Debating

Young debaters shine at international event

21 Jul 2011

During a week of vigorous competition, the Hong Kong debating team shone again on the world stage in the Heart of Europe Debating Championships 2011 held in the Czech Republic.

HK team set to take on the world

5 Mar 2010

Next month, a team of local students will be jetting off to the debating equivalent of football's World Cup.

Winning the hearts of others

25 Sep 2009

Whether you're negotiating with your parents about your next night out or trying to knock off 40 per cent on a Temple Street purchase, arguments and debates abound in free, democratic societies...

Talking heads

8 Sep 2009

Tomorrow, nine students from South Island School (SIS) will participate in the First Asian Schools Debate Championship in Manila.

Learning the art of persuasion

4 Sep 2009

Whining may have worked when you were a child, but not any more. If teenagers want to get what they want, they need to learn the art of persuasion, and debating can help them develop this skill....

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Debate on class size a close tussle

Small-class teaching has stirred controversy in Hong Kong's education sector. Recently, HKSYCIA Wong Tai Shan Memorial College beat Pentecostal School in a debate on whether the class size of...

Camp teaches debating the British way

A SERIES OF workshops and a debating competion have been organised to promote British Parliamentary (BP) debate among secondary students.

Talk it up

AT 27, SAM GREENLAND is considered by his peers as 'old'.

'In the [United Kingdom], debating is a school or university activity,' he says.

'[Students there] might just...

Good use of time crucial in debates

Making good use of time to deliver and develop arguments was crucial in a debate, according to a former best debater and judge in the 24th Joint School Debate Competition.

Debaters ask for extra time

A bit more time for an argument could make a world of difference, said the adjudicator of an inter-school debating contest.

Team finds every point debatable

THERE'S no debate about the New Year's resolution of the Chinese University English debating team: talking their way to the top at the 15th World Universities Debating Championship in Princeton,...