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The ninth Macao Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition (English Debates), organized by the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), was held from 21 October to 23 October, at the STDM Auditorium of the library of University of Macau (UM). UM sent four teams to participate in the competition and won the championship and four individual awards, including the Best Debater Award in the grand final, as well as the first three out of the five Best Debater Awards in the preliminary round. This is the fourth time since 2008 UM’s English Debating Team has won the championship of this competition.

Participating institutions:
• University of Macau (UM)
• Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM)
• Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST)
• Institute of Tourism Studies (IFT)
• University of St. Joseph (St. Joseph)

Finalists (in alphabetical order):
• IPM-Team D
• St. Joseph-Team A
• UM-Team A
• UM-Team C

With their excellent performance, UM-Team A & UM-Team C went straight to the grand final and the championship of the competition was won by UM-Team A. One of the debaters, Mr. Alex Lam Chi Un, was recognized as the Best Speaker in the grand final.

Moreover, Ms. Helen Lao Ian Leong from UM-Team C was awarded the second Best Debater Award, while Mr. Alex Lam Chi Un and Ms. Ivy Wang Maowei from UM-Team A received the first and the third Best Debater Awards respectively.