We are a non-profit volunteer-run organisation that aims to develop, nurture, and promote debating in Singapore. Together with our volunteers, we reach out to those who have not yet discovered debating, and to those who already love the sport. We help schools, teachers, coaches and students by organising competitions, running training programs and camps, and providing resources for them. We work with partners from all industries who are keen to use debates as a means to achieve their objectives.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is pleased to conduct two inter-school challenges for Budget 2010 – (A) Budget Debate, in partnership with Debate Association (Singapore) and (B) Budget Quiz, in partnership with the NUS Economics Society. 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.
Registration for 2010 has closed. For more information on the competition, please visit the official MOF Budget Debate website.
Meridian Junior College holding a debating competition for Secondary schools on Saturday, 23rd January 2010. It will be held in MJC. All Secondary schools are welcome to join. Each participating school is to send 5 member teams, and the registration fee is $50.00, payable on the day of the competition. For more information, please contact Benjamin Astono
GRAND FINAL
THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NEVER BAIL OUT BIG COMPANIES
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SOMALIA (more…)
1. Decide What You Need From Your Coach
Do you want him/her to coach the school team to win the national championships? Or do you want them to introduce all the students in your debate club to debating? How many hours a week do you want the coach to come down? Once you know what you want in the long term, it’s easier to find the right coach.
Tell Your Prospective Debate Coach:
- What your school’s goals are with respect to debating: Do you want to reach the quarterfinals of Division 1 in the SSDCs? Do you prioritise skills development over achievements in competitions?
- Who you want them to coach: just the debate team? The entire debate club?
- Whether there will be constraints on the number of hours they can coach per month, or whether there will be a limit to how much money they will be paid per month.
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VJC Invitationals 2009 – Grand Finals [click the link for a larger video]
THBT Singapore does not need ASEAN
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[Winner announced in the last comment, along with brief adjudication comments]
PM recently announced a change to our election process that will require all involved political parties to stop campaigning 24 hours before the voting day. The intent, he says, is to give voters “time to reflect on their decisions”. The opposition parties are up in arms, claiming that this will benefit the ruling party (who can use the government civil servant officers as their policy “mouthpieces”) and disadvantage the opposition parties. Others claim that in the age of digital interactive media and the internet, such rules are impractical, a point that PM acknowledges somewhat.
What do you think, fellow debaters? Is Singapore moving a step towards better democratic processes with this measure, or is this a policy doomed to failure? Will it benefit the voters as PM claims, or are we better off with all parties fighting till the very last moment? (more…)
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