The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has, for the second time, run the Inter-School Budget Debate Challenge. Through the competitions, MOF hopes to promote greater student awareness of the Budget and public financing issues. MOF looks forward to invigorating debates and participation from debaters as well as quiz contestants.
The preliminary rounds for Secondary Schools and Junior Colleges were held on the 27th and 28th of January respectively. The videos for the debates are available at Razor TV – watch them to see how the teams did!
Razor TV Video: MOF Inter-school Budget Debate Prelims (Sec Sch)- 27 Jan 2010
Razor TV Video: MOF Inter-school Budget Debate Prelims (Pre-U)- 28 Jan 2010
The results are as follows: (winning teams are in listed in bold) (more…)
The National University of Singapore (NUS) Debate Team is proud to convene the NUS Challenge Shield (NCS) on the 20th of February and the 27th of February 2010. The NUS Challenge Shield is traditionally one of the most challenging and prestigious tournaments in the local debate calendar, and this year’s tournament promises to be one of the best.
We would like to congratulate your institution for ranking as one of the top teams in the country over the past year and would like to cordially invite you to take part in our tournament. We are currently in the process of recruiting high quality adjudicators and crafting thought provoking and challenging motions, and with the participation of the top teams in the country such as yours, the NUS Challenge Shield 2010 will definitely be one of the most exciting tournaments of the year.
The full details, schedule, rules and registration form are enclosed – NCS Invitation JC. However for your convenience, we will highlight the important details in this e-mail as well.
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UWCSEA (United World College of South East Asia) is currently looking for a coach with some experience to train the members of our Debating Group, mainly in preparation for competitions, both external and internal. Training takes place on Mondays from 3pm – 5pm until June 2010, but the day could be changed from August onwards. The number of sessions may increase during competition period. Fees are negotiable. Interested candidates should please contact Ms. Sophie Duncker by email: sdu@uwcsea.edu.sg
Siglap Secondary School is looking for an experienced debate coach to lead our Div III team through the Inter-schools Debating Competition.
You should be available on Tuesday afternoons and on competition days.
Please contact Leanna
The Temasek Junior College U-16 Debate Invitationals was held on the 16th of January 2010.
The 3 preliminary round motions were as follows:
THW legalise performance enhancing drugs
THBT professional sportsmen are paid too much
THBT junk food companies should not be allowed to sponsor sporting events
The 4 teams who advanced to the Semi-Finals were: (in no particular order)
Raffles Institution
Hwa Chong Institution
Catholic High School
St Joseph’s Institution
The Semi-Finals & Finals were held on the 22nd of January 2010.
The Semi-Finals motion was:
THBT paralympians should not be denied the opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games
Catholic High bt. Hwa Chong Institution
Raffles Institution bt. St Joseph’s Institution
The finals motion was:
THBT Greece should be designated as the permanent host of the Olympic Games
Catholic High bt. Raffles Institution
Congrats to Catholic High, Champions of the TJC U-16 Invites 2010!
Dear Adjudicators,
We are approaching the start of another year full of exciting debate competitions. I know all of you learned a lot from your days as student debaters, and may have moved on now to bigger and more exciting adventures – but we still need you! Without the time and effort of our volunteer adjudicators, we would not be able to run any debate competitions at all. While we hope to continue training new adjudicators, I’m sure you remember how important it was for senior judges (especially those in university or working already) to come back and judge debates (and wow all the young debaters). I am thus asking you to please, please, spend a few minutes to fill up the form below and volunteer to adjudicate at the upcoming competitions.
To make it easier for adjudicators to turn up on time (especially for the 6pm SSDC prelim debates), DA(S) will be providing some limited taxi reimbursement. Details will be provided by email. If there is anything else we can do to make it easier for you to volunteer your time, please let us know.
Every year, after the SSDC prelim rounds end at about 9:30pm, some of the older judges and coaches head out and mingle over some snacks and drinks. This year, we want to encourage more of our adult judges and coaches (over-18) to join us after every prelim round. We will announce the venue for our little social event over email and remind everybody on the day itself. Let’s all get to know each other a little better this year. 
Adjudicator Request Form
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Social
1)This house believes that the ideals of sport are dead.
2)This house would ban all advertising of alcoholic drinks.
3)This house believes that all forms of gambling should be made illegal.
4)This house supports school uniforms.
5)This house would abolish examinations.
6)This house believes that tobacco companies should pay compensation to individuals.
7)This house regrets the power of the Internet.
8)This house believes that the media has become too powerful.
9)This house believes that free speech should never be restricted.
10)This house believes that English should be the universal language.
International Relations
1)This house believes that the United States is a positive force in the modern world.
2)This house believes that the environmental movement has failed.
3)This house believes that the poor are victims of globalisation.
4)This house believes that United Nations peacekeeping has failed.
Politics
1)This house believes that politicians should only be allowed to serve in office for a limited period of time.
2)This house believes that our leaders should pay more attention to public opinion.
3)This house believes that the state should fund national elections.
Legal
1)This house believes in trial by jury.
2)This house supports the death penalty.
3)This house would televise criminal trials.
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