SAINTIS 2004

ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION MALAYSIA
(EUSM) NATIONAL -
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC
SPEAKING COMPETITION 2004
‘ Global Independence For Women’s Rights” was my topic for EUSM Public Speaking
Ban remtion 2004 which was able to captivate the audience. Organized by the English Speaking Union
Stoar-T-a ( EUSM ), The Star and HSBC on 4th of April 2004, the competition was open to full time
*bce23 aged between 16 till 20 and was held at three places, the central, northern and southern
map : 2. The first top two winners will be on all expenses paid trip to represent Malaysia in the
msmmional Public Speaking Competition in London. My participation was at Informatic’s Auditorium,
i Her Baru as places for participation in Kuala Lumpur was already fully booked. Having examination
*32 icbate on the run, I had little time to focus on the competition and had to skip my examination to
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The competition saw many talents in public speaking in a total participation of ninety six
precae hum all three regions. During the preliminaiy rounds, my prepared speech was “Global
i: ceyendence For Women’s Rights” for te theme given Borderless world. For my impromptu speech,
rr 2: pic was ‘Languange And Life’for the theme Languange. I found it flattering that the audience
jH_-e very receptive towards my speech. Shockingly, with my only one day preparation, I made it into
7- .'•emi finals. Based on the theme for semi finals Culture, I aimed my speech on letting people know
1 modernization has jeopardized culture under my little ‘Modernization Versus Cultuer’.
One of the judges Mrs Amy Lai Tan, of EUSM was very supportive to all of the participants
*nc even gave us useful tips for our speech. The competition was not only about winning as through
•nr the competition we, the participants made great friends and shared our understanding about
r . : -- speaking. Obviously, many were amused that there was a representative from Terengganu.
■Tmmks to the great support, encouraging help nad never ending trust from my parents, teachers and
T -.zis, I managed to represent the state and school well. The coming year will surely be a blast!
CCEATfltSS LWES
N O T SEtrtG STRONG SOT
THE RIGHT USE O f STRENGTH • .
Prepared by: SANGHEETA PHARY.
SESMA Public Speaker.
Heniy Ward Beecher