In a video released on Wednesday morning (Sept 28), prominent leaders of the Workers’ Party invited Singaporeans aged 40 and below to participate in the WP Policy Challenge 2022.
Ms Nicole Seah, a member of the WP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) as the president of the youth wing, Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament Gerald Giam, and Sengkang GRC MP Jamus Lim, issued the invitation to join WP’s event, which will take place from Oct 2 to Nov 13.
@thehammertok Our Youth Wing and Policy Research Team invite you to participate in our WP Policy Challenge 2022, which will take place from 2 October 2022 to 13 November 2022.Besides cash prizes, you will have an opportunity to work with WP parliamentarians and experience volunteering for the Policy Research Team. We have prepared 4 broad topics for you to choose from. If you believe you can put forward a robust case and make your ideas count, take part in this challenge!
Mr Giam heads the party’s Policy Research Team, while Assoc Prof Lim is its Deputy Head.
The invitation was issued jointly by WP’s Youth Wing and Policy Research Team.
The three leaders will make up the panel of judges for the event, which consists of three rounds.
Prizes await the top three winners—including cash prizes of $500, $300 and $100 for first to third placers respectively, plus WP memorabilia.
The mechanics of the challenge are as follows:
“As a Parliamentary Opposition party, we appreciate that our role goes beyond critiquing existing policies to providing sound and credible alternative policy ideas. In this spirit, we designed this challenge to give youths a taste of parliamentary work and debate,” said Mr Giam.
Ms Seah noted in the video that aside from the cash prizes, participants will be able to work with the WP parliamentarians and “get a taste of what it’s like volunteering in the WP Policy Research Team.”
Mr Giam, who served as a Non-Constituency MP from 2011 to 2015 before becoming part of the WP’s Aljunied GRC slate in 2020, said that the panel is looking forward to participants’ adjournment motion speeches.
“But be prepared to launch a strong defence, as we will challenge your case,” he warned.
“So if you believe you can put forward a robust case and offer solutions to our policy challenge, then we invite you to make your ideas count,” Assoc Prof Lim added. /TISG