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HKUSTHKUST

English Debating TeaEnglish Debating Teamm

Why Join?Why Join?

Polish up your skills:Polish up your skills: Public speaking skillsPublic speaking skills Analytical skillsAnalytical skills Team-working skillsTeam-working skills

Know more friends:Know more friends: Within HKUST (of different Within HKUST (of different

nationalities) nationalities) From other universitiesFrom other universities From other countriesFrom other countries

CompetitionsCompetitions

Joint-University Debating Joint-University Debating Competition (JUDC)Competition (JUDC) In Oct – JunIn Oct – Jun

The Asian Parliamentary DebateThe Asian Parliamentary Debate This year: in MalaysiaThis year: in Malaysia

The World’s Parliamentary DebateThe World’s Parliamentary Debate This year: in TorontoThis year: in Toronto Next year: in South AfricaNext year: in South Africa

The Internet Debate (Dec 2001)The Internet Debate (Dec 2001) Organized by the English-Speaking Union of HKOrganized by the English-Speaking Union of HK Mrs Anson Chan as the patronMrs Anson Chan as the patron Debate with students from prestigious universitieDebate with students from prestigious universitie

s in UKs in UK University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge

University of BirminghamUniversity of Birmingham

ActivitiesActivities

Debate workshops in summerDebate workshops in summer Mock debatesMock debates GamesGames

GatheringGathering The whole team go for dinner after The whole team go for dinner after

every matchevery match BBQ (this coming summer, in our BBQ (this coming summer, in our

advisor’s house)advisor’s house) Others: to be suggested by YOU!!!Others: to be suggested by YOU!!!

Selection CriteriaSelection Criteria

Basic criteria: fluency in spoken Basic criteria: fluency in spoken EnglishEnglish

Reasoning and analytical skillsReasoning and analytical skills Team-working skillsTeam-working skills Level of commitmentLevel of commitment

Willingness to contribute, attend Willingness to contribute, attend meetings, workshops and meetings, workshops and participate in the competitionsparticipate in the competitions