Malaysia ABP 2023: In Review
The Asian British Parliamentary Debating Championship (ABP) is historically the largest annual inter-varsity British Parliamentary debating tournament in Asia. The ABP holds debates in the British 2-on-2-on-2-on-2 format Parliamentary Debating, with the first iteration held in 2009.
MIDP & Taylor’s University bid to host the Asian British Parliamentary on 27th January 2023 & was officially appointed the hosts of Malaysia ABP 2023 on 1st March 2023
TOP 10 Judges
Overall Best Judge: Udai Kamath (University of Sydney Union, Australia)
Overall Best Judge: Tobi Leung (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
3rd Best Judge: Pranav Kagalkar (Government Law College, India)
4th Best Judge: Tan Yao Kun (Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore)
5th Best Judge: Matthew Toomey (University of Sydney Union, Australia)
6th Best Judge: Devashish Trivedi (Jindal Global Law School, India)
7th Best Judge: Charlie Ryan (University of Sydney Union, Australia)
7th Best Judge: Mikkel Neri (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
9th Best Judge: Minami Matsushima (Osaka, Japan)
9th Best Judge: Jordyn Gibson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
TOP 10 EFL Best Speaker
Overall Best Speaker: Youngwoo Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
2nd Best Speaker: Ricky Jin (Peking University, China)
3rd Best Speaker: Haeseong Pyun (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
4th Best Speaker: Ray Wang (Peking University, China)
5th Best Speaker: Bobby Ongkojoyo (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia)
6th Best Speaker: Ngô Minh Kiên (Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam)
6th Best Speaker: Reinhart Timothy Antonio Siregar (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
8th Best Speaker: Batara Mulya (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia)
8th Best Speaker: Sunghyun Park (Seoul National University, South Korea)
8th Best Speaker: Terre Thierry Timothy (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
TOP 10 Open Best Speaker
Overall Best Speaker: Luigi Alcañeses (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
Overall Best Speaker: Bea Legaspi (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
3rd Best Speaker: Shireen Ali (Sunway University, Malaysia)
4th Best Speaker: Beatrice Cuizon (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
4th Best Speaker: Cavan Tay (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
6th Best Speaker: Rivaldo Aquino (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
7th Best Speaker: Youngwoo Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
7th Best Speaker: Ha Duy Thanh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
7th Best Speaker: Lois Naomi Ang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
10th Best Speaker: Wayne Lim (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
10th Best Speaker: Raymond Kimura (Sunway University, Malaysia)
EFL Grand Finals
- Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
- Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
- Keio Debate Squad, Japan
EFL Champion
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Open Grand Finals
- University of the Philippines Diliman
- Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
- Peking University, China
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
OPEN Champion
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
CAP Team
CAP Team
Core Adjudication Panel
From Left: Asif Mehedi (Bangladesh), Kavindra Senaratna (Singapore / Sri Lanka), Srijan Poudel (Nepal), Catherine Alicia Nathan (Malaysia), Aayana Rai Bhojani (India), Ellie Stephenson (Australia), David Africa (Philippines)
Tab Team
Tab Team
From Left: (On behalf of) Andree Chandra (Indonesia), Wesley Pu (Malaysia)
Equity Team
Equity Team
From Left: Minami Matsushima (Japan), Pranav Kiran Kagalkar (India)
Language Team
Language Team
From Left: Kotaro Yoshida (Japan), Devashish Trivedi (India), Clairene Tan (Singapore)
Conveners
Conveners
From Left: Salleh Nidzam (Assistant) & Yan Cheng (Convener)
Countries Participating
ABP in the News
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