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A 15-YEAR-OLD Singaporean, competing against 16- to 18-year-olds, has won
the top prize in a writing contest that drew 5,300 entries from 52 countries.
In the annual Commonwealth Essay Competition, Amanda Chong of Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
chose to compete in the older category and won with a piece on the restlessness of modern life.

Her short story, titled What The Modern Woman Wants, focused on the conflict in values between
an old lady and her independent-minded daughter.
'Through my story, I attempted to convey the unique East-versus-West struggles and
generation gaps that I felt were characteristic of young people in my country,' said Amanda,
who likes drama, history and literature and wants to become a lawyer and a politician.
Chief examiner Charles Kemp called her piece a 'powerfully moving and ironical critique of modern
restlessness and its potentially cruel consequences'. The writing is fluent and assured, with excellent
use of dialogue. Amanda gets (S$1,590). A Singaporean last won the top prize in 2000, said Britain 's
Royal Commonwealth Society, which has been organising the competition since 1883. Singaporeans
also came in second in the 14- to 15-year-old category, and fourth in the under-12s. Other winners
included students from Australia, Canada and South Africa .




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