanasha Nagarajan, seven, along with Shirika Mahaganapathi, 10, and Yuvika Mahaganapathi, 12, won the gold medal for their Time Nurse invention.
The device, which records students’ attendance and monitors their body temperature, impressed the judges in the event which also drew competitors from Bulgaria, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, Kazakhstan, the United States and Iran and host country Thailand.
> A total of 11 Indian families and a Tamil school in Kemayan, Pahang, received aid with promises of more to come, Makkal Osai reported.
SJK (T) Kemayan in Bera was flooded on Feb 14 following a heavy downpour. Several classrooms and the computer room were flooded, causing RM200,000 in damage.
Sabai assemblyman V. Arumugam, who visited the school recently, donated RM2,000 for the cleaning up and repair works. He also gave RM200 to the 11 affected families to help ease their burden.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
