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UNIQUELY MALAYSIAN PHOTOS IN
CELEBRATION OF THE NATION’S
60TH MERDEKA
In conjunction with our country’s 60th
Independence Day and Malaysia Day,
the Perdana Leadership Foundation
organised the Perdana Leadership
Foundation Merdeka Photo Contest
2017, from 21st August until 13th Sep-
tember 2017, with the theme “Uniquely
Malaysian.” We invited all Malaysian
Perdana Library members to submit
photographs of Malaysians or Malaysian
scenes that to them signified “Malaysia”.
The photo composition, creativity, as
well as captions were considered for
the judges to select the overall winner,
based on the top ten photos with the
highest positive response on Facebook
and Instagram.
The three lucky winners were Mr Khairul
Aqlan bin Kamis from Kolej Univer-
siti Islam Antarabangsa, Selangor, Ms
Khairunnisa binti Izahar from Alexandria
University, Egypt, and Mr Mohammad
Arif bin Mohdana from Kolej Komuniti
Ledang, Johor.
Mr Khairul and Ms Khairunnisa had the
privilege of meeting the Foundation’s
Honorary President, Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad, and his wife, Tun Dr Siti
Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali. Tun Dr Siti also
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had a good, long chat with medical
student Ms Khairunnisa to prep her for
her career ahead.
Our top winners also took home cash,
books, as well as exclusive PLF mer-
chandise.