Singapore - The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) organised a children art cum charity competition titled `Singapore in my Imagination` at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city on Saturday. This was the second time initiative from the STB to organise this type of art competition.
Main attraction of this year` event was including of the participation of 50 renowned schools and more than 200 children in the art competition.
The top 100 best images of Singapore drawn by the children are being exhibited over the next two days at the Shilpakala Academy.
Similar to previous year, the proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated to the International Centre for Diarrhoea Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) fund for the betterment of children from Bangladesh.
The event was inaugurated by Kang Siew Kheng, Regional Director South Asia, Middle East & Africa and Kenneth Lim, Area Director of the STB.
In addition, members of the judging panel as well as senior representatives from the media partners were present at the inauguration.
Kang Siew Kheng said, "The STB is firmly committed to engaging the Bangladesh market. We have had strong visitor arrival growth from Bangladesh over the last few years averaging some 20 per cent year on year, with many Bangladeshi families choosing to make Singapore their first-choice destination for their holidays. Thus we wanted to continue this social engagement with schools in Bangladesh, which the kids enjoy, and at the same time, giving back something to the community."
The winner of the competition was Sadia Sultana Tasnim from Mapleleaf International School. The 1st runner up of the competition was Mosaddeq Ahmed Sijan from SFX Green Herald School and 2nd runner up of the competition was Tasneem Mohammad Zarif from British Columbia School. The award was handed over by the Consul General of Singapore in Bangladesh Kok Nam Tan.
The top 100 artworks were selected by an eminent judging panel comprising Prof Samarjeet Roy Chowdhury, Prof Rafiqunnabi, renowned cartoonist Shishir Bhattacharya and Prof Abul Barq Alvi.
Attractive prizes and certificate of participants were given to the winners and all participants by the STB.
Apart from the STB, the event partner was Benchmark Ltd, while official media partners were Channel i, Radio Foorti, ICE Today, The New Age, daily Shamokal and Bangladeshinfo.com.
Source: http://nation.ittefaq.com (August 25, 2008)