M’sian teens pen their way to the top

Award winning: (Clockwise from top left) Jasmin, Julius and Yun Yu.

WITH a firm belief that he could do better than the bronze medal he picked up from the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) last year, Julius Lee Jun Tao entered this year’s edition of the prestigious competition with his eyes on the gold medal.

He did not let himself down. Early this month, he was named one of the Gold Award winners of the competition, which drew a record-breaking 26,300 entries from students around the world.