Education | UM takes 3rd prize in English debate

UM’s English Debating Team members. From left: Wong Ka Kei, Lam Pek Kei, and Leong Ka Wai

The University of Macau’s (UM) English Debating Team recently won third prize at the 19th Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Cup National English Debating Competition, held at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Two debaters of the UM team, Jenny Wong and David Leong, were ranked second and fourth place respectively amongst a total of 248 debaters in the competition.
According to a press release by UM, the competition is the largest and most influential debate contest in China. This year’s event attracted 120 debating teams from around 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 level and eventually claimed third prize as a team in the grand final.
Members of the UM team were Jenny Wong, Chao Kuang Piu and David Leong. The team leader was Lam Pek Kei, a third-year student from the Faculty of Social Sciences.