HKDO 2016

02/11/2016

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31/10/2016

With Much Excitement...the Tab!!

Team Tab:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B55wRS_T1CfrQTdhUHF4bXU1c1U

Speaker Tab:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B55wRS_T1CfrcEp3RFZ2M0JBTms

22/10/2016

Dear Debaters,

The HK University of Science & Technology, the host university of the 7th HKDO 2016, has requested that all participants be covered by a Group Personal Accident Insurance for their safety and well being.

We would be collecting 2 HKD from each debater to fulfill this student welfare requirement of the HKUST from 8am to 8.30am on 29th Oct at the Registration Counter in front of Lecture Theatre J.

Regards,

Shafee
Co Convener
7th HKDO 2016

22/10/2016

Dear all,

With a week to go, below is our Pre Departure guide for debaters. A copy of it is also sent to the Team Manager/ Contact person thru email.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IzvtZ_U8bjJ01VqEwEXFOarySdd9HLHgV7sZNnZ8j0U/edit?usp=sharing

Pre-Departure Guide of the 7th HKDO 2016 Dear Debaters and Judges, It is a week before we all meet in Hong Kong. The Organizing Committee is ready and excited to welcome you! Below is Important Information for you before arriving at HKUST on the morning of 29st Oct at 8am for Registration: ...

21/10/2016

[Equity]

At HKDO 2016, we value equity greatly and see it as an important aspect of our tournament. Please take the time to go through the following Equity Policy document, which would also be made available via email for all participants.

Brian Wong

Equity Officer

16/10/2016

Dear all,

A Participant Information Collection form has been sent out to all the team managers/representatives through email. The form is designed to collect the debaters information. Thus, We would like to remind team managers of institutions which send more than one teams that you must fill in the information of all the registered team.

Please email us if you did not receive that email despite being registered for HKDO 2016.

Thanks

Shafee Mohammed, Co- Convener

16/10/2016

To the 125 Participating Teams of the 7th HKDO 2016,

We are two weeks away from meeting on the morning of 29th Oct at Lecture Theatre J of HKUST, HK, at 8.30am sharp.

We have two announcements for you:

1. Collection of Team Information

All Contact Persons of the Confirmed Teams are to send an email to this email address "[email protected]" to give us the following Team Information:

a) Team Name
(Retain Your Team Name if you have given us one earlier; it can be changed on the morning of 29th Oct if you want a new one)

b) Names of the 2 Debaters in Each Team in English

c) Special Dietary Requirements, if any

d) Any Information You Wish to Give US

Please give us the information stated above as soon as possible to help us reduce the delays that may be caused by on-site registrations on the morning of 29th Oct 2016. We want to run the event on time.

2. Confirmed List of Invited Judges

Below is the full list of Judges we have invited for the event:

Adj Core Members:

1. Sharmila Pramanad, Philippines CA
2. Harish Natarajan, UK, Co CA
3. “TJ” Thepparith Senamengem, Thailand, Hononary Advisor
4. George Chen, China, Tab Director
5. Geetha Creffield, Singapore, DCA
6. Kip Oebanda, Philippines, DCA
7. Kyungmi Lee, Korea, DCA
8. Simonas Bartulis, Lithuania, DCA
9. Brian Wong, HK DCA
10. Loke Wing Fatt

Invited Judges:

1. Boby Andika Ruitang, Indonesia
2. Look Woon Wei, Singapore
3. Shawn Teo, Singapore
4. Glenn William Alcala, Philippines
5. RJ Lim, Philippines
6. Miko Alazas, Philippines
7. Andrei Buendia, Philippines
8. Franny Solnick, America
9. Dillon McConnell, America
10. Gino Louise Reihert , Philippines
11. Mika Filoteo, Philiippines
12. Reuben Nicolo Pascual , Philippines
13. Samantha Eala, Philippines
14. Cheryl Cosslett, Indonesia
15. Deborah Woong Song Ying, Malaysia
16. Mahherrajan Narayanan "Maxx", Malaysia
17. Sella Nevo, Israel
18. Vipul Nanda, India
19. Toshiaki Ikehara, Japan
20. Lucas Scripter, America
21. Suthen Thomas "Tate", Malaysia
22. Nicole Ng , Macau
23. Andrew Cheong, Singapore
24. Shafee Mohd, HK
25. Cheng Kwok Hung, HK
26. Joan Cho, HK
27. Alex Leung, HK
28. Albert Ma, HK

loke wing fatt

10/10/2016

Introducing our HK DCA!

Brian Wong of Oxford University, UK

Brian has broken at 14 IVs/Opens as a speaker across Asia and Europe, including winning the Shanghai International Debate Open 2016 and making finals at both the English National Championships (JSMM English Mace 2016) and the Chinese National Championships (CBP 2016). They have also finalled at Inner Temple IV 2016, Exeter Open 2016, KIDA Open 2015, SDO 2015, and Hong Kong Pre-Australs 2014. They broke 12th at HKDO 2014, alongside breaks at Manchester 2016, Imperial 2015, Nottingham 2016, and IIUM 2016.

As a judge, Brian has judged the ESL Grand Finals and chaired the ESL Semi Finals at Australs 2016, whilst also breaking at EUDC 2016 to judge the Open Partial Double Quarters. They have been on the CA teams for KIDA 2016, Macau BP 2016, CIV 2016, Warwick Schools 2016, Nottingham Schools 2017, as well as various schools tournaments in Hong Kong.

We are happy to have Brian with us at the 7th HKDO 2016!

loke wing fatt

24/09/2016

Announcements to Teams that applied to the 7th HKDO 2016

a) Recommended Hotels for Overseas Teams
b) Team Status

a) Recommended Hotels for Overseas Teams

Vanessa Wei, our Convenor, has written to all the overseas teams to provide them with information on hotel/hostel accommodation in Hong Kong. If you have not received them, please write to her at:
[email protected] and she will send them to you immediately.

b) Team Status

1. 104 Teams are Confirmed because they have paid their respective Registration Fees on time.

2. 14 Teams are yet to be Confirmed as they have not completed their payments or not informed us of their payments by email. We expect them to join us.

3. 6 "No News" Teams ignored our politely written emails and reminders. We will assume they are not coming by their silent rudeness.

4. 3 Unidentifed Teams Paid and are Confirmed, but we do not know who they are as their payment proofs did not indicate who paid and what teams were paid for. If you think you are one of these 3 Unidentifed Teams, please write to: [email protected] immediately to resolve the matter.

5. The 3 Screen Grabs below give the details of the Team Status. Please check for accuracy and write to: [email protected] if you have a problem.

loke wing fatt

15/09/2016

Announcing our Final Member of the Adjudication Core: Mr Kip Oebanda of Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines

We are extremely delighted to announce that the Final Member of the Adjudication Core of the 7th HKDO 2016 is Mr Kip Oebanda of the Philippines.

Kip is from the prestigious Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) in Manila and is one of the most decorated debaters, adjudicators and debate coaches the Philippines has ever gifted to Asia and the world. He was the Semi Finalist of the Austral-Asian Inter Varsities Debating Championships in 2008. He was the 3rd Best Speaker and Two-Time Semi Finalist of the Asian Universities Debating Championship (AUDC 2006/2007), a National Philippine Champion and the Grand Finals's Best Speaker for the Philippines Inter Varsity Debate Championship in 2008. He had a streak of 11 consecutive wins in the highly competitive Philippine Debate Inter Varsity circuit from 2008 to 2013, including the Intramuros International Inter Varsities (Twice), College of St. Benilde Inter Varsities (Thrice), Manila Inter Varsities, Luzon Inter Varsities (Twice), among other Filipino college IVs.

Kip was a Breaking Judge of the WUDC 2014, the Joint Best Judge of the UADC 2013, 3-Time Grand Final Judge of the WSDC in Turkey, South Africa and Thailand. He was a member of the Chief Adjudication Panel of the WSDC in South Africa and Turkey and will be a member of the Chief Adjudication Panel of the Bali WSDC 2017. He has been the Co-CA of the Europe Schools Debating Championships in Istanbul 3 times. Kip was the DCA for a number of prestigious Asian tournaments over the past decade including the Philippine Inter Varsity Debating Championship and the Asian Schools Debating Championship in Korea and Thailand. Kip also found time to coach Team Philippines WSDC 3-times in the last 5 years!

Kip will be the Chief Adjudicator of the World Schools Debating Championships 2017 in Bali, Indonesia, in August 2017.

In his other less exciting life, Kip is an award-winning and renowned film-maker, social activist and critic of the Philippine society. He is freaky debater who debates without taking notes and has a wicked sense of humour.

loke wing fatt

13/09/2016

7th HKDO Co-CA Announcement -- Mr Harish Natarajan of Cambridge University, UK

Harish is one of the most renowned and admired debaters in the world. He is also a highly respected adjudicator who is always in demand as a CA of international debate tournaments. He was the Grand Finalist of the WUDC 2016 and the 2nd Best Speaker of the World 2016. His other outstanding debate achievements include winning the EUDC 2012 , being among the Top 10 Speakers at multiple WUDCs and winning numerous elite debate competitions, including the Cambridge IV and the LSE Open.

Harish has been CA of the most prestigious debate competitions in the UK debate circuit, including the Cambridge and Oxford IVs and the LSE Open.

On the global debate stage, Harish was the CA of the WUDC 2014. Last month, he was the CA of the Warsaw EUDC 2016.

We are very happy to have Harish at the 7th HKDO 2016 and will do our best to teaching him colourful Cantonese words of greetings, introduce him to the best foods in the world, and get him to shop till he drop!

loke wing fatt