Sarawak Folktales Writing Competition
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The Sarawak Folktales Competition was an initiative of Warisan Global Sdn. Bhd. (Warisan) in its effort to assist the preservation of local culture and language in Sarawak through the usage of ICT. It was also a continuation program for the 43 participants of the IT2U training program from libraries in Sarawak which was held in November 2005. The IT2U program was designed to introduce and train the attendants of selected public libraries in basic ICT skills. The effort was part of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak’s (Pustaka) effort in bridging the digital divide between the rural and urban communities; and turning the public libraries into community knowledge centres
Objectives
The main objectives of this project were
a) To promote the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in the preservation of local cultures and languages
b) To enrich the local contents via the collection of local folktales
c) To promote the community engagement in educational activities and programs
Role of Warisan
a) As the main organiser and Secretariat for competition
b) To handle all communication with regards to competition
c) To prepare the promotional materials for the competition – eg. Posters
b) To sponsor the prize money for the competition
c) To arrange for the judging and bear its related costs
Role of Pustaka
a) To assist in publicising the competition through local media and other channels
b) To incorporate the competition as part of its activities for the Reading Month
c) To coordinate the distribution of posters, registration forms and the collection of entries via all public libraries
d) To assist Warisan in the judging process of the competition by nominating suitable judges
2006
The competition was organised for the first time in 2006 with the following prize monies and certificates of participation
a) (First Prize - RM1,000
b) Second Prize - RM750
c) Third Prize - RM500
