Kid Witness News (KWN) video education contest

Sedikit info mengenai competition yang anak buah aku masuk mewakili Sek. Men Keb. Seri Panching (yg dulu dikenali SMK Panching Selatan) iaitu sekolah aku dulu...Aktif betul sekolah tu skrang.Mase aku dulu nak aktif pun susah....Sukan jer lebihnye itu pun setakat peringkat zon jer...cedihnye...:-(

KUALA LUMPUR: A video on the state of the rivers used as a source of drinking water has won a team of students the top prize in a national competition.

The five-minute video, entitled Our Precious Water, was produced by six students of SMK King George V in Seremban for the Kid Witness News (KWN) video education contest, an annual global programme developed and hosted by Panasonic.

Sweet success: The SMK King George V team – comprising (front row, from left) Mohd Hareith Zamzaitul Akmal Hisyam, Nicole Yoong Kah Mun, Emily Leow Yi Hui and Ching Ching; and (back row, from left) Jegadeshwaran Gandhi and Shareka Vithias Logendran – savouring their victory yesterday.

Lee Ching Ching said her team’s video was a reminder to people about the shocking condition of drinking water sources, which have time and again been contaminated by human activities.

She said they chose water as the theme of the video, produced between July and September, as everyone could relate to it as a basic necessity.

Each student in the team received a Panasonic DMC FX series digital camera, along with certificates.

Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd corporate communications and branding general manager Azizah Wahid said at the prize presentation ceremony yesterday that the winners would represent Malaysia at the KWN regional contest in Singapore on Dec 8-9.

The video will also be entered for the KWN global contest next year.

Contest judge and renowned local film director Othman Hafsham described the video as very cinematic.

Another judge, cultural activist Normah Nordin, said she was impressed by the simple, honest but effective presentation which took viewers on an emotional journey through contaminated rivers.

Videos submitted by eight other schools won awards in different categories. They are:

> SMK Mergong, Alor Setar (first runner-up);

> SMK St Joseph, Papar (second runner-up);

> SM Sains Selangor in Kuala Lumpur (scriptwriting);

> SK Perempuan Methodist (videography);

> SMK Seri Kukup in Pontian (editing);

> SK Damansara Jaya 2 (sound);

> SMK Seri Panching, Kuantan (creativity); and

> Penang Chinese Girls High School (anchor).

The awards were presented by the Education Ministry’s special education director Bong Muk Chin.

The winning teams and their videos were chosen from a total of 69 short-listed entries.

The KWN has been held since 1989 to enable students between the ages of 10 and 15 to record their ideas with Panasonic-sponsored video equipment.

To date, 1,400 students from 220 schools have participated in the KWN Malaysia programme.