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WUPID: VARSITIES SET
FOR BATTLE OF WITS
Dipetik dari The News
Straits Times - 6/12/2007
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H&G Strategic Communications managing director Muhammad
Yunus Zakariah (right) handing the challenge trophy to
CIMB Group corporate communications head Effendy Shahul
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KUALA LUMPUR: The
top guns of the global university debate circuit will battle it out
in the CIMB Group World Universities Peace Invitational Debate (WUPID)
this month.
Heavyweights will include teams from
Oxford
University, Cambridge University, Hart House University of Toronto
and this year’s World Universities Debating Championship victor, and
the world’s first all-female team from the University of Sydney.
Local debating champions like the International Islamic University
Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara and Multimedia University will
also be among the 30 universities entering teams in the competition,
themed “Peace: Respect, Tolerance, Togetherness".
The inaugural competition is the first debating championship in the
world to offer prize money.
From Dec 16 to 19, a maximum of 60 teams, two from each university,
will vie for the RM10,000 grand prize and the challenge trophy,
while second and third prize winners will walk away with RM5,000 and
RM3,000.
“By bringing WUPID to
Malaysia,
we are promoting the application of intellect, creative thought and
the ability to communicate intelligently, all of which are priceless
assets for future leaders,” said the banking group’s corporate
communications head Effendy Shahul Hamid.
Organised by H&G Strategic Communications, preliminary rounds of the
competition will be held from Dec 16 to 18 at Universiti Kuala
Lumpur.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be held at Novotel Hotel on
Dec 19, while grand finals will be held at 8pm at the Kuala Lumpur
Convention Centre.
The event is free to the public.
Dipetik dari Bernama News - 5/12/2007
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December 05, 2007 23:57 PM |
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CIMB Promotes Peace Through
Varsity Debate
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Battling for peace
and harmony.
That's what the CIMB Group World Universities Peace Invitational
Debate (CIMB WUPID) is all about.
The four-day event beginning Dec 16, will see top debating teams
from 30 world-renowned universities trying to outwit each other on
the theme, "Peace: Respect, Tolerance, Togetherness".
The reigning world debating champions from Sydney University, along
with the three top-ranked debating teams from Oxford, Cambridge and
Hart House University of Toronto will be vying for top honours.
CIMB Group Corporate Communications head, Effendy Shahul Hamid, said
CIMB was proud to organise the world-class event where the best
debaters could engage in a civilised, intelligent disagreement, on
peace.
"Only the best debating teams were invited to participate in the
event," he told a press conference here Wednesday.
"Malaysia will be represented by Universiti Teknologi MARA, the
Multimedia University and International Islamic University."
The winner takes home the prize money of RM10,000 and the CIMB WUPID
challenge trophy.
CIMB fully sponsors the current top four ranked debating teams. The
rest of the teams need only pay for their trip to Kuala Lumpur,
while everything else is on the house.
The preliminary rounds will be held at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, the
quarter-finals and semi-finals at the Novotel Hydro Majestic Hotel
Kuala Lumpur, and grand final at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
The public is invited to witness the battle royale. Entrance is fee.
-- BERNAMA
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