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 ESU - Scholarship
ESU Public Speaking Competition 2005 -
Summary
In 2005, workshops and preliminary rounds held
both here in the Klang Valley, Penang and for the very first time, in
Kuantan and Kota Kinabalu. There were over 500 participants at the
workshops from which nearly 200 participants pit their wits against
each other in the regional preliminary competitions.
From this the judges selected 37 semifinalists and
from that we had 11 National Finalists. And from our finalists, two
were selected to represent Malaysia at the International Public
Speaking Competition in May.
Regional finalists today spoke on the given theme
which was “Differences & Diversity" - each of them will had 5
minutes to deliver their speech and thereafter were subject to 2
questions from our panel of judges.
In 2005, the regional finalists were :
- Anushka Ashwini Devaser
- Au Yong Wai Nyan
- Melissa Long Lai Peng
- Suraiya bt Abdul Munaff
- Yap Han Ern
- Farquar Haqqani
- Khor Lynn Ju
- Anusha a/p Rajadorai
- Karen Moy Sheu Li
- Lin Meiyi, and
- Melina Tay Mei Lian
National champion for 2005 was Suraiya bt Abdul
Munaff and Au Yong Wai Nyan came in second place. Both represented
Malaysia at the International Public Speaking Competition in London in
May. That year, competition was stiff as Malaysia was placed in the
“Native Speaking” category on the strength of its past success. In all
there were 55 representatives from nearly 40 countries at the
competition and China’s Xia Peng emerged Champion at the IPSC winning
the overall Best Speaker prize and the Best non native Speaker prize.
Previous Public Speaking Competitions:
2003/04
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