Greetings and pleasant day to everyone,
International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan Campus (IIUM Kuantan) is very excited to announce that we will organize our very first debating competition, the 1st IIUM East Coast Debating Cup. The competition will be held on 27th to 29th January 2012. The competition will be open to public and private academic institutions in the East Coast (Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan) region ONLY. We will begin sending invitational letters to every institution in the East Coast region and start the registration process very soon.
2 categories will be opened, Bahasa Melayu and English category. For Bahasa Melayu category, debat ala parlimen style will be followed while the English category will follow the Asian parliamentary format. Team caps for each category is 30 teams (maximum 3 teams per academic institution, first come first serve basis). No composite team allowed. Each institutional branches will be considered as exclusive and separated. It is COMPULSORY for every team to send one adjudicator for each team registered. The breaking caps would be 8 teams. As for the English category, we will also extend registration eligibility to secondary academic institution (MRSM, SBP, daily secondary school are also invited to participate).
Here are some additional details on the competition :
Venue : Kulliyyah Of Medicine, Kulliyyah Of Pharmacy and Kulliyyah Of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan Campus, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur.
Rego fee : RM 200 per person (debater, adjudicator and observer) including food (breakfast,lunch and dinner), accommodation (hotel rooms around Kuantan) and transportation (from accomodation to debating venue).
Other details are yet to be determined, but we will update it soon. So mark up your calendar East Coast debaters, come to IIUM Kuantan and participate in the tournament! We will keep you updated when the registration process begin through this blog and the Malaysian Debaters facebook group. Stay tune!