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 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.
The National University of Singapore is proud to host the Singapore Debate Open 2009.
It will be a series of 4 prelim rounds on Saturday, with a break to Quarters, Semis and Finals on Sunday. Teams are expected from all over the region, and alumni debaters from top American and British institutions will be participating. This will serve as an excellent opportunity for teams to gear up in preparation for KOC Worlds. We are happy to announce that Sarala Subramaniam and Suthen Thomas (Tate) have agreed to be our Chief Adjudicator and Deputy Chief Adjudicator respectively. The tournament is in the British Parliamentary format. Independent teams are welcome to join as well as Junior College teams (JC team cap is 2). The N=1 rule for judges applies to all teams. (more…)
[posted on behalf of SMU Debating Society - updated to include results]
Hi everybody,
On behalf of the SMU Debating Society, I would like to invite all institutions across Asia (polytechnics, junior colleges and universities) to join us for our annual SMU British Parliament IV’s on the weekend of 24-25th October, 2009. The tournament details are as follows: (more…)