Inter-Varsity Mandarin Speaking Competition 2012
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Thursday, 8 November 2012|Chong Ah Kow
Inter-Varsity Mandarin Speaking Competition 2012
Due to globalization, bilingualism becomes a norm these days. Learning a second language would not hinder one’s patriotism towards the country, but it would only enhance one’s capability to understand and communicate with the world. These were the points highlighted by the Honorable Dato’ Hou Kok Chung, Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia during his opening speech at the Inter-Varsity Mandarin Speaking Competition 2012 at UMP. Since Chinese language is now the second most popular language next to English in terms of Internet usage and printed publications, he urged the contesters to continue learning Mandarin in order to benefit from the advanced development of China. |
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| Also present during the opening ceremony were Professor Dr. Yuserrie Zainuddin, Assistant Vice Chancellor, UMP, Professor Dr. Abd Jalil Borham, Dean of Centre for Modern Languages and Human Sciences, Senator Datuk Ng Fook Heng, Dato’ Alex Teh, Tan Kee Seng, East Coast Manager of Sin Chew Daily, Chong Ah Kow, MLCC Coordinator, and Associate Professor Dr. Lim Tick Meng of OUM. Professor Dr. Yuserrie Zainuddin expressed his gratitude to the Honorable Dato’ Hou for his presence and making the event a meaningful one. MLCC’s initiative to hold the competition was praised. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The competition which took place on 6 & 7 November 2012 was held at Astaka, UMP. A total of 46 participants from nine universities competed in three different categories, which were Category A: Mandarin for Chinese, Category B: Mandarin for Non-Chinese with Chinese language educational background and Category C: Mandarin for Non-Chinese without Chinese language educational background. UMP students excelled in both the non-Chinese categories in which the winners were Jamunaa Patchappan for Category B and Fazlin Zainal for Category C. Category A was won by Tan Chi Wee from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
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