Young Malaysians and the Commonwealth

The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) has run a range of competitions that attract creative talents of young people around the Commonwealth. With writing, film and photography categories, the RCS Young Commonwealth Competitions are open to anybody under the age of 30 living in the Commonwealth. They encourage creative responses to global challenges and offer a unique international platform for new young talent. This year, all three competitions took the theme “Science, Technology and Society”.

Essay Competition

With nearly 4000 entries in this year’s Essay Competition, Zoe Lynn Chitty from Malaysia has been awarded the Special Award for Creative Writing with her story titled “The day the computer started misbehaving”. Zoe was invited to attend the Gala Awards Ceremony at the Commonwealth Club in London. After returning to Malaysia, Zoe has also written a poem about her trip to London. Her poem, “The London Rhyme” is about her experience in London when she was there for the high profile award ceremony.

Vision Awards

The 19-year old Malaysian, Lee Sheng Wang has also been nominated for the Commonwealth Vision Awards in this year’s competition. The Commonwealth Vision Awards promotes excellence in film-making and they were designed to encourage creative filmmaking by young, actual and prospective filmmakers in the Commonwealth. You can see Sheng Wang’s film below on Cochlear Implant Surgery.