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TOP 27 - IAPLC 2008 - The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) 2008. This year, the contest received a total of 1169 entries

Grand Prize: Cheng Siu Wai - HONG KONG

2nd: Yutaka Kanno JAPAN

3rd : Hsu Yung Lin - TAIWAN

4th: Cliff Hui - HONG KONG

5th: Long Tran Hoang - VIET NAM

6th: Lee Do Jae - KOREA

7th: A.J. Judy Prajitno Putra - INDONESIA

8th: Lee Chun Ho - KOREA

9th: Yuji Yoshinaga - JAPAN

10th : Hiroyuki Yamabe - JAPAN

11th: Fumio Hara - JAPAN

12th: Weerayut Soemphornphoemsuk - THAILAND

13th: Toshiharu Ishiwata - JAPAN

14th: Masashi Ono - JAPAN

15th: Peter Kirwan – IRELAND

16th: Ichiro Hamano - JAPAN

17th: Wong Wai Hung - HONG KONG

18th: Huu Lan Nguyen - VIET NAM

19th: Su Kun Cheng - TAIWAN

20th: George Lo - U.S.A

21st: Junichi Itakura - JAPAN

22nd: Xuanthuy Nguyenthi -VIET NAM

23rd: Koji Nakamura - JAPAN

24th: Takehiko Honoki – JAPAN

25th: Truong Thinh Ngo - VIET NAM

26th: Takeshi Kato - JAPAN

27th: Chen Tse Hsin – TAIWAN

TOP 100 IAPLC 2008

1 Cheng Siu Wai HONG KONG
2 Yutaka Kanno JAPAN
3 Hsu Yung Lin TAIWAN
4 Cliff Hui HONG KONG
5 Long Tran Hoang VIET NAM
6 Lee Do Jae KOREA
7 A.J. Judy Prajitno Putra INDONESIA
8 Lee Chun Ho KOREA
9 Yuji Yoshinaga JAPAN
10 Hiroyuki Yamabe JAPAN
11 Fumio Hara JAPAN
12 Weerayut Soemphornphoemsuk THAILAND
13 Toshiharu Ishiwata JAPAN
14 Masashi Ono JAPAN
15 Peter Kirwan IRELAND
16 Ichiro Hamano JAPAN
17 Wong Wai Hung HONG KONG
18 Huu Lan Nguyen VIET NAM
19 Su Kun Cheng TAIWAN
20 George Lo U.S.A.
21 Junichi Itakura JAPAN
22 Xuanthuy Nguyenthi VIET NAM
23 Koji Nakamura JAPAN
24 Takehiko Honoki JAPAN
25 Truong Thinh Ngo VIET NAM
26 Takeshi Kato JAPAN
27 Chen Tse Hsin TAIWAN
28 May Kwan HONG KONG
29 Minoru Yamagishi JAPAN
30 Minako Hara JAPAN
31 Harry Kwong HONG KONG
32 Takehiro Hara JAPAN
33 Hiroyuki Adachi JAPAN
34 Hidekazu Tsukiji JAPAN
35 Hiroyuki Umemoto JAPAN
36 Thanh Lam Phuoc VIET NAM
37 Miao Dongliang CHINA
38 Sergey Svetlichniy UKRAINE
39 Cheung Chun Kit HONG KONG
40 Shinichi Takaya JAPAN
41 Slobodan Lazarevic SERBIA
42 Li Wanghua CHINA
43 Renato Kuroki BRAZIL
44 Sham Kai Man, Wayne HONG KONG
45 Hideo Muku JAPAN
46 Chen Gi Wen HONG KONG
47 Seouk Yun Hwan KOREA
48 Nami Ida JAPAN
49 Chow Wai Sun HONG KONG
50 Hsieh Chih Pei TAIWAN
51 Pawel Piotrowski POLAND
52 Cheung Wai Shan HONG KONG
53 Chen Song Pin TAIWAN
54 Cheng Chi Fai Eric HONG KONG
55 Pasquale Buonpane ITALY
56 Yu Hui CHINA
57 Vladimir Uzhik UKRAINE
58 Hideki Odahara JAPAN
59 Hsu Yu Feng MALAYSIA
60 Apiwat Apiwatsayree THAILAND
61 Zentaro Watanabe JAPAN
62 Yang Ti Hsien TAIWAN
63 Haruji Takee JAPAN
64 Chan Wai Ip HONG KONG
65 Sylwia Olesiak POLAND
66 Hisayuki Tojyo JAPAN
67 Dison Yang TAIWAN
68 Marcin Peczek POLAND
69 Akira Yamagishi JAPAN
70 Andrea Ongaro ITALY
71 Chang Hsiao Chun TAIWAN
72 Young Kam Wing HONG KONG
73 Tomasz Zawol POLAND
74 Trung Tran U.S.A.
75 Shinji Fujieda JAPAN
76 Masayoshi Sugiura JAPAN
77 Grzegorz Guzik POLAND
78 Masahiro Asai JAPAN
79 Yukiko Sugiura JAPAN
80 Thorsten Lampe GERMANY
81 Toshiya Fukushima JAPAN
82 Takao Uchida　 JAPAN
83 Katsutoshi Inoue JAPAN
84 Di Sarra Laura ITALY
85 Fumio Shiga JAPAN
86 Jullawong Papunta THAILAND
87 Adam Paszczela POLAND
88 Catherine Wong SINGAPORE
89 Chung Wei Cheong MALAYSIA
90 Rony Suzuki BRAZIL
91 Li Hsin Hung TAIWAN
92 Luis Carlos Galarraga BRAZIL
93 Filipe Oliveira PORTUGAL
94 Chan Lai Chong MALAYSIA
95 Beczynski Piotr POLAND
96 Lam Kwok Pang HONG KONG
97 Kazuyuki Kubota JAPAN
98 Alan Chan HONG KONG
99 Satoru Haraga JAPAN
100 Junichi Hyodo JAPAN

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