The Inaugural Hong Kong Debate Open 2010 (HKDO)

The Inaugural Hong Kong Debate Open 2010 (HKDO 2010) was held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU), Hong Kong, from 23rd to 25th Oct 2010. Organised by the English Debate Team of HKPU, this is the first-ever international English BP debating event in Hong Kong. It attracted 60 teams from Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Macau, Singapore, Qatar and Hong Kong.


All the 6 BP Preliminary Rounds and the Quarter Finals were held at the Main Campus of the HKPU. The Semi-Finals and Grand Final were held at the Hong Kong Community College where 250 Hong Kong high school students were invited to witness the Final Rounds as part of the Hong Kong Government's efforts to expose students to the academic sport of debating.

In the Grand Final, ICU Team A unanimously defeated HKU Team D, Kagama Team A and HKPU Team A to hoist the Champions' Trophy. The Best Speaker of the Grand Final was Mr Toshiaki Ikehara from ICU Team A. The Best Speaker of the Tournament was Mr Alfred Yu from HKU Team B.

The CA was Sharmila Pramanand, who was assisted by Tab Director, George Chen, and 5 DCAs, Zhengbo, TJ, Josh Martin, Kevin Li and Loke Wing Fatt, who also acted as the Advisor to the HKDO 2010 Organising Committee.

From all accounts, the debaters, judges and coaches had their money's worth. The tournament was on time, the social events were full of verve and vim, and the Championship Dinner served some of the best Cantonese food people had ever had, while being entertained by a spontaneous, random "variety show" by the some of the convivial participants.

Many thanks to the Convenor, Jasmine Tam, and her gang of merry persons, including Crystal, Phoebe, Giovanni, Esther, Joyce, Alice, George, Anson, Carrie and Willa for a great job in hosting a memorable inaugural international debate event in Hong Kong for the Asian debating community.

We look forward to another international debate in Hong Kong in the year 2011. The debate motions for the event are below:

HKDO 2010 Motions
Round 1: This house would force corporations to produce advertisement that feature only people who represent the region they are advertising in.
Round 2: This house believes that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo will harm the human rights situation in China rather than improve it.
Round 3: This house would not allow law enforcement officers to impersonate minors online to entrap pedophiles.
Round 4: This house would ban artificial reproductive technologies (such as IVF, Sperm banks, surrogacy, etc.) to force people to adopt.
Round 5: This house would recruit rebel soldiers into state armies once conflicts are concluded.
Round 6: This house believers that in the event of natural disasters in areas prone to those disasters, the state should only provide reconstruction aid to people that agree to relocate to safer areas.

Semi Final: This house would subject religions to anti-gender-discrimination laws.

Grand Final: This house support the violent removal of corrupt officials by citizens in the weak democracies.

loke wing fatt
Advisor, HKDO 2010 Organising Committee
President
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore

World Debate Alumni on Linkedin

A new linkedin group has been created for debating alumni.  If you would like to join the link is below.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3607103

The Macau North-East Asian Open 2010

The University of Macau (UMAC) successfully hosted this year's North-East Asian Debate Open 2010 (NEAO), from 29th October to 1st November, in the increasingly important emerging Asian debate-nation of China, in Macau. 100 teams from Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau competed in 5 BP Preliminary Debate Rounds. The debaters and adjudicators were treated to great hospitality from the students of the University of Macau, a Halloween Break Party, the famed Macau-made egg tarts, and a Championship Dinner of Portuguese food at a cutely named restaurant called "Dumbo". The weather was a very cool and refreshing 20 Celsius.


Besides the treats which the participants enjoyed, the debating activities were ably managed by the Organising Committee led by Ms Flora Pan. Chief Adjudicator, Ms Nicole Ng, seamlessly mustered the combined young adjudication talents of the 4 DCAs Ah Young Kim (Korea), Andrew Nishizaki (Japan), Sandeep Chulani (Hong Kong) and Zhengbo (China) to provide fair and competent adjudication for all the debaters. Logan from Chung Ang University, Korea, and Loke Wing Fatt from SAID, Singapore, were the two invited VIP judges.

In the Grand Final, Underwood College Team 1 of Yonsei University in Korea, comprising Ms Nurliana Kamaruddin & Mr Wonjoon Jang, were the unanimous Champions. They overcame 3 other top Korean debate teams in an all-Korean Grand Final, reminiscent of last year's edition. The motion in the Grand Final was: This House believes that drug addicts should only be eligible for social welfare under condition of rehabilitation.

Taiwan's Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Kaohsiung will host next year's NEAO 2011.

University of Macau will be hosting the most prestigious Asian debate tournament called the 2nd United Asian Debating Championships 2011 next May 2011.

The full results of the UMAC NEAO 2010 are given below:

Winner: Underwood 1 from Korea Ms Nurliana Kamaruddin & Mr Wonjoon Jang

Best Speaker in the Grand Final: Ms Nurliana Kamaruddin

Runners-Up :
Hanyang 3 (Dong Kyu Lim & Geon Sub Shin),
KU 2(Junbin Yun & Moonyeol Lee),
EDIS 1 (Heejin An & Hannah Jung)

Semi-Finalists:
KU 1 (Junbin Yun & Moonyeol lee)
HKU 1 (Amanda Slocum & Alfred, Siu Hong Yu)
TFSU 1(Wan Qing He & Yu Ma)
UM 1( Emmanuel & Song Wei Xian)

Quarter-Finalists:
PKU 1 (Shiyi Dong & Bao Jia Tan)
Hanyang 1 (Soo Jin Park & Cho Sung Hyun)
IPM 1 (Cici, Liu Si Si & Alex, Geng Chao)
NEUQ 1 (Xu Shengyu & Ma Jing)
TOKYO 2(Akira Kato & Takashi Iwai)
CITYU 1 (Ken, Kin Hang Li & Jacky, Hon Cheung Lam)
ICU 1 (Keita Takayanagi & Hiroyuki Ikeda)
CAU 1 (Kim NamChul & Ki Wook Kim)

EFL Winner: NUDT 1 (Deng Yiqi & Qu Jingwen)

EFL Runners-Up:
KYOTO 1 (Zhang Haichong & Takimoto Riko)
TOKYO 3 (Toshinari Ishikawa & Kazushige Yoshimaru)
ICU 2 (Taichi Kohatsu & Miyuki Orito)

10 Top Best Speakers:
1.Nurliana Kamaruddin
2.Wonjoon Jang
3.Heejin An
4.Hannah Jung
5.Junbin Yun
6.Moonyeol Lee
-Keita Takayanagi
8.Minkyung cho
9.Hyewon Rho
10.Bao Jia Tan

Motions:
R1: THBT parents whose children are grossly obese should be penalized for child abuse.
R2: THBT China should support United Nation sanctions on North Korea.
R3: THBT energy companies of developed countries operating in developing countries should adhere to the environmental standards of their countries of origin.
R4: THBT EU should sanction its members for denying practice of religious freedom in public.
R5: THW ban beneficiaries of public welfare from entering casinos.
EFL Semi: THW allow the Taliban to join the elections as a legitimate party.
EFL Final: THBT Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded in recognition of individuals who have already brought peace.
Quarter-Final: THBT African Union should monitor and be responsible for the security in Somalian waters.
Semi-Final: THW shut down websites of political bloggers that spread lies.
Grand-Final: THBT drug addicts should only be eligible for social welfare under condition of rehabilitation.

Best Regards,

Nicole Ng
Chief Adjudicator
North-East Asian Open 2010
University of Macau

loke wing fatt
Lifetime Honorary Coach/Advisor
University of Macau English Debate Team & Society
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore
Website: http://saidsg.wordpress.com/

2011 Round Robin -- Information on the 5th Annual HWS / IDEA RR

5th Annual HWS / IDEA Round Robin

April 8 & 9, 2011

· The CA for the 2011 RR is Leela Koenig (CA of 2010 Euros)
· Top international judging – three Worlds breaking judges in every room
· $1500 in cash prizes
· Amazing trophies you actually want to keep
· Perfectly fair pairings & guaranteed on time (pre-paired round robin format)
· Dinner with President Mark Gearan (Peace Corps Director under Clinton)
· Great food at every meal (no exaggeration) and lakefront tournament hotel
· Friday night wine tasting party
· Awards banquet at The Cobblestone, an elegant local restaurant
· Teams can combine the RR with US BP Nationals (April 1-3)
· Join us for our trip to Niagara Falls & a local casino on April 7
· See our website: www.idebate.org/hwsroundrobin


Selections Committee:

• Eric Barnes
• Neill Harvey-Smith
• Sharmila Parmanand

Motions Committee:

• Logandran Balavijendran
• Eric Barnes
• Sam Block
• Steve Hind
• Leela Koenig

Combine the RR with the US UDC (BP Nationals) at Univ. of Vermont

• April 1-3, 2011
• CA is Stephen Boyle
• Free Registration for International Teams

TCD Hist wins the UCD IV 2010

The Trinity College Dublin team of  Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin & Ctolm Denny (TCD Hist B) won the 2010 UCD Vice Presidents Cup.  Niamh was also top speaker on the tab.

The breaking teams were:


1 TCD HIST B
2 CAMBRIDGE A
3 CAMBRIDGE B
4 TCD PHIL A
5 DURHAM A
6 KINGS INNS A
7 UCC PHILOSOPH B
8 TCD HIST A
9 SOAS .
10 OXFORD RVL
11 KINGS INNS B
12 DURHAM B
13 LIMERICK A
14 UCC PHILOSOPH A
15 MAYNOOTH A
16 TCD HIST F

Late Registration (PAUDC 2010) Namibian Edition

The deadline for late registration is on the 19th November 2010. So registration is still taking place.

So institutions interested in registering additional teams or still want to register their institution are more than welcome. Adjudication slots are still open for both guests and independents judges.

However take note; that limited places are available so reg now to avoid disappointments.

Please bear will us while we still in the process of verifying payments, registrations forms and advise on visa requirements.

Apart from that, we are putting together a fantastic tournament!

Yours in Debating,

Carl Pesat
Convener and Chairperson
Pan African Universities Debating Championship 2010
+ 264 8 555 28218

Edinburgh IV‏

The first Scottish tournament of the season was held by the Edinburgh Debating Society on the 24th of October. It was won by Monash B (Will Jones and Andrew Fitch). Other teams in the final were: Oxford RP (Melanie Pope and Scott Ralston), St Andrews A (James Beadle and Farhan) and GUU B (John McKee and Krum). The top speaker was Will Jones.
The motions were:
Round 1: THB that university graduates should pay the cost of their university education through a graduate tax.
Round 2: THB that if the biological father is willing and able to raise the future child, he should have the right to prevent the abortion.
Round 3: THB that the EU should recognise an independent state of Palestine.
Round 4: THW subsidise companies for the employment of ex-convicts.
FINAL: THB that states should have to re-ratify all international treaties every 25 years.

Judging the final were: Leela Koenig (C), Gavin Illsley, Vicky Smith, Ewan MacDonald, Kirsty Russell, Sarah Beverstock and David Norris.

We hope to see many of you at the Scottish Weekend in Edinburgh and St. Andrews from February 4-6!!