SMK Lutong are champs


(From left) SMK Lutong team members Jia Wen, Debbie and Wei Shuen present their Awesome Dust Detector to the judges Sumitra, Nyon and Nadhirah during the finals.

THE team comprising three 14 year old students from SMK Lutong, Miri, emerged as the national champion in the #MyGeekMovement Grand Finals 2018.

They beat SM St Michael and SMK Bandar Puncak Jalil, the state champions from Sabah and the peninsula respectively. The SMK Lutong team designed a device that could detect when air-conditioner air filters become too dirty.

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