Fiction, 18-21 years old:
1st Place: Abigail Shannon Chua,
Kolej Yayasan Saad International School
2nd Place: Adhlin Fadhlina Binti
Hazran, UiTM Shah Alam
3rd Place: Kirenraj A/L Rajendran,
SMK Penang Free
Essay, 18-21 years old:
1st Place: Nur Afiqah Dalili Binti
Mohd Fadzil, CFS IIUM
2nd Place: Ahmad Hariz Bin Ahmad
Hilmi,CFS IIUM
3rd Place: Nur Amirah Binti Md Nor,
CFS IIUM
Essay, 13-17 years old:
1st Place: Rachel Ng Qian Ying, KLC
Resource Centre
2nd Place: Sindhiya Devi A/P Anbananthan, SMK Perempuan Methodist Ipoh
3rd Place: Mohamad Azri Bin Ismail,
SMK Dato Biji Wangsa
Photo-Essay, 13-17 years old:
1st Place: Aiman Husaini Bin Abdul
Karim, Malay College Kuala Kangsar
2nd Place: Ramabarathi A/P
Ramasamy, SMK Seri Bintang Utara
3rd Place: Nur Hanis Hidayah Bt
Mazelan, Tunku Kurshiah College
Photo-Essay, 18-21 years old:
1st Place: Nur Amanina Binti Abd
Kadir, CFS IIUM
2nd Place: Chew Jern Ken, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
3rd Place: Muhammad Zulfadhli Bin
Mohd Zin, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia
Institutions that submitted
the highest number of entries:
Photo-Essay: SMK Kangkar Pulai, Johor
Fiction & Essay: Tunku Kurshiah
College, Negeri Sembilan
The winners were feted at a prizegiving gala in January 2016. For the Judges’ Statement on the entries received, please visit
www.MaybankPerdanaContest.com. The contest partners are Ministry of Education Malaysia, MPH and The New Straits Times Press.
Top Prizes ( 13-17 age group)
Top Prizes (18-21 group)
1st Place: US$2,000, Macbook Air or DSLR camera,
Amazon Kindle E-Book Reader, and RM 250 MPH Book
Vouchers
1st Place: US$2,500, Macbook Air or DSLR Camera,
Amazon Kindle E-Book Reader, RM 250 MPH Book
Vouchers
2nd Place: US$1,500, iPad Air or DSLR Camera, Amazon
Kindle E-Book Reader, and RM 200 MPH Book Vouchers
2nd Place: US$2,000, iPad Air or DSLR Camera, Amazon
Kindle E-Book Reader, RM 200 MPH Book Vouchers
3rd Place: US$1,000, iPad Mini or Compact Camera,
Amazon Kindle E-Book Reader, and RM 150 MPH Book
Vouchers.
3rd Place: US$1,500, iPad Mini or Compact Camera
, Amazon Kindle E-Book Reader, RM 150 MPH Book
Vouchers.
Institution of 1st Prize Winner: RM3,000 worth of
books and RM500 cash
Institution of 1st Prize Winner: RM3,000 worth of
books and RM500 cash
Fiction Judges
Photo Essay Judges
Dato’ Professor Ghulam Sarwar Yousof
Director, Asian Cultural Heritage Centre Berhad
Che Ahmad Azhar
Lecturer, Multimedia University
Tunku Halim
Novelist & Non-Fiction Author
Mahen Bala
Documentary Photographer & Filmmaker
Datin Shajaratuddur bt Sh Abdul Halim
Former Senior Editor, MPH Group Publishing
Zain Abdullah
Photographer
Chuah Guat Eng
Novelist
The finalist judges were ably
assisted by:
Essay Judges
Professor Dr. Syed Noh Alkhareid
Datuk Hardev Kaur
Former Group Editor, New Straits Times
Dr. Hj. Zulkifli Baharom
Ben Ibrahim
TV Presenter, Emcee & Writer
Puan Zaleha binti Esa
Alexandra Wong
Columnist & Author
Puan Fatihah Illiani Jamhari
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Puan Nasirah Aris
Puan Fatimah binti Abu Bakar
Encik Muslianshah Masrie