‘Underground Warrior' wins Young Engineers Race
By Maya Salleh

Champion of the Young Engineers Race 2004, 'Underground Warrior'- Hj. Justin Hj. Yacob and Hayatdee Idris, and the guest of honour at the prize presentation ceremony. Photo by Rudolf Portillo

The Young Engineers Association under PUJA, organised a first of its kind, 'Young Engineers Race 2004' yesterday.

The race, which was opened to members of the public proved to be well received with a total participation of 11 teams (two people in each team).

The race required the use of participants' own vehicles and tested the strengths of minds of participants as well as their physical endurance and stamina as they covered three districts - Brunei/Muara, Tutong and Belait - for a duration of eight hours.

The participants were required to rush to the designated checkpoints to get the clues and proceed to the next.

There were a total of 11 checkpoints scattered around the three districts.

In addition, participants were required to perform a number of physical tasks such as running, bowling, flying fox, monkey pass, pizza-eating and so on.

The race started at ITB at 8 am and ended at the Jerudong Park Playground at 4 pm.

The participants then proceeded to the Jerudong Park Country Club for the prize presentation ceremony.

On hand to present prizes to the winners was Hj. Mohd Zin bin Hj. Mohd Salleh, Director of Housing Development Department, Ministry of Development, who was also the guest of honour as well as the Counsel Member of the Engineering Division of PUJA.

The champion of the Young Engineers Race 2004 was the team 'Underground Warrior', comprising of Hj. Justin Hj. Yacob and Hayatdee Idris, who won a cash prize of $1,500.

The second place winner was the team 'Raptor' - Ak. Rosdini Pg. Mohiddin, who won air tickets for two to Kota Kinabalu and a cash prize of $200 and the third place went to the 'Underground Champion' team, comprised of Michael Lee and Fazillah Idris, who won a one night stay at the Empire Hotel plus a round of golf.

The Young Engineers was officially formed last year and it is a subsidiary body formed under PUJA.

It was formed due to the rise in number of professional engineers and this association serves to unite local engineers who are aged 35 and below.

The prerequisites to join the Young Engineers society are a certificate of education recognised by PUJA.

The Young Engineers Race is tentatively planned as an annual event.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin