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