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“We the poor are insulted”
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“A rising tide lifts all boats”
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“They ignored the poor”
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“MNCs are the heart of innovation”
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“Microsoft’s office hasn’t changed much”
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SMEs already have enough help
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“We prefer quality entrepreneurs”
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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)

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2PM
THBT cash handouts should not be given to the unemployed

Prop 1 – ACS (Independent) – MOF
Opp 1 – Nanyang Girls High – Unemployed/Retrenched Workers
Prop 2 – Commonwealth Sec Sch – Tax Payers
Opp 2 – St Hilda’s Secondary Sch – Social Welfare Groups

3PM
This House will increase GST to lower corporate income tax

Prop 1 – Raffles Girls Secondary School – MOF
Opp 1 – Hwa Chong Institution – Consumers
Prop 2 – Outram Sec Sch – Companies
Opp 2 – Bedok South Secondary Sch – Retailers

4PM
This House will continue to bring in more foreign workers to grow the economy

Prop 1 – CHIJ (Katong Convent) – MOF
Opp 1 – St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School – Local Job Seekers
Prop 2 – Anglican High Sch – Employers
Opp 2 – Raffles Institution – General Public

5PM
This House will regulate executive compensation in the banking industry

Prop 1 – Methodist Girls School – MOF
Opp 1 – Temasek Secondary School – Senior Executives in the Banking Industry
Prop 2 – Bukit Panjang Govt High Sch – General Public
Opp 2 – Dunman High Sch – Free Market Economists

JUNIOR COLLEGES/PRE-UNIVERSITY

2PM
This House will impose a carbon tax

Prop 1 – Hwa Chong Institution – MOF
Opp 1 – Anderson Junior College – Companies with high carbon emissions
Prop 2 – Meridian Junior College – Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)/Environmental Groups
Opp 2 – Yishun Junior College – Consumers that need to bear higher costs resulting from the carbon tax

3PM
This House believes in providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) in return for economic gains

Prop 1 – Victoria Junior College – MOF
Opp 1 – River Valley High School – Tax Payers
Prop 2 – Tampines Junior College – Companies
Opp 2 – SJI International – Voluntary Welfare Organizations/NGOs

4PM
This House will increase CPF contribution rates to better help Singaporeans build up their retirement savings

Prop 1 – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) – MOF
Opp 1 – Temasek Junior College – Employers
Prop 2 – St Andrew’s Junior College – MCYS
Opp 2 – Pioneer Junior College – Employees

5PM
This House will increase spending on global events like the F1

Prop 1 – Raffles Instituition (Junior College) – MTI
Opp 1 – Anglo-Chinese Junior College – Tax payers/General Public
Prop 2 – Dunman High School – Tourism Industry
Opp 2 – National Debate Team – MOF (non-breaking)

Registration for 2010 has closed. For more information on the competition, please visit the official MOF Budget Debate website.

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.

Results of SDO2009:

The Singapore Debate Open 2009 was held over the past weekend. 58 teams from Singapore and around the region competed in four preliminary rounds, quarters, semis and finals.

The results are:
Winners: Team Satya (Satya Venugopal & Ashok Kumar Rai)
Finalists: WSDC B (Ng Liki & Adil Hakeem), SPIT A (Aji & Shoaib “Kandahar” Rahim), IIUM A (Tasneem Elias & Ervina Samilin)
Semi-finalists: DSLU A (Dino de Leon & Nico Tuason), NUS A (Ang Wee Jian & Neha Prakash), NUS B (Sadhana Rai & Robin Teo), NUS C (Imran Rahim & Nabila Binte Zahur)

Satya from Team Satya was named best speaker of the Grand Finals.

Top 10 Speakers for the tournament:
1. Satya Venugopal (Team Satya)
2. Kamika Jha (NTU C)
3. Ashok Kumar Rai (Team Satya)
3. Arvind Raghavan (NTU C)
3. Parvathy Prem (NTU B)
5. Anindya (NTU B)
5. Ang Wee Jian (NUS A)
5. Lee Jia Wei (WSDC C)
9. Jayesh Kannan (NTU A)
9. Neha Prakash (NUS A)

Motions:
Round 1: THW ban singles from becoming parents
Round 2: THW punish poachers and traders of endangered species in the same way as murderers
Round 3: THW cap executive compensation for all publicly listed companies
Round 4: THBT the United States should support and recognise a unilateral declaration of independence by the Palestinian Authority
Quarters: THW establish a quota for parliamentary elections for candidates under the age of 35
Semis: THBT the Western world should intervene in support of the student-led protests in Iran
Finals: THW ban parents from indoctrinating their children with their religion

Registration is S$25 per debater/adjudicator.
Final registration is by 15 November 2009. The team cap is 60 so do register early!
To register or for more information, please email singaporedebateopen2009@gmail.com.

For registration, please include these details for both yourself and your partner:
1) Full Name
2) Contact number
3) Email address
4) Institution
5) Dietary requirement (if any)

For institutions registering more than one team, we request that you consolidate your registration before submission.

For overseas teams, do write to us if you need help with accommodation for your time in Singapore. While we do not offer accommodation for any teams, we will be happy to assist you in looking for affordable accommodation. We look forward to seeing more overseas teams.

Host: NUS Debate Team
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:30am & Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 7:30pm
Location: National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Street: 469 Bukit Timah Road
City/Town: Singapore
Contact: singaporedebateopen2009@gmail.com

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:

Registration fee:
Debaters and Adjudicators: S$15 / pax
Observers: S$20 / pax
Tournament cap: 40 teams

A detailed schedule is available at the link below. We encourage you to register your teams and adjudicators as soon as possible by following the link below; the deadline is 18th October, 2009. While we do not guarantee accommodation, we will be glad to help you with any special requests (you can email us at smuds@sa.smu.edu.sg)

We look forward to seeing you soon at the SMU BP IV’s.

Sincerely,
Jennifer King
Secretary of Events
SMU Debating Society

Tournament Schedule:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddgzmt9k_2ccr9kggc

Registration Link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?key=tFexzxuGQAviiJWu2q6_h2w

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Competition Results:

Champions – NTU B (Anindya Dutta and Parvathy Prem)

Best Speaker – Neha Prakash (NUS A)

Grand Finals Motion: TH affirms the inherent right of each person to freely choose the method of their own death.

Finalists:

NUS A (Neha Prakesh and Ang Wee Jian)

SMU A (Shrawan Saraogi and Carlo Cabrero)

SMU B (Priya Raghavan and Pranav Bajoria)

NTU B (Anindya Dutta and Parvathy Prem)

Semi-Finals Motion: THBT fines imposed should be proportional to the wealth of the offender.

Semi-Finalists:

NUS E (Mark Cordiner and Alex Yeo)

NUS D (Ashok Rai and Alvin Tan)

NTU E (Sathya and Amos)

SMU C (Vikram Lakothia and Jie Lin Tan)