Manila – A Chinese agricultural scientist and agovernment official are among the seven winners of the 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Awards for excellence, the award foundation said on Monday.

The international awards are given annually by the Philippines-based foundation in honour of the late President Ramon Magsaysay, who died in anair crash in 1957. Winners each receive a gold medallion and a cash prize of $50,000.

Included in the list for 'emergent leadership' was Dita Indah Sari of Indonesia and Oung Chanthol of Cambodia for being "at the forefront of the struggle against labour abuses and anti-women crimes, respectively."