Bangkok--May 4--SET
The SET and Amarin Printing & Publishing Pcl. have co-hosted the short story contest with the theme ‘Roo-Keb-Roo-Chai’ or “save and spend wisely”. At the awards ceremony, total prizes of over THB400,000 were presented to 30 qualifying stories, which were but a fraction of the total 335 submitted by the submission deadline of December 31, 2004.
The President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, announced that the short story contest, that the SET co-hosted with Amarin Printing & Publishing Pcl., was over and awards had been presented. The contest was created to promote ideas on wise saving and investment. The short story contest also provided an opportunity for Thai youth and others to demonstrate their creativity and present their ideas relating to the contest’s theme. The contest accepted entries from August 18 — December 31, 2004. There were a total of 335 stories submitted.
Dr. Maruey Phadoongsidhi, Chairman of the Project’s Working Committee said: “I’d like to congratulate every author who won an award. Nevertheless, the stories that didn’t win an award were still very valuable, as every story has its own character. The ideas of wise saving and investment should still be more widely disseminated.”
“The winners were selected in the final round by distinguished judges who are well-known writers and renowned people in related fields, including Ms. Jiranun Pitpreecha, Mr. Wanich Charungkitanan, Mr. Prapassorn Sevikul, Ms. Supha Sirisingha (aka ‘Botun’), Assoc. Prof. Kulwara Chuphongpiroj, and Ms. Navaporn Ruengskul, the writer of ‘Save First Get Richer’. The judges have worked so hard to select the ultimate winners for the High School, Tertiary Education and Public levels. Therefore, the awards are prizes the recipients can be proud of,” Mr. Kittiratt said.
From the total 83 stories submitted for the High School Level, the most outstanding piece belongs to Ms. Natta Pariwat, entitled “Small Coins, Hope, and the Sweater”. Natta is in her last year in high school, Chapradittharam Wittayakom School. She received THB30,000 cash, a gold pin cast with the Project’s logo, and a certificate. The first-runner up spot went to “Grandmother’s Khao-Tom-Mud” by Mr. Anuchit Puengkate, an 11th grade student from Trimitr Wittayalai School. He received THB20,000 cash and a certificate. The second runner-up story belongs to Ms. Ratta Somwong, a 12th grade student from Benjamatheputhit School in Petchburi province, who received THB10,000 cash and a certificate.
For the Tertiary Education Level, there were a total of 139 stories submitted. The most outstanding piece was “Brick’, written by Mr. Kampanat Saengthong, a sophomore at Silpakorn University’s Faculty of Arts. He received THB50,000 cash, a gold pin made into the Project’s logo, and a certificate. The first-runner up spot in this level went to “The Museum”, by Ms. Palida Trisarnsri and Mr. Sirawat Lipiphan, both juniors from Faculty of Law at Thammasat University. They received THB40,000 cash and a certificate. The second runner-up piece went to Police Cadet Ratthanon Somwong, who received THB30,000 cash and a certificate
In the Public Category, there were a total of 113 short stories submitted. The most outstanding work was entitled “My Dear Grand Mom”, and belongs to Ms. Anintaya Srikietnrong, who received THB80,000 cash, a gold pin carved with the Project’s logo, and a certificate. The first-runner up was Mr. Suthee Pukmkumarn, who wrote “Jamreang”. He received THB60,000 cash and a certificate. The second runner-up was Ms. Uraiwan Boontem, author of “From A Small Amount to A Great Deal…Get Started Today”, who won THB40,000 cash and a certificate.
The 7th — 10th qualifying stories from each level will receive prizes worth THB3,000 each. And, the host institutions of 1st — 3rd place winners of the High School and Tertiary Education Levels will each receive an honorary plaque as well.
“All awarded short stories will be published as a pocket book, so that Thailand’s youth and the general public can learn more from reading their stories. Readers will learn more about the virtues of saving and investing wisely helping Thailand move towards becoming a saving and investment culture. It is the SET’s aim in creating this contest that the ideas that come out of it will be instilled more widely throughout Thai society and eventually benefit the country’s capital market and the economy as a whole”, the SET President concluded.
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