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English Speech Contest “A Message from Asia to the World”

  • Time and Date: Saturday, December 4, 2005 14:00-16:30
  • Venue: Kitakyushu Municipal Gender Equality Center “MOVE” Main Seminar Room
  • Audience: 85 persons


Simultaneous interpretation offered


Themes:
“What Can We Do for the Peace of the World?”
“What Can We Do for the Gender Equality Society?”
*Select one of the above themes.


Judges:
Mr. Shinji Fujimoto (Director, Kitakyushu International Association)
Ms. Stephanie A Weston (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Fukuoka)
Ms. Kuniko Yoshizaki (Professor, Department of English Literature,
Faculty of Literature, Fukuoka Women’s University)
Ms. Yoshiko Misumi (President, Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women)
Ms. Kanthi Wijetunge (KFAW Foreign Correspondent / Sri Lanka)
Ms. Nilima Kulkarni (KFAW Foreign Correspondent / India)


Awards Open Classification: Outstanding Award (1 Person), Excellent Award (1 Person), Special Award (Several Persons)
High School Classification: Outstanding Award (1 Person), Excellent Award (1 Person), Special Award (Several Persons)


World peace is necessary for a secure life. A gender-equality society, where there are no restrictions by gender and everyone is respected as one person, is necessary for the good future of Asia.


What can we do to realize this? In this speech contest, 15 persons from High School Classification and Open Classification expressed their opinions about this topic in English.


Winners
(High School Classification)
Outstanding Award Ms. H. Tanaka
Excellent Award Ms. R. Cho
Special Award Ms. E. Tateishi and Ms. M. Yoshizato
(Open Classification)
Outstanding Award Ms. A. Suga
Excellent Award Ms. G. P. Prabhandhari
Special Award Ms. A. Ono and Ms. N. Takada