LKTI Winners

Yogyakarta, MelayuOnline.com- The committee of Lomba Karya Tulis Ilmiah-LKTI (National Academic Writing Competition) “Political Stances of Malay People” has officially announced on Tuesday (4/3/2008) at 8 p.m. The juries consisting of Prof. Dr. Heddy Shri Ahimsa-Putra – Anthropologist of Gadjah Mada University, H. Chaidir, M.M. – the Head of Riau Province Representative House, Kenedi Nurhan – Senior Journalist from KOMPAS, and Mahyudin Al Mudra – the Head of Balai Kajian Pengambangan Budaya Melayu-BKPBM, have pointed six winners filtered from 148 papers came into the committee.

Below are the best six papers and the winners:

1. Dari Kami ke Kita: Dari Melayu ke Indonesia (From Kami[1] to Kita[2]: From Malay to Indonesia) written by Muhammad Endy Saputro
2. Menyoal Arah Politik Melayu (Questioning the Political Course of Malay: The Clash between Politic of Islamic Civilization and Malay in the Nusantara) written by Ary Budianto
3. Meneladani Etika Politik Melayu (Setting Political Ethic of Malay Culture) written by Imam Mustofa
4. Demokrasi Minang: Upaya Menggeser Mitos Menjadi Realitas (Democracy in Minang: The Effort to Alter Myth into Reality) written by Israr Iskandar
5. Cermin Khasanah Melayu: Tinjauan Pemimpin Ideal dari Sudut Pandang Melayu (Malay Value: An Ideal Leader based on Malay Stance)  written by Krisna Budiman
6. Islam sebagai Landasan Politik Melayu (Islam as Malay Political Principle) written by Ihwan Mahmudi

Those papers will be published either on online or offline media by BKPBM to further develop Malay culture and thoughts in the third wave era. The publishing aims to reveal and to study Malay cultural value academically. In addition, disseminating those papers is also intended to enrich Malay studies in Indonesia.

The committee has evaluated some weaknesses during the competition. They realized some disappointments coming from the participants since delaying announcing LKTI winners. At first, the committee would announce the winners on February 28^th but, they have just announced on March 4^th 2008. Most of the participants asked for holding over the deadline since they were late for getting information about the competition.

Through this press release, the committee would like to apologize most sincerely to the participants. Likewise, the committee expresses the deepest gratitude for the juries of the competition. Those winners are the results of the juries‘ hard work.   

In a short moment, the committee will inform the winners about the awarding ceremony. The awarding ceremony will be hosted in Balai Melayu – office building of BKPBM. The committee is waiting for the confirmation from the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik about the sured time for holding the awarding ceremony. Congratulation for the winners, hopefully your works will be beneficial for human being. (RI/brt/18/03-2008)

(NI/ter/14/06-08)

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