Seventeen-year old Pavanraj Singh Sidhu won RM4,000 in a photography competition organised by Government-linked company Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB).
Pavanraj came out tops in one of the categories of the IIB’s I.M. Klik 2017. Last year, he won the consolation prize.
Some 200 contestants submitted more than 2,000 photographs.
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IIB is the strategic developer of Medini and a key player in the transformation of the Johor-based Iskandar Malaysia into a regional metropolis of international standing.
Pavanraj had just completed SPM, Malaysia’s board examination for year 11 called.
“For now, I’m just taking a break and doing part time photography,” he told Asia Samachar in a text message.
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