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Malaysia UADC 2022
2022-06-01 · Malaysia · AP
Part of the United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) series →
Motions from this series
Malaysia UADC 2022 (2022)48 motions
- Round 1This house believes that developing countries should implement the Digital Nomad Tax-Free Plan
- Round 1As an aspiring entrepreneur, this house would abandon the pursuit of building an enterprise in favor of working in corporate
- Round 1This house supports the rise of quiet quitting
- Round 2This house believes that the Biden administration has done more harm than good for the Democratic Party
- Round 2This house, as a politician from a minority community in the USA, would prioritize reforming economic policies over social policies.
- Round 2As an up and coming young Republican politician, this house opposes the repealing of Roe vs Wade
- Round 3This house believes that newly-established democracies should have laws restricting academic freedom
- Round 3This house believes that educational models should prioritize intrinsic over extrinsic motivation
- Round 3This house supports Kathmandu Metropolitan City's decision to mandate Nepal Bhasa classes in school
- Round 4This house, as the Indian trans community, would choose to actively disassociate from the mainstream LGBTQ+ movement in India
- Round 4As Black and Latinx queer community, this house regrets the resurgence of house music in modern pop culture
- Round 4As an Asian LGBTQ+ individual, this house regrets the portrayals of the BL genre in Asian media
- Round 5This house supports the rise of all-female e-sports teams
- Round 5This house regrets the prioritization of customary practice in sports
- Round 5This house, as Daniel Ricciardo, would choose to renew his contract with Red Bull
- Round 6This house believes that corporations' focus on ESG has done more harm than good to the environment
- Round 6This house believes that environmental movements should denounce green energy that harms the environment as opposed to supporting all green energy
- Round 6This house believes that Green Parties in Europe should shift to actively supporting the use of nuclear energy
- Round 7This house supports a transition to a federalist government in the Phillippines
- Round 7This house would require a significant portion of Ministers pay in Singapore to be based on their ministerial performance as determined by the citizenry
- Round 7This house opposes the Malaysian Parliament's decision to pass the anti-party hopping law
- Round 8This house supports Relationship Minimalism
- Round 8This house, as a person seeking a long term relationship, would refuse to use dating apps
- Round 8This house supports the rising trend of intellectualizing emotions
- Double-OctofinalsThis house supports a norm where parents are financially transparent to their children
- Double-OctofinalsThis house, as parents in Hong Kong, would encourage their children to develop support for the Chinese government (e.g. enrolling in Mandarin classes, attend universities in the mainland, take part in Chinese cultural celebrations)
- Double-OctofinalsThis house believes that minority parents should primarily practice free range parenting as opposed to helicopter parenting
- OctofinalsThis house regrets feminine anger being seen as justified only in the cases where it is socially productive (e.g. anger during protests), as opposed to being inherently justified independent of outcome
- OctofinalsThis house believes that feminist movements should support femcels
- OctofinalsThis house believes that Western feminists' engagement with protests in Iran has done more harm than good
- QuarterfinalsThis house believes that Japan should actively oppose future iterations of the Ulchi-Freedom Shield initiative
- QuarterfinalsAs Hamas, this house would actively oppose the PIJ
- QuarterfinalsThis house believes that it is in the interest of Saudi Arabia to align with China as opposed to the US
- SemifinalsThis house supports a widespread adoption of intellectual property rights as loan collateral
- SemifinalsIn light of recent increase in energy prices, this house believes that GCC states should aggressively increase government spending.
- SemifinalsThis house supports Dubai's rise as a global financial hub.
- Grand FinalThis house opposes the Arctic Council's decision to suspend joint activities, including scientific and technological research exchanges, with Russia.
- Grand FinalThis house opposes "Sanas"
- Grand FinalThis house supports the concept of a Network State
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis house believes that Japan should actively oppose future iterations of the Ulchi-Freedom Shield initiative
- EFL QuarterfinalsAs Hamas, this house would actively oppose the PIJ
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis house believes that it is in the interest of Saudi Arabia to align with China as opposed to the US
- EFL SemifinalsThis house supports Dubai's rise as a global financial hub.
- EFL SemifinalsThis house supports a widespread adoption of intellectual property rights as loan collateral
- EFL SemifinalsIn light of recent increase in energy prices, this house believes that GCC states should aggressively increase government spending.
- EFL FinalsThis house supports expanding the number of permanent members in the UN Security Council
- EFL FinalsThis house supports the recent resurgence of the 'pink wave' in Latin America
- EFL FinalsThis house prefers a world where political philosophy is predominantly based on pragmatism as opposed to predominantly being based on egalitarianism
UADC 2021 (2021)48 motions
- Round 1This house believes that universities should primarily consider teaching ability and performance rather than research outputs when awarding tenure and allocating academic funding
- Round 1This house believes that universities should not accept research funding and scholarships from corrupted / problematic organizations and donors
- Round 1This house regrets the increasing trend of universities in Asia partnering with global western universities (e.g. Yale-NUS, MIT-SUTD)
- Round 2This house believes that feminist movements in developing nations should deprioritise the strategy of advocating for carceral feminism
- Round 2This house regrets the glorification of women's resilience
- Round 2Assuming the technology exists, this house would allow minority women of colour, with no affinity to their gender and race, to alter their identity to that of the majority gender and race
- Round 3This house regrets western institutions' push for market liberalisation
- Round 3This house would ban collateralized loan obligations
- Round 3This house would ban private sector management of pension funds
- Round 4This house would require social media users to verify their identities before creating an account (e.g. provide proof of identity and documentation)
- Round 4This house regrets the rise of digital currencies
- Round 4Assuming technology exists, this house would operationalize the entire Criminal Justice System (e.g. Judges, Juries etc.) using Artificial Intelligence
- Round 5This house would actively discourage home-ownership
- Round 5This house opposes the norm that individuals should "see the best in others"
- Round 5This house regrets the culture of fearing death
- Round 6This house supports progressives abandoning political moralism
- Round 6This house believes that environmentalists should put a monetary value on ecosystem functions
- Round 6This house, as pride event organizers, would actively work with corporations that adopt rainbow capitalism
- Round 7This house regrets the signing of the AUKUS pact
- Round 7This house believes that the CPTPP should accept China's application
- Round 7This house believes that it is in the interests of India to officially recognize the Taliban regime of Afghanistan
- Round 8This house, as the parents, would not have children
- Round 8In states with failing adoption homes / numbers, this house would put a moratorium on IVF clinics
- Round 8As a parent from a minority community, this house would teach their children to pursue a mediocre but satisfactorily happy life over a life which involves a constant pursuit of excellence and the extraordinary
- Partial Double-OctofinalsThis house regrets China's focus on "Common Prosperity'
- Partial Double-OctofinalsThis house would prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies to open business in their regions
- Partial Double-OctofinalsThis house prefers individuals seeking maximum material gain as opposed to meaning / fulfilment from their work
- OctofinalsThis house, as the parent, would not give their consent
- OctofinalsThis house welcomes research that seeks to transfer human consciousness into simulations, computers, and artificial intelligence
- OctofinalsThis house would choose to be born in Fantasia over Earth
- QuarterfinalsThis house believes that the Naftali Bennet administration is in the best interest of the Middle East
- QuarterfinalsThis house supports Gulf States intervening in Ethiopia
- QuarterfinalsAs a prominent Pro-Palestine journalist in the west covering the conflicts in Israel-Palestine, this house would choose not to focus on Hamas' role in the escalation of the conflict
- SemifinalsThis house prefers a world where individuals live in recognition of their moral flaws as opposed to a convenient morality
- SemifinalsThis house opposes fallen soldiers believing their deaths would be meaningful
- SemifinalsThis house supports the narrative that current generations have a duty to protect the rights of future generations who do not exist yet
- Grand FinalThis house prefers a world where religions actively preach the concept of the Divine Gift
- Grand FinalThis house believes that religious leaders should abandon the narrative that difficulties in life are "tests of God"
- Grand FinalThis house believes that moderate Muslims should refrain from attempting to reclaim the term jihad in the aftermath of terrorist attacks
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis house regrets the rise of shows/films which involve mental suffering and self-harm (e.g. Bojack Horseman, Black Swan, 13 Reasons Why)
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis house, as WWE, would induct Chris Benoit in the WWE Hall of Fame
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis house believes that contemporary black film makers should actively create films which embrace blaxploitation
- EFL SemifinalsThis house, as the Catholic Church, would abolish the papal conclave and select its succeeding Popes through an election among all its members (i.e. its religious followers)
- EFL SemifinalsThis house prefers a world where Islam has its own central authority (e.g. The Pope or the Magisterium in Catholicism)
- EFL SemifinalsThis house believes that religious organisations should excommunicate members who commit serious crimes against society
- EFL FinalsThis house supports the strategy of activists publicly shaming those who do not actively denounce problematic individuals
- EFL FinalsThis house believes that it is a legitimate tactic for activists to launch campaigns of personal attacks/insults at the family members of corrupt politicians
- EFL FinalsThis house prefers a narrative of collective blame for ethnic divides within a community, rather than the blame being placed exclusively on institutions or externalities
UADC 2020 (2020)48 motions
- Round 1THBT human beings have a moral responsibility to preserve the ecology of earth, even at the expense of their own survival.
- Round 1In developed countries, THW increase the tax on the use of non-renewable energy sources to be equivalent to the cost of the closest renewable energy source.
- Round 1TH, as a developing country, would choose to deprioritise economic modernisation in favour of the Gross National Happiness Index.
- Round 2This House would make entry into university based on a lottery after passing a basic high school exam
- Round 2THW not allow colleges to recruit students using sports scholarships
- Round 2THW impose a cap on university endowments, in favour of directing the money towards grants given to individual professors/researchers.
- Round 3This House regrets India's withdrawal from the RCEP
- Round 3This House, as India, would aggressively fund the Pakistan Democratic Movement
- Round 3This House, as the Hijra community, would embrace the mythology surrounding them
- Round 4THBT the Democrats in the United States should focus their political efforts into swinging moderate and conservative voters in traditionally 'Red' states (e.g. Arkansas, Utah, Mississippi etc.), as opposed to galvanising their existing voter bases.
- Round 4This House, as the Biden Administration, would continue the trade war with China
- Round 4This House, as the Justice Democrats, would leave the Democrat Party and make their own party
- Round 5This House would subsidize the use and development of psychedelics-based therapy as a treatment to those with prolonged PTSD and depressive symptoms
- Round 5This House, as religious organisations, would actively encourage followers to consume hallucinogens and psychedelics for religious/spiritual/mystical events
- Round 5In areas with significant amount of illegal trade and production of drugs, this House believes that the state should legalise and aggressively produce and sell drugs.
- Round 6This House, as Abiy Ahmed, would abandon attempts at creating the proposed Prosperity Party and reinstate the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)
- Round 6This House regrets Juan Guaidó's decision to boycott the Venezuelan elections
- Round 6This House regrets the rise of the Turkish Pan-Islamist Media
- Round 7This House regrets the feminist cult of personality surrounding female leaders from prominent political families in developing countries
- Round 7This House, as a female executive in a male-dominated industry, would give preferential treatment to female subordinates
- Round 7This House regrets the de-politicization of the drag culture
- Round 8This House believes that the World Bank should hold major government enterprises as collateral while issuing loans to countries who have a track record of corruption
- Round 8This House believes that the post-COVID economic resuscitation plans of Asian countries in weaker economic positions should heavily focus on local production of real sector goods (agriculture and manufacture) instead of on services or international trade
- Round 8In countries with large agricultural sectors, this House believes that the state should impose strict regulations to determine the output and best practices for local farmers
- Open Partial Double OctasThis House would compel giant social media and instant messaging platforms (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.) to demand a much higher threshold of identification and verifiability from their users
- Open Partial Double OctasThis House regrets the rise of the influencer business model
- Open Partial Double OctasThis House regrets social-media-based self-disclosure groups for mental health
- Open OctofinalsThis House, as Saudi Arabia, would look for stronger ties with China at the expense of USA
- Open OctofinalsThis House believes that closer Arab-Israeli ties are in the best interest of Palestinians
- Open OctofinalsThis House, as the Likud Party, would not field Benjamin Netanyahu in the event of an upcoming election
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis House, as an ordinary believer of a monotheistic religion, would choose to believe in religious pluralism over religious inclusivism
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis House believes that left-wing political movements should heavily support the re-interpretation of religious stories (of prophets, miracles, parables, and verses) to justify pragmatic economic goals such as wealth redistribution
- EFL QuarterfinalsThis House prefers a world in which the conception of sin in Abrahamic religions is entirely a result of human agency as opposed to temptation of the devil
- Open QuarterfinalsThis House, as an ordinary believer of a monotheistic religion, would choose to believe in religious pluralism over religious inclusivism
- Open QuarterfinalsThis House believes that left-wing political movements should heavily support the re-interpretation of religious stories (of prophets, miracles, parables, and verses) to justify pragmatic economic goals such as wealth redistribution
- Open QuarterfinalsThis House prefers a world in which the conception of sin in Abrahamic religions is entirely a result of human agency as opposed to temptation of the devil
- EFL SemifinalsTHP that the main opposition leader in authoritarian countries to be individuals with a strong background in politics and governance over working class commoners
- EFL SemifinalsTHR the use of the narrative of successful colonial resistance by political parties for political gain
- EFL SemifinalsTHBT opposition parties in authoritarian democracies should actively prioritise their militant wings over their political wings
- Open SemifinalsTHP that the main opposition leader in authoritarian countries to be individuals with a strong background in politics and governance over working class commoners
- Open SemifinalsTHR the use of the narrative of successful colonial resistance by political parties for political gain
- Open SemifinalsTHBT opposition parties in authoritarian democracies should actively prioritise their militant wings over their political wings
- EFL Grand FinalThis House believes that progressive movements should opt to aggressively fund think-tanks with the explicit goal of shifting the Overton Window, at the expense of grassroots mobilisation in the form of protests and riots.
- EFL Grand FinalThis House prefers guilt society over shame society
- EFL Grand FinalThis House regrets the pervasiveness of colonial determinism in discourse surrounding African development and politics
- Open Grand FinalIn developing countries with weak civil-military control, THS the use of mandatory conscription.
- Open Grand FinalIn post-colonial states, THS militaries with strong nationalist ideologies over militaries that see themselves as autonomous, professional bodies.
- Open Grand FinalIn countries with weak central governance, THP urban-based civil society-supported military coups.
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29% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 7 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.3.
Last edition: 35 of 110 teams broke.
- 20206 pts · 78.5 speaks29/107
- 20217 pts · 78.5 speaks28/101
- 20227 pts · 77.8 speaks35/110
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- Open break35 teams
- EFL break11 teams
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