Policy Studies 2009 Preliminaries

9 March 2009

Policy Studies (PS) 2009 is an inaugural debate series targeted at all youths across Singapore. It provides an avenue for youths to analyse local public policies and engage in meaningful crossfire. The proposed theme is “Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in Policymaking”. The competition should prove to be a battle of brains, a war of words. [see policy-studies.blogspot.com]

Cash for Organs?

Policy Studies 2009 committee includes Genim Tan (Director), Cam Anh Emily (Programme Director), See Teng (Marketing Director), Lee Jun Hoong (Logistics Director), Joyce Lee (Liaison Director) and myself as Publicity Director.

At 4pm, together with some helpers from other committees, we set up the rooms to prepare for the policy debate preliminaries. A total of 16 teams of 4 members participated. There were 2 sessions and in each session, there would be 4 ongoing debates.

The first motion was THW (This House Would) abolish the opt-out system of HOTA. I was the Chairperson for the debate in my room. The proposition team was Temasek JC and the opposition was Raffles JC. Enjoyed chatting with my juniors from TJC, but had to be the bad guy to announce that they didn't win the debate.

Smoking in the Yellow Box

The second motion was THW allow organ donors to receive compensation. The proposition was Alpha Lancers (NUS students) and the opposition was Pioneer Junior College. Alpha Lancers won.

2 teams would enter the Grand finals held on the coming Friday, where teams will debate on:

Should Pornography be Legalised in Singapore?