Sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Organized by CIE, TECO, CBA, CASPA, NATEA

Date/Time: Saturday, May 17, 2008, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Venue:         Clark Center Auditorium
                      #318 Campus Dr. Stanford University, CA 94035

Fee:             FREE Admission and Refreshment
Language:   English

Agenda:     12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Registration and Networking
                    1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Welcome
                    1:10 pm - 4:50 pm Forum Presentations
                    5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Panel Discussion
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CIE-SF IS ALLOCATED VERY LIMITED SEATS, ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED, PLEASE EMAIL CBSHUNG@YAHOO.COM FOR REGISTRATION

CIE-USA San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is co-sponsoring First Annual Chinese American Speech Contest with World Journal.

Original Persuasive Speech Contest
Topic: "If I were the President of United States" or any other topics
Speech Deliver: 10 minutes or less from memory in English
Speech Material: Must be written by contestant itself
Two Age Groups: High School and College Students
Rules: commonly practiced rules for original oratory & original advocacy in high school speech contests will apply
Chinese American: either farther or mother is a Chinese descent

Dates & Places

Competition:
April 20, 2008 (8:00Am-3:00PM)
World Journal Activity Center, 201 Adrian Road, Millbrae CA 94030, (650)259-2098, (650)259-2045
Award ceremony:
May 4, 2008 (7:00PM-9:00PM)
Dynasty Restaurant, 10123 N. Wolfe Rd, Cupertino CA 95014, (408)996-1680

Awards & Prizes

High School Winners
First Place: $300 check, certificate, visit of Yin's ranch
Second Place: $200 check, certificate visit of Yin's ranch
Third Place: $100 check, certificate, visit of Yin's ranch
4th to 11th Places: Certificate, visit of Yin's ranch

College Winners
First Place: $300 check, certificate, visit of Yin's ranch, and a fully paid 6-week leadership summer camp ($5,000 value) at Washington DC organized by International Leadership Foundation (http://www.ileader.org )
Second Place: $200 check, certificate, visit of Yin's ranch
Third Place: $100 check, certificate, visit of Yin's ranch
4th to 11th Places: Certificate, visit of Yin's ranch

Registration

By April 16, 2008, please download a form from http://www.wjads.com/pr/2008sf_speech/form.html, fill out the registration form and mail it to
World Journal Speech Contest
231 Andrian Rd
Millbrae, CA 94030
(650)259-2098, (650)259-2045

Main Organizers & Contact Information

World Journal:
Mr. Peter Ho, (650)259-2045, peterho@chinesenews .com
Mr. R Y Liu, (408)888-8712, bs@chinesenews. com
Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA:
Dr. An-Yu Kuo, (408)679-1783, aykuo@sbcglobal. net

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