FedEx Express , a subsidiary | ||||||||
of FedEx Corp . ( NYSE : FDX ) | ||||||||
and |
one |
of |
the |
world ’ s |
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largest |
express |
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transportation |
company , |
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together |
with |
Junior |
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Achievement |
( JA ), |
recently |
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announced the six winners | ||||||||
of the annual FedEx Express | ||||||||
/ |
Junior |
Achievement |
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International |
Trade |
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Challenge |
( FedEx / JA |
ITC ) |
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2020 . |
The |
winners |
will |
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advance |
to |
the |
FedEx |
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Express |
/ |
JA |
ITC |
Regional |
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Finals which is being held in | ||||||||
this month . |
Due |
to |
the |
COVID-19 |
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pandemic , this year ’ s FedEx | ||||||||||
Express / JA ITC Malaysian | ||||||||||
competition |
was |
held |
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virtually for the first time | ||||||||||
since the competition began | ||||||||||
in |
2008 . |
This |
year , |
542 |
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students |
from |
the |
Central |
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Region |
and |
Penang |
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participated in a series of | ||||||||||
nine |
intensive |
virtual |
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workshops held from 27 July | ||||||||||
to |
8 |
September . |
In |
the |
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workshops , volunteers from | ||||||||||
JA Malaysia and 24 FedEx | ||||||||||
mentored the students and | ||||||||||
guided |
them |
through |
the |
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development of their plans . |
Pranav Kashyap and Pooja | |||||||||
Nishani from Global Indian | |||||||||
International |
School , |
who |
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developed |
a |
Techno-Bio |
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drinking |
bottle |
that |
can |
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purify water on the go . It is | |||||||||
aimed at tourists who do not | |||||||||
have |
access |
to |
readily |
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available |
clean |
drinking |
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water . |
The |
product |
also |
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targets |
to |
reduce |
plastic |
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bottle |
waste |
normally |
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generated by tourists during | |||||||||
their travels . |