Gusti wins Japanese Speech Competition

(JP/Ricky Yudhistira)

Gusti Rizky Teguh Ryanto (in photo) poses with his trophy and certificate after winning the Japanese Speech Competition 2008, held on April 5 by the Japan Foundation in Jakarta. A student at state senior high school SMAN 1 in Cianjur, West Java, Gusti delivered a speech titledGaming and I".

The national competition for senior high school students across the country is an annual competition first held in 2001, and aims to encourage Indonesian students to study and to excel in the Japanese language.

As many as 13 students from nine provinces took part in the final stage of the competition, representing their schools in North Sumatra (1), West Sumatra (1), Greater Jakarta (2), West Java (2), Central Java and Yogyakarta (2), East Java (2), Bali (2) and North Sulawesi (1).

The students who achieved top scores during the competition will have a chance to visit Japan through two programs: The Japanese Language Program for High School Students and the Japanese Speech Award.

-- JP/Kurniawan Hari