Updates, deadlines, and event details are posted here regularly.
Senior SDC 2023: Final Results and Tab
Thank you to those who participated in Senior SDC 2023, hosted over the past weekend! Following the weekend’s debates, the final results of the competition can now be announced. The Grand Champions of this year’s SDC was GSIS 1, debating against IS 1 in a spectacular Grand Final round. We congratulate both them and the…
WIDPSC Team Trials 2024 – Registration Open!
We are pleased to announce that Trials for the Hong Kong WIDPSC Team will be taking place on November 11, 2023, at St Paul’s Co-educational College. After the success of last year at Durban, South Africa – securing 3 out of the Top 20 Speaker spots – we look forward to writing the next chapter…
HK WSDC Trials: Applications Open
We are delighted to open applications for the 2024 Hong Kong’s World Schools Debating team. The team will participate at the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) held in person from 16th to 26th July in Belgrade, Serbia. Hong Kong WSDC The Hong Kong Debate & Speech Community will select an initial 8-to-10-person team, with the…
Senior SDC 2023: Reminder on Judge Registration
[Last Call for Judges!!] A warm reminder to sign up as an Independent Adjudicator for our flagship HKSDC tournament happening on 7 and 8 October! Remuneration will be offered to the judges who kindly offer their time: HKD 100 per round for chairs, and HKD 50 per round for panelists. Link to sign up here:…
Senior SDC 2023: Judge/IA Registration Open
We are delighted to announce that judge sign-ups are open for the highly-anticipated Hong Kong Senior SDC 2023 to be held on 7th and 8th October 2023. Our esteemed Motions Committee includes Harish Natarajan, Jason Xiao, and Brian Wong. Please sign up using this form: https://forms.gle/VfufxYk35xZr7csj9. Details: Dates: 7 October: 8 am – 6:30 pm…
Senior SDC 2023: Team Registration Open
As we enter the 2023-2024 academic year, we are elated to announce that the Senior Schools Debating Championships (SDC) is returning! Senior SDC has traditionally been the training ground for our representative teams, in preparation for the Team Trials held in late October. The motions will be selected by the HK team coaches Harish Natarajan…
HKDSC Events Calendar: 2023-24
Dear HKDSC Community, Save the dates! We are so excited to bring you more events in the 2023-24 academic year to promote debate and public speaking to the wider student community in Hong Kong. For more details on these events, please access our calendar tab or reach out to us for more information at info@hkdsc.org.…
Junior Indivs 2023: Winners
Dear members of the Hong Kong public speaking community, Following on from our previous post, please also find here the winners of the Grand Finals of each category at Junior Indivs 2023. A special congratulations to the follow four speakers: Congratulations again to all the competitors at the Grand Finals as listed below — your…
Junior Indivs 2023
On May 6, 60 students participated in the live Impromptu Speaking round and Final Rounds of the 2023 Junior Individual Public Speaking Championships. This was preceded by video rounds for the Persuasive Speaking and Interpretive Reading categories in the weeks before. Many outstanding performances were delivered, and we were delighted to see the passion speakers…
19th HKPDS
The non-profit 19th HKPDS Summer Workshop and Tournament 2023 is back as an in-person event at the Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary from 13th to 19th August 2023. This event prioritises Hong Kong high school and university students and up to 40% of the estimated 120 places will be allotted…
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