UI wins English debate contest

UI wins English debate contest

SURABAYA: The University of Indonesia (UI) won the third
Indonesian Varsities English Debate (IVED) contest here after an
all-UI final.

Team manager Ria Nuri Dharmawan said on Monday the trio of
Idauli Hutasoit, Adhy Poetra Al-Hosen and Puguh Priambodo beat
their university colleagues of Florence Yohana, Firliana Purwanti
and Dyah Yasmina in the debate on Saturday on how to change the
old system of democracy in the world.

Idauli and company insisted that western countries "must
change their ways to foster democracy in developing countries
through friendlier approaches rather than imposing trade
sanctions".

They won the Minister of Education and Culture and IVED
trophies plus Rp 1 million in cash.

Firliana Purwanti, an UI law student class of 1996, was named
the best speaker in the event hosted by Petra Christian
University.

Thirty-three teams from 18 universities joined the annual
debate that uses the Australasian parliamentary format, in which
each member of a team is given seven minutes to speak.

The contest will move to the Bandung Institute of Technology
next year. (edt)