12th Syaaban - Bahas Piala Ketua Menteri Sarawak 2008 (Final)

St. Joseph had receive a invitation letter to the final Chief Minister Cup Debate 2008. 20 students are selected: 10 students from Form 3 and 10 students from Form 4. From Form 4 was me, Roland Teo, Kelvin Ting, Joel Justin, Mohammad Azri, Mohammad Qamarul, Christ Andra, Adrian Ho, Daryl Tian, and Kelvin Jong.

We went to Auditorium P Ramlee, RTM Kuching at 8.00 am. We was supposed to go there at 7.20. However, the latest news we received stated that the Chief Minister will arrive at 9.50 am (however, it was later than that). We went there with happy feeling, because we will not at the school for the whole day, means that we no need to sit for Biology diagnostic test.

While waiting for the Chief Minister at the auditorium, we did our own work. Some of them playing games, e.g I and Roland playing Bingo game. At 10.00 am, the Chief Minister arrived.

The competing teams for this final was SMK Matang Jaya, Kuching and SMK Marudi, Baram.

SMK Matang Jaya, Kuching (Pencadang)
Pencadang pertama: An'nisa Fatin Farhana bt. Ramlee
Pencadang kedua: Nor Syuhadah bt Ismail
Pencadang ketiga: Mohd. Fizree b. Montgomery

SMK Marudi, Baram (Pembangkang)
Pembangkang pertama: Francis Henry
Pembangkang kedua: Paula Bermas ak. Judan
Pembangkang ketiga: Siti Kethijah bt. Ahad

The topic debated for today was Perpaduan Rakyat Merupakan Penentu Utama Pembangunan Negara. The topic seemed to be easy win for Matang Jaya, but it is not.

During debate, only supporters of SMK Matang Jaya (of courselah from Matang Jaya itself) clapped for SMK Matang Jaya when they finished their turns, while the reast clapped for Marudi, including St. Joe.

Pencadang Pertama: ...merungkaikan, mematahkan hujah pembangkang yang rapuh..
Me: (talked to Roland and Kelvin Ting) hujah kamu sendiri rapuh, nak patahkan hujah orang lain pula..
Roland and Kelvin: (smiled)

The best debater was Francis Henry from SMK Marudi, and the winner for this final was SMK Marudi.

In my opinion, there are a few factors that made SMK Matang Jaya lose to SMK Marudi, including:

1. They 'did not understand fully' BM. Their opponent stated that, "Kami tidak menafikan perpaduan sebagai salah satu penentu pembangunan negara, tetapi kami membangkang bahawa perpaduan rakyat merupakan penentu utama..", but SMK Matang Jaya kept accusing that SMK Marudi denying that the solidarity is not the factors in development of our country.
2. They did not accept the challange from SMK Marudi. Before the opponents finishing their turn, they challanged the governments to answer their questions. However, SMK Matang Jaya did not accept the challange, which then showed that SMK Matang Jaya are very coward.
   
3. SMK Matang Jaya used the wrong fact. They claimed that the Pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall of China were built because of the solidarity of the people in the country. However, actually, the Pyramid of Giza and the Great Wall of China were built forcely by using the slaves as the workers.

After having lunch at RTM, we went back to St. Joe. The last bell was ringing when we arrived there.