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Sam and team win 22^nd Kiwanis Treasure Hunt

Bukit Merah: Sam and team-mates, Liew Kok Seng, Teh Boon Kai and Dev Kumar, beat more than 100 teams to become champions of the 22nd Kiwanis 'Lights, Camera ... Action!' Treasure Hunt, held on 28th May 2005 from Petaling Jaya to Taiping.

For their winning efforts, the foursome each won a return flight to Brisbane, courtesy of Malaysia Airlines, and a trophy, contributed by Royal Selangor International. It is also a back-to-back win for Sam, Kok Seng and Boon Kai, after their perfect-score win in the annual treasure hunt last year.

In this year's hunt, teams not only had to answer 40 route questions and two movie poster posers, but they also had to break four treasure clues and two Crack-a-Pots, as well as complete a Wild West Show shooting event at the end of the hunt. Participants put up at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, where they stayed for two nights.

The Kiwanis Treasure Hunt is organised by the Kiwanis Club of Kuala Lumpur, and is in aid of the Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation, among other beneficiaries. It is recorded as the longest-running treasure hunt in the Malaysian Book of Records, and is one of the premier treasure hunts in the country.

                    
                       Four Play to the Fore (l-r): Kok Seng, Boon Kai, Sam and Dev
                             hold aloft their winners' trophies
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