KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysian student Pavit Coran has emerged as the champion in the English Speaking Union (ESU) International Public Speaking Competition held online and virtually on Friday (May 14).
Pavit, a 19-year-old student at Multimedia University in Melaka representing the English Speaking Union of Malaysia (ESUM) beat 35 other participants from 33 countries in the Grand Finals, said ESUM in a statement.
In his five-minute presentation, he spoke about the increasing rate of mental depression worldwide and urged the audience and all governments to sympathise with the issue.
Pavit, who called for action in resolving the problem, said he was "truly ecstatic, grateful and blessed" as he could not believe that he had managed to beat so many of the participants in becoming champion.