The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

World Wetlands Day 2001: Malaysia

17 January 2001

Hi,

Appreciate if you can help to post this info on our activities planned for WWD 2001 on your web site (feel free to extract or summarise):

Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia.
To celebrate the World Wetlands Day, Photographic Competition, Poster Drawing Competition and Poem Recital Presentation is being organised jointly by a few NGOs and the Teacher Support Group of the Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary.

*Photographic Competition
Theme: Sabah Wetlands - in contrast (each entry must make up of 2 photos in contrast, e.g. a pristine wetland and a polluted wetland.)
Categories: A. Primary – age 7-12; B. Secondary – 13-18; C. Open – age 18 & above
Deadline: 5 February 2001

*Poster Drawing Competition
Theme: Sabah Wetlands - A World to Discover
Categories: A. Lower Primary – age 7-9; B. Upper Primary – age 10-12; C. Lower Secondary – age 13-15; D. Upper Secondary – age 16-18
Deadline: 5 February 2001

*Poem Recital Presentation
Theme: Sabah Wetlands – A World to Discover
Languages: Bahasa Malaysia or English
Date of Presentation: 18 February 2001 (Sunday)
Venue: Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary
1 entry per school (can be in group or individual)
Time limit: 5 minutes.
Own composition encouraged.
Presentation style: own creativity (by music, etc.)

**On 18 February 2001, WWD 2001 celebration
Poem recital presentation
Prize-giving for photographic and poster drawing competition
Exhibition of entries of photographic and poster drawing competition
Exhibition on wetland

Contacts: Ms Tan, Hui Shim, Email: likaswetlands@hotmail.com

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 18 January 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.