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Local Secondary Students Bring Honour to Malaysia
GEORGE TOWN (Penang,Malaysia), July 3 (Bernama) -- Two 14-year-old students
from Kulim Secondary School, S. Rama Murthi and R. Sri Arivesh, have brought
honour to the country when they won a prize in the Genius Olympiad 2012
International High School Project Fair on Environment, in New York, United
States.
They won third place with their creation of an alarm system called
'Neighbours Wonder', in the competition participated by 246 students from 50
countries, held from June 24 to 29.
The gadget can help emergency users to ask for help from their neighbours
when the wireless alarm system is installed parallel with the other houses in a
residential area.
Rama Murthi said the idea to develop the system was in line with the
1Malaysia concept mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, where it
could foster the spirit of cooperation among neighbours, regardless of race.
"We spent about RM300 (US$95.25) to create this alarm system for the
competition and we
are proud that we have won in the competition," said Sri Arivesh.
Both were the youngest participants, compared to the other participants
aged 16 to 17.
-- BERNAMA