Hello again …
I would rather wait for this info to be first published via the official website, but there were many eager souls dying to know. Hence, with all my pleasure, the essentials:
Title of event: CIMB Group World Universities Peace Invitational Debate (CIMB WUPID) 2008
Dates: 13 – 18 December 2008
Organizer: H&G Strategic Communications Sdn Bhd
Official hotel: Impiana KLCC Hotel and Spa, Kuala Lumpur
Host university: Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) – To be confirmed
Team cap: 60 teams
Institution cap: 2 teams (n-1 rule applied)
Adjudication core: Dr. Omar Salahuddin (CA), Fiona Prowse (DCA), Neill Harvey Smith (DCA), plus 2 others that will be announced soon.
Tab director: Colm Flynn
Prize money: Champion – MYR15, 000-00, First runner-up – MYR10, 000-00, Second runner-up – MYR7, 000-00 and Third runner-up – MYR3, 000-00
Registration info: The registration for invited institutions only (see below for the list) is from the first of August to the first of October. Please be notified that there is no registration fee for the top 30 – just confirm your participation and turn up at the hotel. If the cap is not fulfilled by then, the registration will be opened to other interested institutions – first come first serve basis. And registration closes on the first of December 2008. Important note: Institutions that are not within the top 30 list will need to pay a ridiculous cheap amount of MYR500 per person.
Once the website is running and the registration kit is ready to be downloaded, please fill in ALL the required particulars as there will be no registration desk at the hotel. Important note: There will be no travel services from the airport to the official hotel.
Upon arrival to the official hotel, just check-in, relax and turn up for the opening ceremony which will be held at night. In your respective rooms, you will happily find your goodie bags containing the survival kit for CIMB WUPID 2008. The survival kit will also be emailed to your respective contingent leader.
If you happen to arrive before the day of registration (13 Dec) or specifically after the opening ceremony, please inform me via yunus@hngsc.com or call my cell at +6 016 3521643.
List of the top 30 (The ranking is based on the genius works of Colm Flynn):
Sydney – Oxford – Cambridge – Monash – UC Dublin – Yale – UC Cork – Ateneo De Manila – Queensland – TC Dublin – Hart House – International Islamic University Malaysia – Melbourne – New South Wales – Hong Kong – Uni Tech MARA – Nanyang – Chinese Uni of Hong Kong – Victoria Wellington – La Verne – British Columbia – Alberta – National Uni Singapore – Australian National Uni – Queens – Harvard – Bates College – Int. Christian Uni – Singapore Management Uni – Multimedia Uni Malaysia.
