UM wins championship and runner-up titles in Hong Kong and Macao Cantonese debating contest

The Cantonese Debating Team of the University of Macau (UM) won the championship and runner-up titles in the ‘2024 Hong Kong and Macao Cantonese Debating Contest’. Organised by the Debating and Speech Culture Association of Macao, the contest featured debating teams from UM, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University, Macau University of Science and Technology, and City University of Macau. Participants debated topics including current issues, youth affairs, and policies concerning the livelihoods of people in Macao and Hong Kong. In addition, two UM students won the best debater awards in the contest.