The University of Macau (UM) Cantonese Debating Team and Mandarin Debating Team each won a championship at a local inter-varsity debating competition organised by the Tertiary Education Services Office. The Cantonese Debating Team has won the championship of this competition for three consecutive years.

The competition attracted debating teams from UM, Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM), Macau Security Forces Training College, the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), the City University of Macau (CityU Macau), Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, and the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT).

UM’s Cantonese Debating Team beat their counterparts from Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau and CityU Macau in the preliminaries. The team then beat a team from Macau Security Forces Training College in the semifinal and a team from IPM in the final.

UM’s Mandarin Debating Team beat their counterparts from IFT and IPM in the preliminaries. The UM team then beat a team from MUST in the semifinal and another team from CityU Macau in the final.

In addition, the UM teams won all the Best Debater Awards in the eight debating contests. The six award-winning students are Cheong Man Hin, Ho Sio Hin, Tang Ka Lon, Liu Ryoyi, Liu Xiran, and Ji Jiaqi.


Source: Student Affairs Office

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