The University of Macau’s (UM) English Debating
Team recently won the third prize at the 19th FLTRP Cup
National English Debating Competition, which was held at Beijing Foreign
Studies University. Two debaters of the UM team, namely Jenny Wong Ka Kei and
David Leong Ka Wai, were ranked No 2 and No 4, respectively, among
all the 248 debaters in the competition.
The FLTRP Cup National English Debating Competition is the largest and most
influential English debating competition in China. This year’s event attracted 120
debating teams from 500 universities in China, including Tsinghua University,
Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Shanghai University
of Finance and Economics, and China Foreign Affairs University.
After placing first in the eight rounds of preliminaries, the UM team proceeded to the octo-final and eventually won the third prize in the grand final. Other debating teams in the final came from Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and China Foreign Affairs University.
Members of UM team included Jenny Wong Ka Kei, a fourth-year student from the Faculty
of Social Sciences and Chao Kuang Piu College, and David Leong Ka Wai, a
fourth-year student from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The team leader was
Lam Pek Kei, a third-year student from the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Source: Student Affairs Office
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