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