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Debate Topics
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This house believe that…
"there is no such thing as a full time parent
anymore"
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This house believes that
“National Education
(as taught in school) has not met its
objectives”.
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This house believes that…
"Homosexuality should be decriminalised in
Singapore"
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This house believes that…
“the Human Organ Transplant Act
(HOTA) in Singapore should not even allow
an ‘opt out’ option”.
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This House believes that…
“the pros of attracting foreign talent into
Singapore far outweigh the cons”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore is a clean and beautiful city only because it pays others
to clean up after itself”.
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This House believes that…
“the education system in Singapore has only managed to produce
scholars but few thinkers”.
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This House believes that…
“the typical Singaporean family
overprotects its children”.
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This House believes that…
“the Singapore society is apathetic to issues
that affect them”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans are unwilling to speak up”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore society has been degraded because of the outsourcing of
parenting”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans are oblivious to the fact
that common property means they own it
too”.
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This House believes that…
“living in a garden city, Singaporeans are
oddly divorced from nature”.
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This House believes that…
"Spore is too small a country to be
environmentally friendly”
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans work long hours but are not necessary the most
productive”.
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This House believes that…
“the Singapore government is the only government that is so
concerned about National Education”.
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This House believes that…
"Singapore censorship laws prevent real
artists from developing"
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This House believes that…
“racial harmony in Singapore can be
more real to avoid a disintegration of our
society”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans should always be given
priority in terms of employment”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans do not participate enough in
the global effort to reduce, reuse and
recycle”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans cannot be really happy as
they are too materialistic”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans complain too much”.
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This House believes that…
“the Singapore military is too weak to be any
real deterrent to a hostile enemy”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans can survive being deprived of electricity and clean water for a fortnight”.
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This House believes that…
“those who can, do while those who can’t,
teach”.
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This House believes that…
“it is too expensive and too much of a bother to bring up a child in
Singapore”.
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This House believes that…
“National Service in Singapore should also
include the girls”.
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This House believes that…
"peaceful public protests should be allowed in Spore"
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This House believes that…
“Singaporean students lack good public speaking skills”.
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This House believes that…
“the Singapore Education system
suppresses the natural desire to freely express one’s views”.
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This House believes that…
“National education should be caught, not
taught”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore economic success involves
maintaining a comparative advantage over other emerging economies”.
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This House believes that…
“Given a choice, most Singaporeans would
rather quit Singapore”.
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This House believes that…
"Spore is not strong enough to survive a
terrorist attack"
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This House believes that…
“Singapore is ready to handle an epidemic like the avian flu”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore youths are apathetic to the
problems facing their country”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore sports is too reliant on foreign
talent”.
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This House believes that…
“there is limited interaction between Singapore and international students in
the Singapore classroom”.
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This House believes that…
“there is not enough medical subsidies for
Singaporeans”.
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This House believes that…
“there is not enough transport subsidies for
Singaporeans”.
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This House believes that…
“there is not enough housing subsidies for
Singaporeans”.
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This House believes that…
“there is not enough education subsidies for Singaporeans”.
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This House believes that…
“there should be more opportunities for Singaporeans to obtain a degree”.
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This House believes that…
“the Singapore government should be cautious in opening a
fourth or fifth university”.
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This House believes that…
“it is absurd for the government to start an Integrated Resort with a world class casino and then put in place an increased
budget for the treatment of gambling addiction”.
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This House believes that…
“the lure of the ‘pink dollar’ in Singapore will undermine the
social and moral fabric of Singapore”.
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This House believes that…
“National Service in Singapore is not necessary because all we need to do is to pay higher salaries for
a regular army”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans outsourcing of parenting to domestic helpers is a viable option to raising
children”.
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This House believes that…
“foreign domestic workers prefer expatriate
employers (especially Caucasian) as they are allowed more freedom”.
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This House believes that…
"Life is good, so there is no role for a political opposition in Spore"
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This House believes that…
“given the economic opportunities or burdens of Singaporean women, their traditional role of stay at home mothers must be
modified”.
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This House believes that…
“Stay at home fatherhood is a good alternative for
families where the mother is a bigger income-earner”.
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This House believes that…
“The climate of fear in Singapore is a very real
threat to the desire for an active citizenry”.
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This House believes that…
“discipline in a child should be initiated at
home”
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This House believes that…
“child discipline should be perceived as an act
of love, not punishment”.
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This House believes that…
"its time to abolish the death penalty in
Spore"
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This House believes that…
“Singapore’s reputation as a ‘FINE CITY’ does
more damage than good”.
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This House believes that…
“what Singapore needs is not another stop
littering campaign but a pick up the litter
campaign”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore has a
First World economy but a Third World
mentality”.
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This House believes that…
“Singapore is at terrible risk of a rise in sea-
level,”.
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This House believes that…
“it is unlikely that Singapore can reverse
its low and declining birth rate”.
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This House believes that…
“the whole concept of Total Defence” is not
workable as few citizens earnestly
believe in it”.
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This House believes that…
“Racial and religious harmony in Singapore
can be more deep-rooted”.
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This House believes that…
“the existing government can sustain social and economic development
for Singapore”.
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This House believes that…
“more opposition parties are needed in
the Singapore government”.
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This House believes that…
“good opposition party members are a rarity in Singapore politics”.
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This House believes that…
“Singaporeans do not appreciate the work
done by the thousands of foreign low wage workers”.
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This House believes that…
“the rules of employment of foreign domestic workers in
Singapore favour only the domestic worker”.
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This House believes that…
“Compulsory National Service for
Singaporean males in Singapore is too long”.
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This House believes that…
“Pre-school education in Singapore should
come under the Ministry of Education”.