13th Asia-Pacific Photo Contest winners

Scouts of China’s (Taiwan) Ms. Hung, Ping-Lan is the Gold Prize winner of the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest-2015.

Silver prize winners are Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia’s Ashari Muhammad Hisbulloh and Boy Scouts of the Philippines’ Arthur de Borja. Three bronze prizes go to Scouts of China’s Mr. Chen, Kuan-Yu, National Scout Organization of Thailand’s Chutiwat Kraturerk and Indonesia’s Ashari Muhammad Hisbulloh.

Winners were selected from entries submitted by Bhutan, Scouts of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.

Mr Takeyoshi Tanuma, President of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, who devoted himself as the chief judge of the contest for many years, headed the panel during the final screening.

Top Filipino photographers Richel Mascarinas, Ramon Ching and Edwin Tuyay conducted the pre-screening of the photos held in February 2015.

Winning entries will be used in the region’s major publications and presentation of awards will take place at the 25th APR Scout Conference in Korea in November this year.