Winner of WP Policy Challenge 2022 presented the merits of introducing philosophy education in secondary schools

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The Employees’ Get together Youth Wing introduced on Sunday (Nov 13) the winners of this yr’s WP Coverage Problem, congratulating Ms Ng Ziqin, Mr Isaac Neo and Mr Si Yuan.

Ms Ng, who received the problem, “offered a contemporary and compelling argument along with her movement ‘The Deserves of Introducing Obligatory Philosophy Schooling in Secondary Faculties’ and swept up a majority of the favored vote throughout our public voting section,” the WP Youth Wing mentioned in a social media posts.

The posts confirmed WP Members of Parliament Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC) and Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC), along with Ms Nicole Seah, who heads the WP Youth Wing, awarding the three winners.

A brief clip of the problem was additionally posted on the social gathering’s TikTok channel.

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…and that concludes #WPPolicyChallenge 2022! See ya within the subsequent version!

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In a video launched on Sept 28, outstanding leaders of the Employees’ Get together invited Singaporeans aged 40 and beneath to take part on this yr’s WP Coverage Problem.

Ms Seah, a member of the WP’s Central Government Committee (CEC) because the president of the youth wing, Mr Giam, and Assoc Prof Lim issued the invitation to affix WP’s occasion, which came about from Oct 2 to Nov 13.

Mr Giam heads the social gathering’s Coverage Analysis Group, whereas Assoc Prof Lim is its Deputy Head.

The invitation was issued collectively by WP’s Youth Wing and Coverage Analysis Group.

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Our Youth Wing and Coverage Analysis Group invite you to take part in our WP Coverage Problem 2022, which is able to happen from 2 October 2022 to 13 November 2022.Moreover money prizes, you’ll have a chance to work with WP parliamentarians and expertise volunteering for the Coverage Analysis Group. We now have ready 4 broad subjects so that you can select from. In case you consider you may put ahead a strong case and make your concepts depend, participate on this problem!

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The three leaders made up the panel of judges for the occasion, which consisted of three rounds.

Prizes for the winners included money prizes of $500, $300 and $100 for first to 3rd locations respectively, plus WP memorabilia.

“As a Parliamentary Opposition social gathering, we recognize that our function goes past critiquing present insurance policies to offering sound and credible different coverage concepts. On this spirit, we designed this problem to offer youths a style of parliamentary work and debate,” mentioned Mr Giam.

Ms Seah famous within the video that other than the money prizes, individuals will be capable to work with the WP parliamentarians and “get a style of what it’s like volunteering within the WP Coverage Analysis Group.”

Mr Giam, who served as a Non-Constituency MP from 2011 to 2015 earlier than turning into a part of the WP’s Aljunied GRC slate in 2020, mentioned that the panel is trying ahead to individuals’ adjournment movement speeches.

“However be ready to launch a robust defence, as we’ll problem your case,” he warned.

“So in the event you consider you may put ahead a strong case and supply options to our coverage problem, then we invite you to make your concepts depend,” Assoc Prof Lim added. /TISG

WP supporter sporting ‘HAMMER STRENGTH’ shirt cheers Nicole Seah, East Coast WP staff

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