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.
Google’s Street View application was launched in Singapore in Dec 2009, providing free virtual-tour/photo-mapping for all of Singapore using their special camera-mounted cars. Read the Singapore article here.
Internationally, this free service has caused much dismay and concern. Some privacy advocates are worried that the service is an intrusion that citizens cannot “opt out” of – even if you do not want your house to be photographed, there is nothing legally preventing Google from doing so. Security officials are even more worried – would this tool allow terrorists and criminals to plan their attacks better? This side of the argument feels that Google needs to be stopped today – because as the photography resolution gets better in a few years, Google Street View will be able to take high-resolution images of people changing in their apartments, or even clear photographs of barcodes on the ID tags of security guards for criminals to copy.
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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
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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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