The Chairperson's Script (Debate) : Order of Speakers Name

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The Chairperson’s script (Debate)

 Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to adjudicators, debaters, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the Borneo Zone debate. First, allow me to introduce our debaters for today.
On my right, is the government team. The speakers are ____________, __________,
__________ and ___________. The Opposition team is on my left. The speakers are
__________, __________, __________ and ___________.

 The adjudicators for today debate are ________________________________________.

 Before we proceed, let me explains some of the rules and regulation for today’s debate.
Each speaker may speak for 8 minutes. The timekeeper will ring the bell once after the 1 st
minute and at the end of the 7 th minute to signal the time allocate for Points of Information.
The bell will be rung twice at the end of the 8 th minute to indicate the speaker’s time has
expired.

 A maximum time of 3 minutes will be given to both teams to prepare for Reply Speech.

 During the reply speech, each speaker may speak for 4 minutes. There will be a warning
bell at the 3rd minute to signal that the debater has 1 minute left. And the bell will be rung
twice to indicate the end of the debate. No POIs may be offered during the Reply Speech.

 Giving and taking POIs should be done politely. No heckling or harassment or barracking
is allowed at any time during the debate.

 The motion for today’s debate is:


THAT _________________________________________________________________.

(The chairperson introduces the speakers as their turn comes up.)

Ladies and Gentlemen, now…


Order of speakers Name
st
The 1 Affirmative Speaker, will begin the debate.
The 1st Negative Speaker, will begin their case.
nd
The 2 Affirmative Speaker, will continue their case.
The 2nd Negative Speaker, will continue their case.
rd
The 3 Affirmative Speaker, will conclude their case.
rd
The 3 Negative Speaker, will conclude their case.
 Now, each team will be given 3 minutes to prepare for reply speech.
 The time for preparation has ended.
 Let us hear the first Reply Speech from the opposition team. With that, I would like to call
__________________ to deliver his / her speech. Thank You.
 Now, we will hear the Reply Speech from the Government Team. Mr. /Miss
___________________ from the government team will deliver his / her Reply Speech.
Thank You Government team.

(At the END of the debate, the chairperson announces:)

 We will now allow some time for the adjudicators to make a decision. Please keep quiet.

(After some time, maybe 1 – 2 minutes)

 The result for today’s debate is :


THIS HOUSE ACCEPT / REJECT OUR MOTION TODAY.

 That concludes the debate today. Congratulation to the winning team, thank you very
much and see you again tomorrow.
SARAWAK TEAM
Turn Name REPLY SPEECH
EE REEN JARIP
NANCY NASIEW
KENNETH CHONG WEI THART
MOHANA RAM S/O MURUGIAH
MUHAMMAD DANIAL ASHRAF BIN ABDULLAH

SABAH TEAM
Turn Name REPLY SPEECH

LABUAN TEAM
Turn Name REPLY SPEECH

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