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Article: Battling with words at media Scrabble meet
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- September 19, 2003
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Minderjeet Kaur
New Straits Times
09-19-2003
Battling with words at media Scrabble meet
Byline: Minderjeet Kaur
Edition: 2*
Section: City Diary
IN conjunction with Malaysia's hosting of the seventh World Scrabble Championship next month, the second Media Scrabble Challenge was held recently as part of the run-up to the event.
Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the prestigious tournament.
In the media challenge organised by Mattel (Southeast Asia) Pte Ltd, 16 Malaysian journalists and editors from the print and broadcasting media engaged in a battle of words and wits for five hours at the Dorsett Regency Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Each contestant had to play four games in their bid to ...