The Subios Festival

NYS student wins SUBIOS grand prize

Victoria, Nov 23 - NYS Cap Ternay student Tania Adrienne on Thursday evening was named the Grand Prize winner at the closing of the SUBIOS Festival at Vacoa Village, Mare Anglaise.
Tania, who also won first prize in SUBIOS's two-dimensional art competition in the NYS and School of the Arts category, wins two return air tickets sponsored by Kenya Airways. Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Simone de Comarmond presented the prize to her. Tania was the overall winner among contestants of various categories in the two-dimensional art, poetry and story-writing competitions.
In category A for young participants in the two-dimensional art contest, Naomie Adeline of Anse Etoile school was the winner, while Christopher Barra of Anse Royale school won in Category B. For the SUBIOS poetry competition, Odile Vidot of the Independent School won in Category A, Laura Elizabeth of English River school in Category B and Tony Fernando in the open Category C. The story-writing contest was won by Udeshika Fernando from the International School in Category A, Ginny Elizabeth from NYS Port Launay in Category B and Divino Sabino Jr of NYS Cap Ternay in Category C.

The SUBIOS 98 shoot out photo contest received seven entries, with each entry comprising four shots. In fourth place was Joanne Mahy, third place Nicole Gardant, second Lyn Sutherland and the first prize was won by Douglas David-Siffert.
The Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles (SUBIOS) Festival this year was held from November 2 to 19, and was organised by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Education and the Association of Professional Divers. This ninth edition had the theme "Our Ocean Our Life", which is the same as declared by the United Nations for the celebration of this International Year of the Oceans.
Two Seychellois professional divers and photographers, Garry Jean-Baptiste and Veronique Bibi, participated in SUBIOS 98.

Exhibition on SUBIOS '98 competition opened

Victoria, Nov 11 - Entries in the 1998 Subios art and creative writing exhibition currently on display in the lobby of the National Cultural Centre, Victoria, can best be described as a celebration of marine life and the oceans.

The exhibition, featuring two-dimensional arts, poems and stories, was officially opened on Monday afternoon by Education Minister Danny Faure as part of the activities marking the 1998 Subios Festival. The theme chosen for this year's festival is The Oceans: Our Life. Each of the three aspects of the exhibition, which were on competitive level, was divided into three categories. The categories for the two-dimensional art competition were 6 to 11 year-old, 12 to 16 year-old and 17 years old to non-professionals whereas the categories for the poetry and story writing competitions were 8 to 12 year-old, 13 to 16 year-old and 17 to open. In his address at the opening ceremony, Minister Faure noted that the art and creative writing exhibitions had really succeeded in capturing the imagination of the children and youth, as well as the many adults who took part in the open category.
Tracing the various themes on which emphasis are placed each year and that of this year, Mr Faure noted that throughout such festival there had been a consistent concern for marine ecology and conservation.
Speaking about the entries in this year's competitions, Mr Faure said that judging from the response from the schools, it would seem that our young people were truly fascinated by the oceans and the teeming life within them. "There is a lesson to be learnt from this. Our students' interest in the oceans and marine conservation should and must be capitalised upon – they obviously crave to work with this topic, and enjoy it as well," Mr Faure said, adding that their interest in the topic made sense because, after all, Seychellois lived in close proximity to the sea and depended on it for food, livelihood, and recreation.
Mr Faure also appealed to those present at the exhibition to open their eyes and hearts to the concerns of the participants, and consider ways in which they too could help to minimise our society's impact on the ocean's fragile ecosystems, in order to help ensure that they would still be there for future generations to enjoy.
Monday's ceremony was attended by ministers, member of the diplomatic corps, government officials, participants, among other guests. Many of the creative writings reflect a desperate plea for humans to look closely at how we are using and abusing the ocean and its resources. The participants will receive their prizes during a prize giving ceremony at the closing of this year's Subios Festival to be held on November 19 at 8 p.m. at the Vacoa Village at Mare Anglaise.

SUBIOS '98 under UN theme

Victoria, Nov 4 - The ninth edition of the eighteen-day underwater festival, SUBIOS '98, which was opened on Monday evening at the International Conference Centre, carries the same theme as the one declared by the United Nations for the celebration of this International Year of the Oceans.
In her speech to officially launch this year's SUBIOS Festival, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Simone de Comarmond noted that the theme 'Our Ocean Our Life' which is both SUBIOS '98's theme as well as that of the UN's declaration of 1998 as the International Year of the Oceans showed that emphasis was on conservation of the country's rich and unique marine life.
Delivering her speech before an audience made up of tourism officials as well as local and foreign lovers of the underwater world, the Minister described SUBIOS as "the single most important eco-tourism special event" hosted in Seychelles.
She pointed out that this edition of the underwater film, photography and video and art festival "runs in the wake of the launching of the goldcard concept and Seychelles new millennium strategy which have placed environmental preservation and conservation even higher on our political, economic and social agenda".
She revealed that there were plans for replanting coral species affected by bleaching due to global warming and that the replanting project would be marketed as a new niche tourism activity. Organised jointly by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and the country's Association of Professional Divers SUBIOS '98, which will be held on
Mahé and Praslin until November 19, will this year see the participation of two Seychellois professional divers and photographers, Garry Jean-Baptiste and Veronique Bibi, alongside world famous authorities on ocean-related subjects like John Boyle and Dr Vic Peddemors.
It will be noted that one of the films in Oceans Oases, a collection of six half-hour films projected in the International Conference Centre just after the official opening of SUBIOS '98, won second prize at the film festival in Antibes, South France.
It is not known if this film is Cocos Island or Aldabra, two islands in the Seychelles group which feature in this thrilling discovery of the virtually untouched
world of marine life.


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	Local News about the ongoing SUBIOS Underwater festival: NYS student wins SUBIOS grand prize Victoria, Nov 23 - NYS Cap Ternay student Tania Adrienne on Thursday evening was named the Grand Prize winner at the closing of the SUBIOS Festival at Vacoa Village, Mare Anglaise. Tania, who also won first prize in SUBIOS's two-dimensional art competition in the NYS and School of the Arts category, wins two return air tickets sponsored by Kenya Airways. Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Simone de Comarmond presented the prize to her. Tania was the overall winner among contestants of various categories in the two-dimensional art, poetry and story-writing competitions. In category A for young participants in the two-dimensional art contest, Naomie Adeline of Anse Etoile school was the winner, while Christopher Barra of Anse Royale school won in Category B. For the SUBIOS poetry competition, Odile Vidot of the Independent School won in Category A, Laura Elizabeth of English River school in Category B and Tony Fernando in the open Category C. The story-writing contest was won by Udeshika Fernando from the International School in Category A, Ginny Elizabeth from NYS Port Launay in Category B and Divino Sabino Jr of NYS Cap Ternay in Category C. The SUBIOS 98 shoot out photo contest received seven entries, with each entry comprising four shots. In fourth place was Joanne Mahy, third place Nicole Gardant, second Lyn Sutherland and the first prize was won by Douglas David-Siffert. The Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles (SUBIOS) Festival this year was held from November 2 to 19, and was organised by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Education and the Association of Professional Divers. This ninth edition had the theme "Our Ocean Our Life", which is the same as declared by the United Nations for the celebration of this International Year of the Oceans. Two Seychellois professional divers and photographers, Garry Jean-Baptiste and Veronique Bibi, participated in SUBIOS 98. Exhibition on SUBIOS '98 competition opened Victoria, Nov 11 - Entries in the 1998 Subios art and creative writing exhibition currently on display in the lobby of the National Cultural Centre, Victoria, can best be described as a celebration of marine life and the oceans. The exhibition, featuring two-dimensional arts, poems and stories, was officially opened on Monday afternoon by Education Minister Danny Faure as part of the activities marking the 1998 Subios Festival. The theme chosen for this year's festival is The Oceans: Our Life. Each of the three aspects of the exhibition, which were on competitive level, was divided into three categories. The categories for the two-dimensional art competition were 6 to 11 year-old, 12 to 16 year-old and 17 years old to non-professionals whereas the categories for the poetry and story writing competitions were 8 to 12 year-old, 13 to 16 year-old and 17 to open. In his address at the opening ceremony, Minister Faure noted that the art and creative writing exhibitions had really succeeded in capturing the imagination of the children and youth, as well as the many adults who took part in the open category. Tracing the various themes on which emphasis are placed each year and that of this year, Mr Faure noted that throughout such festival there had been a consistent concern for marine ecology and conservation. Speaking about the entries in this year's competitions, Mr Faure said that judging from the response from the schools, it would seem that our young people were truly fascinated by the oceans and the teeming life within them. "There is a lesson to be learnt from this. Our students' interest in the oceans and marine conservation should and must be capitalised upon – they obviously crave to work with this topic, and enjoy it as well," Mr Faure said, adding that their interest in the topic made sense because, after all, Seychellois lived in close proximity to the sea and depended on it for food, livelihood, and recreation. Mr Faure also appealed to those present at the exhibition to open their eyes and hearts to the concerns of the participants, and consider ways in which they too could help to minimise our society's impact on the ocean's fragile ecosystems, in order to help ensure that they would still be there for future generations to enjoy. Monday's ceremony was attended by ministers, member of the diplomatic corps, government officials, participants, among other guests. Many of the creative writings reflect a desperate plea for humans to look closely at how we are using and abusing the ocean and its resources. The participants will receive their prizes during a prize giving ceremony at the closing of this year's Subios Festival to be held on November 19 at 8 p.m. at the Vacoa Village at Mare Anglaise. SUBIOS '98 under UN theme Victoria, Nov 4 - The ninth edition of the eighteen-day underwater festival, SUBIOS '98, which was opened on Monday evening at the International Conference Centre, carries the same theme as the one declared by the United Nations for the celebration of this International Year of the Oceans. In her speech to officially launch this year's SUBIOS Festival, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Simone de Comarmond noted that the theme 'Our Ocean Our Life' which is both SUBIOS '98's theme as well as that of the UN's declaration of 1998 as the International Year of the Oceans showed that emphasis was on conservation of the country's rich and unique marine life. Delivering her speech before an audience made up of tourism officials as well as local and foreign lovers of the underwater world, the Minister described SUBIOS as "the single most important eco-tourism special event" hosted in Seychelles. She pointed out that this edition of the underwater film, photography and video and art festival "runs in the wake of the launching of the goldcard concept and Seychelles new millennium strategy which have placed environmental preservation and conservation even higher on our political, economic and social agenda". She revealed that there were plans for replanting coral species affected by bleaching due to global warming and that the replanting project would be marketed as a new niche tourism activity. Organised jointly by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and the country's Association of Professional Divers SUBIOS '98, which will be held on Mahé and Praslin until November 19, will this year see the participation of two Seychellois professional divers and photographers, Garry Jean-Baptiste and Veronique Bibi, alongside world famous authorities on ocean-related subjects like John Boyle and Dr Vic Peddemors. It will be noted that one of the films in Oceans Oases, a collection of six half-hour films projected in the International Conference Centre just after the official opening of SUBIOS '98, won second prize at the film festival in Antibes, South France. It is not known if this film is Cocos Island or Aldabra, two islands in the Seychelles group which feature in this thrilling discovery of the virtually untouched world of marine life.

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