{"id":9530,"date":"2011-12-25T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faradalemedia.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2011-12-25T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T01:00:27","slug":"our-new-website-is-live-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v4\/2011\/12\/25\/our-new-website-is-live-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) Unveils Official Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

KUCHING, 25 October 2011: \u00a0Chief Minister Pehn Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday unveiled the official logo for Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The logo, designed by Miss Ellie Yong, an 18-year old student, was the winning entry of\u00a0the YPS Logo\u00a0Design Competition, which was organised early\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister, who is also Chairman of the YPS Board of Trustees, presented prizes to the competition\u2019s top three winners and also letters of appreciation to all eight competition finalists during the simple logo-unveiling ceremony held at his office in Petra Jaya, here.<\/p>\n

The YPS logo\u00a0depicts images of youth of different ethnic backgrounds, musical instruments and other ethnic design elements to embody the Sarawak spirit of \u201cunity and harmony in\u00a0diversity\u201d among Sarawakians and\u00a0was inspired by the people, culture and heritage of Sarawak.<\/p>\n

The use of the word \u2018unity\u2019 on the drum represents the organisation’s theme of promoting unity, whereas the\u00a0diversity of races portrays a willingness to unite, as seen through the faces\u00a0of the youth on the logo that reflect an\u00a0eagerness to bring Sarawak forward.<\/p>\n

The logo design competition, which was held from March 3 to May 31 this year, received a good response\u00a0from Sarawak’s\u00a0youth, aged between\u00a016 and 25 years,\u00a0with\u00a0130 submissions received from throughout\u00a0the State.<\/p>\n

The top three entries, which were picked\u00a0by the YPS Board of Trustees Chairman, were chosen from among\u00a0eight short-listed designs.<\/p>\n

For her winning entry, Miss Ellie Yong received a cash prize of RM 3,000, whereas first runner-up Miss Tang Sing Moi received a cash prize worth RM 2,000 followed by second runner-up Mr. Muhammad Mateen Bin Poster who took home RM 1,000.<\/p>\n

The YPS Logo\u00a0Design Competition\u00a0was one of the first activities initiated under the\u00a0‘Sarawak Youth for Unity Year’\u00a0programme launched by the Chief Minister on January\u00a018 earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Among those present to witness the logo-unveiling were Deputy Chief Minister and YPS Board of Trustees Deputy Chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Alfred Jabu anak Numpang and Datu Aloysius Dris, CEO of Sarawak Development Institute and also a Board Member to Faradale Media-M.<\/p>\n

YPS is a non-profit organisation that aims to promote, sustain and strengthen the spirit of unity and harmony that Sarawakians now enjoy.<\/p>\n

Other events lined up for\u00a0the \u2018Sarawak Youth for Unity Year\u2019\u00a0are the ‘Inter-Cultural Youth Forum’, ‘Dialogue with Sarawak Youth’, ‘Unity Lecture Series’, ‘Short Film Competition’\u00a0and ‘International Youth\u00a0Cultural\u00a0Conference’.<\/p>\n

YPS co-organises these events with Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) and Faradale Media-M Sdn Bhd, which is a subsidiary of Angkatan Zaman Mansang Sarawak (AZAM).<\/p>\n

For more information on YPS, visit Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

More information on the related topic from the Press:<\/strong><\/p>\n