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PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

The competition is going to start any minute from now. All the contestants and the guests are
invited to come inside the hall and take your seats. Thank you.

A very good morning to all of you. On behalf of the organising committee, we are pleased to
welcome all of you for this year PUBLIC SPEAKING competition.

I would like to invite all the teachers and pupils to stand up and sing the national Anthem
Negaraku followed by the State Song Ibu Pertiwiku.

To begin our competition, I would like to invite Mr Jalan anak Sugi, the headmaster of Sk Nanga
Wak to give his welcoming speech.

Thank You Mr Jalan Anak Sugi for that wonderful speech.

Now to officiate our ceremony, I would like to invite Mr Merang Anak Barar Anak the
Chairperson for Pakan Zone to give his speech.

Thank you Mr Merang anak Barar for the speech.

Without wasting any of time, I would like to ask for permission to start on the program. For your
information, there are 9 schools altogether who participate in this year public speaking
competition.

Ladies and gentlemen, before we start our competition, Let me introduce to all of you the judges
for today’s competition. The first judge is Mr William Tiong Tuong Tiing as a chief judge. The
next person beside him is Mdm Grace Yip Shan Fan as the second judge and Mr Amin Anak
Seer as the third judge. All the judges’ decisions are final and individual marks will not be
disclosed. The timekeeper for this competition is Mr Romario Ansam.

Let me read to you the competition rules: The competition is divided into two sections, as
follows: Section 1 Prepared speech and Section 2 impromptu speech

For section 1 , contestants are to observe the following rules:

• The contestants should deliver a prepared speech on a topic of their choice for 4 to 6 minutes.

• A warning bell will be sounded at the 5th minute and a final bell at the 6th minute. Marks will
be deducted thereafter.

For section 2, contestants are to observe the following rules:

• The Contestants are given a topic 4 minutes before they are due to present the speech.

• All contestants will cast lot of their own topic

. • The time allocated for the impromptu speech is 3 minutes

• A warning bell will be sounded at the 2nd minute and a final bell at the 3rd minute.

Marks will be deducted thereafter. The judging criteria for both speeches are on two aspects
which are subject matter and the use of the language. The important things are to make sure that
you know your direction and set a focus for your speech.

Now, we shall start the first round of the competition which is prepared speech. *I would like to
remind all the contestants to finish their speeches within the time given which is 4 to 6 minutes.
Under the competition rules, marks will be deducted after 6 minutes. Here are some reminders:
1.Teachers are not allowed to guide and help your students.

2. The audience need to lower down your voices throughout the competition.

3. All the contestants need to project your voice

Let us begin with the first contestant ……………………………………………….. from SK

……………………………………………………with his/her speech entitle
……………………………………………………. #Thank you to ………………………….. for
his/her inspiring speech.

Next, I would like to call upon the second contestant …………………………from

SK…………………………………….. with his/her speech entitle
……………………………………………………. #Thank you to
……………………………………………..

Next, I would like to call upon the third contestant ………………………………………from

SK……………………….……………….with his/her speech entitle
……………………………………………………. #Thank you to ………………………….. for
his/her encouraging speech.

Next, please come to the stage ………………………………from SK………………………..

with his/her speech entitle ……………………………………………………. Thank you to
……………………………………………..

Now, please welcome, the fifth contestant ……………………………………from SK

…………………………………. with his/her speech entitle
……………………………………………………. #Thank you to ………………………….. for
his/her wonderful speech.

The following contestant is……………………………………from

SK………..…………………. with his/her speech entitle
……………………………………………………. #Thank you to ………………………….. for
his/her wonderful speech.
Next, please come to the stage …………………………………from SK……..………….. with
his/her speech entitle ……………………………………………………. #Thank you to
……………………………………………..

Next, I would like to call upon the eighth contestant

……………………………………………from Sk…………………………. with his/her speech
entitle ……………………………………………………. #Thank you to
………………………….. for his/her encouraging speech.

So, we have come to the final contestant, ……………………… from SK ………………..…..

with his/her speech entitle ……………………………………………………. #Thank you to
……………………………………………..

*Now let us have our break for 30 Minutes . All the contestants and teachers are invited for
some light refreshment prepared by the school. We are going to start our second round at 1030
a.m *

Welcome back. We will proceed with the second session of this Public Speaking competition,
the Impromptu Speech.

I would like to remind all the contestants to finish their speeches within the allocated time which
is 3 minutes. Under the competition rules, marks will be deducted after 3 minutes.

Now, Let us begin our impromptu speech session. Everyone in this hall is advised to be seated
accordingly.

Without further ado, I would like to call upon the first contestant to come back to the hall. Please
welcome ………………………………………………,. You may begin your speech # thank you ………………… for
your speech just now. Even within the short period he/she was able to deliver his/her speech
convincingly.

Next, I would like to call upon the second contestant ………………………………………….. Please take your
place on the stage. You may begin ….. #Thank you to ………………………….. for his/her encouraging
speech.

The third contestant for today is ………………………………………………………. Please take your place on
the stage. You may begin ….. #Thank you ………………………….. for his/her encouraging speech.

The next contestant is , …………………………………. You may begin ….. #Thank you to
…………………………..

The fifth contestant, Please take your place on the stage. #Thank you to …………………………..

The following contestant is……………. Your topic for impromptu speech is

……………………………………….. Please take your place on the stage. #Thank you to …………………………..
The next contestant is …………………………... Your topic for impromptu speech is
……………………………………….. Please take your place on the stage. You may begin ….. #Thank you to
…………………………..

The eighth contestant, ………………………….. Please take your place on the stage. You may begin …..
#Thank you to …………………………..

Now I would like to call upon the last contestant ………………………….. Your topic for impromptu
speech is ……………………………………….. You may begin ….. #Thank you to …………………………..

With that, all contestants have delivered their speeches. We are taking a short break to give time to
our honourable judges’ to calculate the marks. The result will be announced shortly.

Now, I would like to pass the microphone to the chief judge to give his summaries on our
contestant’s performance in general. ……Thank You Mr William Tiong Tuong Tiing.

The moment that we had been waiting had arrived. The results are with me. I would like to call upon
Mr Merang Anak Barar together with Mr Jalan Anak Sugi accompanied by Mr Agan Anak Manggan
Senior Assistance of Co-curriculum to present the prizes to the winner….

Without further ado:

The third place goes to ________________________ from SK __________________.

And The second place goes to _____________________ from Sk_________________.

The winner is _______________ from SK _______________________.

Before we end, we would like to acknowledge the importance of the judges who came by and
adjudicate with wisdom to pick the winners for today’s competition. Thus, as a token of appreciation
to the judges I would like to call upon Mr William Tiong Tuong Tiing to receive a souvenirs from the
school, next Mdm Grace Yip Shan Fan and Finally Mr Amin anak Seer. Without their commitments
and wise decisions we would not get the winner for today’s competition.

We hope that this competition will be a sweet memory to all the contestants nevertheless you win or
lose. That’s all for today’s event. On behalf of the organising committees, I would like to apologize if
we have done any mistakes throughout the competition period. I end my duty as an MC for today’s
event and till we meet again. Thank you.

We would like to invite teachers and the participants to have their lunch which had been prepared by
the school’s staff.