Choo won third place in Written
Article (18 – 24 years old) category
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Software Engineering student Choo Jia Zheng
won Third Place at the Article Writing Competition of the National Young
Reporters for the Environment (NYRE) 2023, held from 1 June 2023 to 1
October 2023. He walked away with a certificate and a cash prize of RM200
for his entry titled “Innovations in Aquaculture for Climate Resilience”. He
was supervised by Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science academic
Ts Dr Sugumaran Nallusamy.
Organised by the Green Growth Asia Foundation (GGAF), the international
competition was divided into three (3) media categories, namely article,
photography and videography. Choo won under the Written Article (18 – 24
years old) category. The objective of the ‘Written Article’ was to state a
true and accurate story about a problem faced by the world community and
share it with the public locally and internationally from an environmental
perspective.
In the article, Choo highlighted the effects of climate change which have
become increasingly noticeable in Malaysia in the past decades. Choo also
proposed a potential solution in the article by disclosing a project that he
had been working on with his lecturer to counter climate change. The project
was titled In-house Tilapia Aquaculture using Biofloc Technology.
Apart from encouraging young people to speak up about environmental
issues, the competition also sought to promote the works created by
participants and share their thoughts and opinions with the public at the
state, national, and international levels.
All submissions went through an intensive and detailed screening process.
Judges for the state and national levels evaluated and awarded entries for
first, second and third place. Following that, these winners continued their
journey to the international YRE competition where they were evaluated by
international judges under the auspices of the Foundation for Environmental
Education (FEE).
Authorised by the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE), the NYRE
programme is also endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Environment and
Water (KASA).
Background info
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is an international programme
operated by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), the world’s
largest environmental education organisation. The programme, which has
active members from 77 countries, provides an opportunity for young people
to discuss environmental issues using written, photographic, or video. Other
than that, this programme also empowers young people to gain knowledge and
take a stand on environmental issues that involve themselves and the
communities they live in.
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