in in err in becoming a police officer or in becoming a a scientists or in becoming an artist so it's like different people have different minds and concepts of what they want to achieve in err in the future, yeah and schools and education should actually be like


err err a stepping ground for them to assist err to elevate their their best interest at a certain subject rather than having all learning the same way you know, ya


okay okay for for for example when you mentioned that err okay you have to be quiet you have to raise your hand in order for you to talk right like err okay when teacher is talking you cannot err you you cannot talk back or you cannot answer the teacher you need to ask but the thing is that now


during the millennials right they are not that way they are their, their learning skills and their , uh knowledge skills is so different than the the the like the, previous batches okay it's like


err for example err err the students will be like giving given their time err around music studio to find something okay for example rather than err okay you just go in the class and then you sit down and listen to teacher okay teacher will teach you english your teacher will teach you err science but instead of just okay textbook teaching right you should open up


to to , you should open up to another style of teaching rather than just textbook teaching like for for example if you want to teach music you you don't just go inside okay come let's bring a a a music recorder flute okay everyone will need to start with a music recorder flute but


not all students would be able to pick up that music recorder flute, other than that they would just they would just turn around and and see oh maybe I could play with the piano or maybe I could start with a drum, yeah yeah so it's it's just like they need to find something that they're interested in and move forward with it rather than you just like enforce them you know


, and when you say when you say sorry when you say just now with regards to the business right err conformity is business but you forgot to err you forgot to mention or you forgot to say that it's not about business itself in life there is a lot of aspects you won't want to go about business policeman is not about business


or you you have your uh your err err if you are a delivery rider or you're or you are a delivery man you don't need business or you didn't need conformity what


basically they need to be street-smart rather than textbooks smart, discipline and moral values be able to start from home, you don't need school to teach that


they can assist that's why I say it's a stepping ground to assist its not okay by by by you saying that it's a conformity that everything should be able to err setback okay err everything should be done in this way this way but it's not something that


the current students or or the students the futures students be able to accept


okay basically when you say about err err conformity at the end of it you just want a a same product but, not okay we are talking about students right definitely students have parents so not all parents want the same product the the same end products as other parents err kids


like for them they might know that okay my my my kid err be able to uh success uh in arts or my kids be able to success in certain subject rather than you have them studying everything in one err syllabus


ya you see this is the this is the, part of having conformity because you would have this kind of err err what do you call that unnecessary negative err vibes to the parents giving that oh okay I should be better than these student I should be better than this these students on this err err err


subject if they can do this subject I also can do this subject but the thing is, instead of having that thoughts instead of having that a negative err thinking they should actually be be positive in saying that oh it's it should be they they are only able to do err err able to excel in in that particular particular subject


but my kids are able to excel in maybe a non education subject,


okay I I wouldn't have to what do you call that


I wouldn't have to oppose err all of it but I would opposed to some of it like okay you don't have to be err having conformity throughout their education life you know you should actually , you should actually have that conformity in in just a in a in a short period of time and to know where you you'll be able to stop and after that err move on forward to the modern society rather than you err follow through everything


ya because nowadays I think there's a lot of err students err a lot of err graduates who actually go err a different path and a lot of them are do actually opposed to the the current system yeah


err because err okay err most probably most probably right is because that err they felt err it's being they're being like a robot you know, follow through okay I have this order I need to go through this thing I need to follow through but some kids or some students they don't go they don't follow through that particular pattern they have their individual pattern which they can actually err


get that same okay for example I I have this err example okay I have these two person okay this two person they they go on the same err they go on the same they they were be given the same uh work or they be given the same subject to to


to learn and then err do and homework too but for example he has four hours to complete it, so this four hours within that four hours right doesn't mean that the both of their students have err to follow through okay I have to do this I I need to finish by this four hours I need to err get it done but


the way that they're doing it right is they have their own different capabilities in uh completing the err subject or completing the homework, rather than okay he have maybe err he can complete it by one hour let's say one of the students can complete by one hour the other complete like like


four hours dilly dilly dallying his time where he he is able and capable to err submit everything within err one hour so it's it's it's all depends on individual again yeah


okay yeah I would opposed to that because like I say err


the timetable to it right is for for current system the timetable to to the conformity of the languages and subjects right, it's quite tiring for their kids for example you are for example err you have this err, primary four student learning english maths science and suddenly they have also have uh other subjects


oh he needs to go to sports he needs to go to err swimming or he needs to go to to err music or, I you know like how how balance or how , how is the education system going to make sure that okay he is able to do everything within that particular timetable you don't not all students are capable to to err finished everything at that particular timetable


so having said that right you you are actually , you actually err, uh what do you call that , making the kid thinks that oh okay I'm not of a better person and I'm not of a better subject to actually err have this kind of err err learning way you know


okay debate topic three


well just now you mentioned about three things err you mentioned about, the the err, the moment that you found out that there is a availability of having a room err specifically for a classroom for one on one err


teaching situation with your child, not engaging a tutor okay it it is actually a very , err, there's pros and cons to it yes definitely but the consequences of having said that right the kid wouldn't have a teacher and student relationship not all parents


or not all err err , adults are able to teach err their children of a certain subject of a certain language for example I some would be able to teach english some wouldn't be able to teach english or wouldn't be able to understand english at all


so they definitely need someone or some assistance which is a tutor or a teacher to be involved, okay and when you mention about the room not all parents are able to err err support or err


adhere to it because in in this kind of situation in this kind of world there is definitely a lot of low income family, so how are you gonna how are you gonna err enforce the low income family okay err hi during this err circuit breaker mode in singapore as we took it as an example in the circuit breaker mode


there's a lot of there's a lot of err setbacks to it a lot of students instead of having their their err studies or home base learning in their house, they went to the staircase, which part does had learning in staircase area assist them


yeah, so is is is just like ya it's just like it it's, actually err it's not , err I would say that I will opposed to it because not all family are able to have these home base learning all working from home


okay maybe I I do have advantages in this err situation because okay as what I'm experiencing working from home right now err as in it's not as easy as it sounds okay there's a downside there's a lot of factors to it like err for example working and studying from home the bills went up who's gonna pay for it


right sometimes you overwork sometimes you over at overwork maybe you over work as late as like what twelve midnight to send an email oh everything is urgent you know, you you you will risk of uh having this prioritised uh your timing because there's no physical uh separation between the work and yourself you know


because if let's say you you are working outside in an office you know (oo) okay uh I have a time to eat this is my lunch time this is my time for me to err send documents you know and this is my set timing that err I I have to stop sending emails I have to stop sending documents you know


yeah, it's actually like ya you you don't have like if if you are working from home now you you won't feel that you have a leisure time be it whether you realize you you don't realize ya it's happening


okay well basically like like, ya ya correct correct, I definitely understand where you're coming from and where you brought it up okay well basically with regards to that right like for this home base learning right you would you wouldn't have anyone around to ask question or make an appointment with for example if at at school


you have physical teachers around you understand or not have physical teachers around which you can uh ask questions directly, rather than home base learning err this current home base learning err is what had it's happening previously during the CB time right where I have one teacher err


having said the starting the lesson with a five or ten students and all this time students right especially in primary school right they don't , they are unable to err they are unable to sit down quietly on their own table rather than err you have you you need to have a space definitely right but not all family have a space in the err in in their house


how are you to make sure even if there is ministry helping right how are you to make sure that there will be a definitely a space for them to to learn in in their in their household, for example uh a family of six, how do you able to cope


you definitely need to go to school, you definitely need a classroom


so so in a way you do agree that they need to be out from the home right, okay but the thing is you you cannot okay you cannot just select okay okay this minority we need to pull them out and then err that's it err the rest of it they can home base learning so the rest can just start okay err everyone home based learning but


the question is how do you err, the the the question is the kids right nowadays they learned , they learn in a way that err, oh okay err if I have questions I can actually tap on my friends and how are you supposed to tap on your friends how are you supposed to tap on your teachers


where you don't have a physical err meet up sessions with them, you know not all students are able to do things online


okay well to me err I will also like I would stand on my part is that actually like it's less effective err teaching method rather than like especially for younger kids they need a student teacher err err relationship you know err like for example you place a huge large role in a


projecting err the students' academic and social development wise because it's when when you have home base learning when you have err err work from home you are, isolating yourself from the outside world, you are going to go out you're gonna go grow up and go out working


you know, so you definitely need to have that social development err rather than you isolate yourself in


there would be, there would spark a question in them, why am I doing this were kept away I can actually go out study rather than I have err err err rather than home based learning


wait so you are trying okay wait wait wait err I I'm I'm I'm confused okay the home base learning that you are talking about is the ministry implementing throughout the students to throughout the schools or this is a home base learning with err individual


okay so err how would you create that that teacher and student relationship where you as a parent you know as a parent you create a student and teacher relationship that's the the kid will definitely have in mind that oh this is my parent how can I study, you know


they would be able to differentiate between a teacher and a parent you know a parent I can go this way and a teacher okay this teacher would assist me in in this subject I definitely know that my teacher is able to because I I do have experiences whereby


err a student err had a teacher student relationship in in primary six and he's a slow learner you know, like err for example instead of err having a twenty class err err twenty students in a classroom setting they have


these selected ten students in a classroom put together with a teacher you know, assisting them err being there for them you know instead of instead of just being err visually err on a visually there


it definitely needs to connect


sorry okay where when you mentioned about when you mentioned about err err, students unable to to voice out or students unable to that's where you need a teacher and student relationship you know whereby you you are able when when there is a student and teacher relationship there right the the student will be able to ask the teacher after the classes


you know okay after the class they will be able to have that relationship err or the teacher would create that relationship and and seek err as in they would tap on the kids or the kids will be able to seek advice from the teacher rather than seek advice from the parents you know not all parents are are able to


excel in in teaching their kids the subjects, okay and and and the common thing err among among the students is that okay if this study at home right okay since it's it's an individual err learning requirement okay some of it it's it doesn't have that consistency in learning you know


yeah and and the discipline and the responsibility of of engaging in that particular subject is not as engaging as in school


okay cause err to me homeschooling can be quite exhausting, ya same goes from working from home it could be very exhausting like for example , err err when err there is err, err there's a case whereby like err you would be in a room for so long and then there there will be okay for example like what I mentioned the low income right the low income family err they do not have a proper err conducive home or


conducive conducive uh space for them to learn so the temptation the increase of temptation of them uh ah closing closing off the the subject and straight away do other things right is it's quite high


yeah but definitely you need to have a positive teachers students connections where somehow help err to development err to develop the self regulation skills rather than you can it just even tie your social emotional skills you know


okay okay


okay I'm going to start so the discussion topic is on you know whether organ trading should be lifted in singapore and I'm definitely uh positive and actually uh, so called in agreement that this should be legal okay, because organ donations is actually very low in singapore okay


kidney transplant takes ten years eh, for it to actually happen there are over four hundred people in the waiting list right now just in singapore and of course we are not going to count the, the millions lah as in in all over the world I mean this is this should definitely be be uh something that should be approved you know so and there's only fifty eight


transplant ah that was actually done ah in singapore ah, in two zero one five we are talking about the whole population you know how many millions of people in singapore right now and there's only fifty eight so, I choose I am definitely positive that this thing should actually be lifted and that this organ transplants should actually be be made legal


but with modern science but with modern science technology this thing should actually be improved and with all our complications actually it will help to uh give further studies towards how we can actually improve in terms of the technology


so I I I will say that this is actually much of a lesser issue, the right now the issue is actually people are not coming forward and, and also because the law actually says that you know, we cannot do organ transplant, and and it it actually takes only like volunteers or things like that


but in fact, the issue is there could be more more lives that could be saved, if this thing is actually lifted, you know with with regards disregarding the the, the the complications in terms of uh


true but then but then we are talking about somebody who is who is having uh inherent kidney issues or or uh, parts that is actually in in in pain or in in suffering that we are actually right now gonna offer them a chance in order to to survive so


be it that the the so-called uh, complications that can come into place in fact that was the other uh, uh, argument that I have, is that, with all these complications it probably will come out with a new set of uh


uh science that we can actually look at and then try to overcome and then of course all these genetic issues is also something that that is uh, uh, possible in terms of uh, research, that will spin off a new science a new medications and for for


uh for the benefit of the whole society in in in the whole world uh it could leads on to new new drugs, new uh treatment, and then uh, but at the same time right now they they call fundamental is that there is actually very little uh transplant


not just in singapore but all over the world, simply because there was actually , organ organ uh trading is actually not, uh legal in that sense you know we are talking about you know if the rich actually have the


the, capacity to actually uh get transplant over overseas okay, why not make it legal in singapore I I'm sure there are people, who's willing to come forward to to actually uh donate in terms of, uh uh


the research at the same time there are people who is willing to actually say they they uh they want to be part of the programme, to to, so-called donate their organ , and then there will be people who will definitely benefit and I'm sure it will definitely be more than the fifty eight that was actually organ uh that was actually transplanted in in two zero one five you know


I'm see there are four hundred people in the waiting list for donation but only fifty eight got it, that is, that is actually a very very low uh percentage, uh, two per se and then we're talking about only singapore so what about the whole world


ya but what what you are saying is that if they're gonna cultivate and they're gonna, the so-called uh, uh take some time in order to actually you know develop this nanotechnology in order to replicate and and to help


this uh, people who's actually suffering, you know, if people who is actually suffering from the kidney and and they are actually at the last stage of their so-called uh disease or or or illness right, the the, then it it probably is a case where they actually need a immediate transplant that is actually uh


from from another body, even with the nanotech that you are talking about I mean it the the likelihood is that it is still a foreign body you know in which will also same thing leads to the same complication of uh, having a foreign body or foreign or organ and this nanotech is is probably also foreign that is in the body that will create complications although although


the the the issue is that you know the nanotech could probably be be so-called researched from the current body , and probably will fit well with the current body okay but it is definitely not gonna be a immediate solution and we're talking about time


you know when illness is actually something that is actually crucial and and the time is of like essence ah


sure no problem, okay so so so that's that's my point in terms of the nano tech lah


so uh uh the the issue the issue on this right I mean the the there is always uh a lot of uh, uh, so-called policies or things that that goes against, , the the understanding from the individuals on this so


if if, that's the case you know then public education and the attitude you know from the public is then very important, and then this this is coming from in terms of the education system and in terms of how the message is brought across from the onset we are talking about lives you know saving a life you know


helping somebody who will be able to to fulfil fulfil his his obligation lah the the other way to, to so-called uh help to, ease the thing is is, you know uh between the donor and the and the donee who who who so-called


then we have to find a certain sort of uh, mutual ground in order to connect the two of them, uh be it that you know uh be it religiously in terms of race or whatever that we are able to common link uh so-called link them better, or is it be it that we after they donate we can showcase that the person who benefited from their donation is actually uh


giving a more fruitful uh so-called give back to the community per se uh and helping helping the whole society per se but this is this is, I would say I'm more towards the organ , uh


making it legal in singapore is because it is to benefit the whole society as a whole you know get more people to be able able to survive rather than than, uh we are saying that there's a, uh when there is an opportunity but we are actually not maximizing it


ya the technology will probably take some time to and I'm I'm I have no doubt that this this thing you know uh will eventually be, evolve but the question is how many people will actually be able to to, so-called benefit from it the other point in in this discussion right now is that there is actually a readily available pool in terms of donors in terms of people coming forward but it is actually not uh maximised out so that so that the whole society can benefit so this is actually quite a


big issue right now and that is we should be something that to for for us to look at and for us to actually, uh


uh debate topic two


okay yes, okay so we are talking about drug you know could possibly be developed to allow humans to live forever I'm definitely uh so-called agreement to to this simply because when you live forever right you know it there will be definitely more less regrets in terms of uh


whatever you have done, and and similarly at the at the same time where we are able to actually live forever right you will be able to learn from your mistakes and the whole society will definitely be be able to improve simply by going through all the mistakes that you have actually uh


uh have gone through and in terms of the drugs you know once you are able to live forever right who knows maybe the drugs can also help in terms of the organ uh your your whole human being that being able to benefit from it the whole society there there will be less the diseases


you know there will be new technology and who knows you know uh the possibility in terms of exploration uh the possibility in terms of things that that is out of this world will this this definitely , uh you know


infinity infinite possibility in terms of uh whatever that we can actually uh explore, so I'm definitely more uh uh so-called in agreement that that we should uh have a drug that that uh allow humans to live forever


see see the assumption the assumption is that you know whoever control the drugs is going to manipulate the world or it's going to take over the the the whole society but it could be a case where you know there is people who will benefit from from this there are people who will look into the bigger picture


of uh improving the society uh people who will actually wants to


okay so so we are talking about you know uh the that that whoever is actually uh there could be individuals who is in the outlook of improving the whole society there are people who who who knows maybe will be who wants to distribute their wealth


because sometimes it's not about just individuals but at the same time when you are able to live forever right there is definitely the chance and the the the way to look forward in terms of technology in terms of the society that that overall it will there will be improvement


and on the other aspect of of of it right I mean even the few individuals who's able to actually uh live, forever they will they will definitely be able to learn mistakes from from, from whatever that they have and they will improve


they will definitely improve in the in their way of life and so as a whole we are actually looking at there's uh, less happiness uh no less sadness you know there will be definitely more happiness and and in terms of the, technology that that is going to come forward and and benefit the whole society this is definitely something that that you know I I'm sure you know a drugs that is actually supposed to to let someone live forever should be actually looked into and actually be be developed


the the thing the thing in terms of uh who has the access to the drugs , that that you know uh it's something that uh, the society will have to have to ensure that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands and again the same thing you know like uh a lot of such policies right it it is really a matter of uh education


and and of course if you are talking about one individual that one individual will never be able to to fight against the whole society as a whole, but if you are talking about big society and somebody who is in the in in the dictator form right


I'm sure that there are actually there will there will be a big bigger society that we'll be able to oppose but at the same time the whoever, that is actually in the in the, dictator society right there needs to definitely be be education and uh


there needs to be uh uh some sort of movement that will that will help them see that you know it it is not uh the interest to just have uh one individual benefiting from from uh living together you know it has to be


more than one individual it it has to be more than one clan because you are going to you know, human being in in terms of mind , will will not be able to, to out-think uh uh


versus against a collective you know, as a brainstorm collective you know, uh as more people is actually in the group they can definitely uh find and find solutions and they are able to actually overcome uh more things as, as as a group rather than an individual so I would think that you know even if a if a dictator eventually it won't last you know


and and it actually benefit as a whole for for the drugs uh , to to, to live forever to to benefit uh as many people as possible and that the there will be definitely more less regrets and, the whole world and the whole society and as well as technology uh will actually improve


ya but you see even in in terms of uh history you are saying that you know in like I said you know as a as a society as uh, one individual that one individual individual will not be able to so-called uh,


overcome the whole society as a as a whole and we're talking about even like nuclear nuclear I mean it's not just one person that will actually have nuclear there will be a lot of people that will have nuclear, but of course end of the day it it actually brings more harm


uh if if, if the one individual is going to, going to set off the to to anger the whole world lah you know, and and it like I said as a as a collective in terms of humans we we function more we function better as a group we function better when in terms of group


uh uh, in terms of brainstorm as a collective, you know , for the individuals in terms of this drugs right I mean like I said the spin off is that you know is is it probably will not just be a drug that will that will uh benefit in terms of the human to live forever


but there will actually be more benefit in terms of uh, uh psychological because you will definitely be able to to learn from your mistakes and improve and uh for your well-being you will definitely be less uh there will be less regrets and there will be more happiness while at the same time you know and in terms of human


body functions right it could be a case where you know you will discover more, uh benefits in terms of uh, in terms of maybe side uh drugs that will help uh cure diseases illnesses


and and something that will actually uh be able to pass onto your next generation to the the, following generation , uh it could also, minimise that the the the the, the desire that you need to populate the whole


whole uh, nation as well you know because since you are living forever, you know you can just uh, live on forever without without the, the the, in terms of resources or you know how to how you going to, uh, see to to so-called uh better use the earth resources rather than


than , than just uh continue to just exploit because you have


definitely there will be uh individuals that can benefit, ya and but, I think I think it it will be more of a selective group lah


okay so , working from home does that offer uh, benefits I I'm sure there's definitely a lot of benefits simply because right now in terms of the disease uh environment of course it will lessen the contact that you have with uh individuals while the same time for parents they definitely


will have more opportunity to actually spend more time with children uh and of, course there is actually more benefits because you are definitely saving uh cost you know, be it that you are cooking uh, from home and you're going to definitely eat more healthy stuff rather than the oily stuff that is actually out in the market you will actually be able to save costs because you are actually spending less time to travel uh and and


to pay all the transport fares here and there and at the same time you know there is definitely more opportunity for you to learn uh learn uh new skills ah you know, new skills in terms of uh be it be it bakery or or or being uh spending more time in terms of online courses and things like that


you know, so I I'm definitely sure that you know in terms of uh working from home, there's definitely more benefits uh uh, towards uh this this, uh uh so-called uh option


and and could be the new norm uh to to move forward,


uh it depends on individual, , it depends on individuals uh I'm sure that there is actually flexible arrangement and at the same time technology like Zoom meetings or team meetings uh can be conducted over the


over the computer uh to to let people uh develop and and so-called pace out their, their work schedule and to also, uh be able to see their colleagues and still continue in terms of the bonding work flexible schedule is is also uh


possible in that sense that yes you may you may uh, so-called work more than more than is required but at the same time it does give you the possibility of you trying to so-called , uh


self improve yourself uh monitor uh it does improve yourself in terms of how you organise your time you will also improve yourself in terms of uh you picking up new skills or or or new technology in terms of how you going to access uh things then at the same time it also give you the option of like


, uh looking into into uh you know, how you going to save costs how you going to like you know, make you have a uh have a, happier uh so-called uh, work life balance ah


you know overall so that's that's the the the benefit in terms of uh working from home you know you are also able to to uh be in your house which we are comfortable in, to be able to actually uh


find improvement that you can actually do to your house uh and actually give uh overall, uh uh uh, state of mind uh much better uh, uh, improvement overall uh as you as you progress


so I'm I'm definitely saying saying that they're definitely more benefits in terms of uh working from home


the the aspect of uh meeting meeting uh an individual is in in the situation like this which is where there's COVID and there's uh disease around, the the the these


so-called uh interaction will minimise the spread of uh, uh, the spread of uh, , uh the disease but at the same time you know if it's necessary it's only for individuals to actually meet


in the manner so that is to access uh, the the, access the technology that is not available at home, you know for example uh you know printers or things like that but it is not saying


that you definitely need to meet because you know uh in terms of interaction people are still making interaction, uh even at home, with their children with their with their spouse or with their parents et cetera et cetera and, at the same time when you actually go out and and have one a meal one or two you are still making interaction with the society is not that you are in a closed environment with no no uh interaction with anybody at all


but in terms of work wise then that's when I I uh reemphasize you know there needs to be, uh flexible arrangement uh there could be flexible arrangement there could also be uh, so-called uh enforcement in terms of uh


uh regular meetings just to so-called to get the the progress in terms of work, but uh and and work, work doesn't mean that you know if you work from home, it doesn't mean that you will definitely have to be uh, from nine to five and from monday to to friday


you know you can actually space it up uh, how how in terms in terms of flexibility , unless there is something that is really really urgent, and there's something that really needs to be, point in terms of schedule then that's how you actually improve yourself by being being able to to so-called have a time management self uh execution and things like that


so I am definitely still saying that there's definitely more benefits because you are actually saving cost in terms of uh transport to get to work you are definitely uh able to spend more time in terms of uh, with your family members which is the closest to you you will probably be able to uh improve yourself


be it in terms of time management efficiency or be it able to even cook uh cook up a new uh new dish learn new skills and you probably when you eat at home you probably eating uh, healthier than than than uh


consuming more oily food uh that's outside


from the business standpoint I mean what you are saying is that you know right people needs to go back but from the business standpoint I mean they they can also benefit in the sense that they don't have to pay rent if people are actually working from home you know the, the office will probably not be work uh will not be running the the boss doesn't have to pay uh the phone bills or the electricity just to just so that they needs to operate and and get people coming back I mean if everybody is actually working from home and and from a remote uh


excess things can still be done uh and things can still move forward in order to to get resources going on and that is actually uh something of a new norm that that is probably something to explore uh versus versus the the current set up which is


uh people are still paying rent people are still uh, uh uh going back and and and uh, clogging up in terms of resources it it should only be in in terms of the the absolute, uh if you are operating uh versus


uh uh soft technology or or equipments that that people really have to access then people actually go home uh go go back to to to the office to to actually work if if not the case then uh working from home actually does have more benefits versus than


the disadvantage of working from home


uh that that is on the absolute basis uh that you think that you know people really need to go back lah but I'm sure that there could be uh technology set up that people can actually remote access or to try to to work from home and and and enjoy the benefits in the comfort of home uh while you're still working


and while and also the the the next thing is when, you actually work from home I I mean then you will feel that there is actually a less sometime there is actually the psychological effect, thinking eh I'm actually going to work, and then there there is a drain, but you when you actually act operate from home and work from home you there will probably be a a a


uh a so-called, need for for less sick leave that will be taken you know people because people are actually generally uh happy at, home uh where in the in term in terms of the home comfort and surrounded by things that they're familiar with every day and things like that ya


the ban on organs tradings ah, uh my phone, uh okay there's nothing shown nothing shown on my phone, yes part one debate debate top uh topics one


okay uh under the opposing side , uh for organ transplant itself uh just to be to be specifics ah uh every every uh human body is biologically or was created differently and


the the risk of complications between uh different organs uh one one organs from a different person , uh to be transplanted implanted into some uh other other foreign bodies the risk of complications uh could be even uh severe


and it it could potentially uh harm the the the the recipient parties uh uh in the long run either in the short run and or in the long run uh really depends on which which body parts but most most most of the parts uh does involve uh certain certain uh uh complications involved


went when organs transplanted over to uh some some other bodies right it's still it's still a foreign entities ah right still there will even science and technologies uh at at the current time unable to, to to to, to solve or override the issue of uh potential complications and also uh different biologicals and different genes uh would affect different


different outcomes so uh for example like uh a kidney transplanted to someone someone else uh body but it's like uh there will be uh some underlying uh in gene genetical defects potentially would could caused by the generations back


but my my my, cause conflict between one body to another so it it could cause uh uh different different different uh uh genetics uh uh uh evolutions and developments in the in the long run, so for example like like uh potential sickness and potential inherited diseases and here and there we won't know because even science at the modern days couldn't couldn't tell


uh noted your point, so uh as you mentioned about uh the evolutions of technologies now in which evolving to more higher level, so up rather than having a organics human transplant to one body to another uh uh as you know uh in in the modern times and in in the future right


uh artificial intelligence and robotics uh was more or less uh going to uh dominate it's not take over but it's dominate uh uh humankind's need it it it may assist to humankind's, so with this technologies like uh we have a recent uh you know evolutions of nano nanotechnologies true to do uh operations within a very small


a portion uh segment of uh uh I mean topics no segment of the body within the body itself to help ease uh uh complications so, we can actually uh develops uh artificial kidney, artificial assisted heart hearts and also artificial body parts where where with proven to be uh uh at to to be


uh help ease the functioning and uh assist the body to function to to last longer in terms of human organics life so with technologies uh evolving uh constantly so, we we are able to create a kind of like not just exoskeletons on exterior bases but interior bases we can create we we have the capability to actually create


an organics likes uh technology that helps boost our not just immune system by also the part that is lacking for example like like uh a liver uh artificial liver can be done and also for kidneys uh stuff like uh that that that that enhance our bodies using


using uh micro technologies so that


so uh okay having good faith in technologies is ever evolving which could be uh next couple of years' time it's not it's uh uh with the advancements of uh uh three d printing technologies that overrunning, the the the the the traditional manufacturing uh parts and microplastic parts are easily manufactured and uh produced in high quality and


low cost so that's the bases on base basing on the the the the technological fronts that are rapidly evolving so for for for for that that is one of the the backing and another another aspect is like uh also


a lot of uh uh to a lot relate to the traditional and religious points of view whereby their religions uh where the the it had is a lot of soul dependence value that once uh uh uh whenever a person is actually uh going to die or maybe


might not proven that he's died uh what if it's transplanted their their organs into another person parts, so sort of like they'll they'll they have this belief that the the soul are still in that particular organs so there'll be some kind of conflicts I know this is something like uh very religious-based but a lot of religious bodies and belief uh are still opposing to this that's why a lot of people


uh uh uh hesitate to come out and volunteer to transplant their organs so uh uh in in a in a in a more traditional religion aspect I think it's more of uh they they respect the the law of nature


and the law of the one and law of uh evolutions so I I think it's more against uh the the will of uh humanity


money in the development development funds even as uh existing practice like even starting from dentistry dental uh the transplant itself uh uh is really is using artificial


materials instead of uh uh using different uh transplanting tooth from other people's, so this is actually one of the uh spearheading uh effect of using, artificial materials safe materials to complement to our bodies uh body parts uh so uh definitely it's a safe and sound way for for for for uh evolving uh back to my first point uh uh it still uh the risk of


uh of organ transplanting uh which lead to further complications uh we don't even know what's inside the uh uh particular human organs so even now science can, uh are able to tell me what's inside it's only only only based on the basic function but what is uh within the the the those micro cells we really still won't know so there will be a tendency of risk involved


and and so we strongly believe that using technologies uh uh even, like like uh like uh artificial intelligence are able to override the the the need need need and necessities of organ transplants which goes against uh quite many traditional and religious


and also the a lot of many personals uh aspect so what is yours you maybe it belong for you and you won't want to, like really share to others even when you when a person's past , they they they're a lot of them uh still have they are they are unwilling to to share their parts to people so uh in order to fasten this up technology is one of the way to to really


uh move forward with this aspect of the old world of uh of materials using uh uh artificial parts to save life to enhance life instead, so that's my point


okay


debate topic two, (ppc)


okay we're the opposition side , our my take was like uh using a drugs to develops like humans' capability to live forever, so the only one one of the concern is like uh who who holds the drugs


uh going to be will going to dominate the world, and whoever, uh in giving this particular drug itself uh will over time I'm sure you definitely need to sustain need it need it for everybody to sustain, to to regularly take take and intake and I I


definitely believe uh it's it doesn't cost cheap, so it this uh who uh so in in other words uh it going to be a uh capitalisms uh involved where whereas whoever holds these particular drugs will manipulate will dominates will


will charge high price and control the entire world that definitely not a world that we want to live in, so and and also uh to to , human definitely need to do something to sustain this drugs, therefore is in another way they need to live forever the have to obey to this uh to this uh drug uh developer holders and the key masters whoever so it's definitely uh not very healthy in terms of economical wise


and also in terms of like uh like uh human aspect , this drug could be, a bit overdependence so if what if without uh regular taking regular


uh consumption so what uh what will be the side effect immediate death or whatever, so it could be uh pretty pretty severe and with additional backing with that right uh if someone would want to potentially live forever there will be this uh transplant of uh your your conscious and subconscious mind which is


still in developing and, could you know could be developed in the future to upload into a server or or a a a a body that uh uh uh vessel it's kind of like organic robotic bodies where it's


bioengineered where your your brain your subconscious and your conscious mind is actually uploaded through that bioengineered body of your choice so that, you will able to live in that body to live forever this could be a technology that override drugs and it could be a one off thing


so yup,


, nothing nothing my phone my phone I mean have to tap my phone


okay uh my take is also like uh uh having uh, how how how how how sure uh will this drugs uh will will these people that uh partake this drugs right


will tend to live will will live forever but will tend to improve or they could be, a dictator a a a a a a sort of like a a domineering person the dictate dictator uh evil evil persons that take this drug and then control and oppose and abuse it


like uh abuse in the sense where he use it to do negative thing he only want their clans ya to live forever and let other humanity perish out and so so and, and that could be one of the potential cause of harms like only the selected few of uh elite and individuals of uh of uh it could be uh uh of an evil evil intentions then eventually you will end up


uh the the the the world the earth will will full of evil people uh that live forever and the good people might perish so in in other words with technologies right uh uh we we we we want to have uh more selected few to to be able to


like the noble noble people like the people that do good ya they have a choice to actually prolong their lives to to inject to upload their consciousness to to to, to to a bio engineered body so this could be one of the best options to have a selected good people and to do continue to do goods uh in the long run


so not everyone will want to choose to live forever but uh like the the only field that the the people that choose to live forever if it's it's either they've for purpose and, uh of good or bad intention


so but still uh for for drugs that are that that that have this power uh it definitely have be a it's a a very powerful uh uh assets but only a few individuals will be able to uh upholds it lah so uh but history has proven that uh whoever whichever nation or whichever


for this holds uh an assets like this like, like for example like nuclear weapons they tend to be the one that uh having the first say the dominance uh the the the to to to in in the in the aspect of a first world first world nations where they they tend to uh push for


gain the ego the power to, to, to override other other persons and still a drug like this will able to, will will still raise the nature of human egos to to a uh to a higher level where they they seek to control they uh they they seek to dominate dominate others and they seek to have power


uh which which is proven in the in the entire histories of uh human race where once you got this power you will you will tempted to, to be, to to to raise to uh next level of controlling earth the world so and and uh in a religious aspect right


definitely it's uh it it it's uh against many other religions in common whereby they believe thing in things like uh reincarnations where each life get to a better better better accepting to another life and thus their purpose uh definitely their belief on on on the purpose at earth like buddhas or


or uh is is is to go through a cycle of life to better themselves either to better themselves or or worsen themselves either good or bad lah and the next life of reincarnations they will they will relive, uh a new life to better the soul in a new environments of definitely the same same also


but so so this living uh you know life forever right uh with a drug's help will definitely against the uh uh uh uh not not tradition even a modern religions aspect is is kind of like uh against their will


against their overall intentions of uh humanity, so that's my takes for this,


okay still I'll still I'll still back to my my, uh our our our uh uh understanding and uh proven things that are proven for like for over a cycle of lifetime uh is history will always repeat itself where the human natures are selfish it uh in and uh on individuals uh majority of the people right


just for example if become rich and they have resources of wealth so majority of the peoples uh change does either to the good or the bad but uh it has been proven that uh majority of them changed their characters to a very very


uh arrogant and distant so whoever uh still whichever parties whichever uh organisations that holds this drug right, uh will the greed will uh overfill them like, mostly eighty percent uh to to to use it to as a advantage to dominate the world whoever wants this drug will pay me a premium price to live forever so definitely you will still stick to the individuals so in the end the humanity is like many will perish but


left with ten or five ten percent of this, premium individuals so it's like it became a very capitalists uh uh controlled uh uh world eventually which those that live forever will continue to dominate each other until there's no no one else left


so that's my takes for this ya ten second ya three


debate topic three


uh we're the opposing side uh for working from home, basically the the benefit itself uh too uh it does have its points uh but in terms of and organizations uh on a corporate levels right, uh uh working from homes uh does diminish the level of uh uh commitment and communications within within the group uh for example uh team uh team works uh team uh groups that that need need to be constantly alert each other's of the updates on projects and


and uh and, uh uh in in in real time developments of uh uh uh uh projects so definitely the efficiencies will not be as as as as as good as uh uh working in the in the groups within a within a within a a shared space


so uh in terms like working from homes like uh like uh, the it's not it's not nothing to do with uh uh management but it's more like uh uh monitoring will be way easier, and flexibility will be


uh it can be done within within a working environments itself and uh it it it also, uh built physical uh the relationship uh the understanding of individuals each other's just uh working styles will be definitely develops and so that they can you can have that kind of like like like uh cohesiveness


so for for uh the just put the the the virus disease aside first and so uh it it does build a corporate uh cultures in terms in terms to say and task productivity will will monitored and


be be more established in a sense and also in terms like uh uh persons working hour will closely be monitored as well as the benefit, because when you're working from homes sometime uh you can unwillingly be tricked


be asked to do projects over the expected period of times and , uh it it can be uh many many feedback has been, forwarded that uh many many works countless hours while at home so we really lost track the amount of hours so in technically you're at home but it doesn't have a the uh overall freedom to really do cooking taking care of the child so most of the time you actually


are participating in work, so be it more than fourteen uh like from it could be even early morning all the way until twelve at night you will you will be at home ya there's no monitoring of your timing which is pretty bad lah so


so that's my point as well lah


ya but uh uh uh further opposing to that uh working from homes is like uh still uh zoom is still is still uh uh in uh in in there are many defects uh uh there are many misunderstanding might cause uh


uh uh like, like in uh miscommunications using things like zoom for example like one of the uh one of the classic examples like uh in japan right uh due to recent pandemics there are staff that are working at home


uh one of it uh uh when they when they're conducting meeting they have to be twenty four they have to be all hours be present at the the the screen, but uh uh however one of the one of the staff the new new new staff, uh accidentally uh got kick off by unknown reasons just Zoom so eventually get back to him being uh being uh terminated so so there's a lot of uh like


uh, technology still still need improve lah individuals they they have to uh bear in mind that your your your your your your internet has to be good but Zoom itself still need a lot of uh improvements especially getting people staying connected so a lot of miscommunication


and can will will be, uh will will be, uh ah will cause unfortunate uh uh consequences, so and also uh to kind of like, uh uh still I would like to illustrate on the relationship aspect of it the kind of like uh like chemistry between you and working colleagues will be different because whenever one day you guys really meet up


things I mean naturally will be different when you're meeting, when you're saying everything online so it could be very a different type of this communications when you guys can hang out so uh have a constant meetup on the workspace, I wouldn't totally oppose of uh working from home but perhaps once a day once a days a week


like on on friday to to to ease up work life balance but the rest of the monday to maybe thursday it should be best to to to meet at home I mean to meet at office to to to really, uh polish thing up constantly so ya in order to have a balance out of it


so still uh not totally working for home it it will it will be will be good but eventually to ease down to tone down


okay let's uh just continue to put aside the pandemic maybe is we're referring to the new new normal so during a new normal I I believe uh the pandemics will definitely drop down drastically, so but so but then uh in order to really balance up everything right uh I'll will will I will proposed uh four day work week and one day work home week where


where this is the best best best interest for the employees whereby they are able to to enforce uh work life balance so that their parents won't be uh uh disappearing throughout the whole entire weeks so uh and also to balance between uh the the the the the corporate world whereby


ya they're still they're still intact with their companies uh physically be there to to manage and guide everything so so to to oppose against uh fully uh working from work is actually, one tend to lost lost touch when they touch the office so uh which side uh uh which we think is not very healthy in the in the long run so


and and also to to to to, to enforce the the technology wise will take take some time to to to tap up


ya I think you you what what you illustrate is basically for for for people who are really, uh uh desk bound and basically office made I would say is uh white collar office space worker but but there are there are uh huge segment that that really need to be involved for example like b one b two


uh uh uh industrial office where, where staff we can't for example like CNC machine we can't expect the staff to carry the whole CNC machine back to their home to work but they're physically have to be there, and we we counted this in as uh because uh these are the heavy duty technologies uh sector were staff need to be there to monitor to control to to to to to control the machinery stuff and uh perhaps we


uh the proposal will be uh tone down in term of uh office based worker like sales staff or also for directorates and above or maybe designers as well we can, uh it could be a three to four days work week, but , uh uh but the rest will be uh home based work week and make sure they rest on weekend


so to to that that is uh one of the, the the the, the the the, uh proposals and also is like not totally working from home lah basically it's like three days is good enough four days is good enough


uh for me as an opposition I do not agree with what you said as it will be too simplistic to base uh writing significance or superiority relative to others


uh according to a set of criteria a fixed criteria as all of them are unique in their own functions, therefore I more inclined to believe that all types of writing are of equal standing although it is understandable that some of them are


more applicable today where information is key whereas the creative and imaginative aspect of writings are not that much appreciated, uh so like uh the effectiveness of a writing form is actually dependent on like the type of genre they're applied to and would definitely be very unfair to judge which form of writing is more superior based on any common set of criteria


and also that the for the various form or writing forms are engineered to cater to different purposes and also to fulfilled different unique objectives, so is illogical to subjugate a type of writing to other forms base on the appeal to target to different target audience as well as their distinctful in this society


then however in news the primary objective of journalistic form of writing would be to provide a clear and direct source of information that can be easily digested which is perfect for those who can scan through information, and wait for the sake of obtaining knowledge and about the current events so this form of writing is also very applicable today where large amount of information and data a concise into mere pages taking into consideration the limited reading time one has


so also the determination of the effectiveness of a writing form is dependent on the scale of the writer rather than a type of writing as the former plays an integral role in the quality of a piece of writing so regardless of any type of writing its effectiveness of achieving its intended effect would be downplayed


so long as the author lacks the the, capacity to express his thoughts in written form due to his inadequate mastery of language, ya thank you


as I've mentioned just now in my first part first point that about the writing of news so I think that


regarding what you say I I think that this form of varieties where people today for the news uh however the aforementioned new styles of writing would not fit into poetry or music composing which primary acts as a platform for expression and entertainment


then is also fallacious for both types of writing to compete in the first place as both of them are specifically made in to to, specialised in their own sphere so however your point just now also does not justify that the artistic form of writing should be neglected there is a current there is currently a global shift towards the emphasis of knowledge and information


then it will also be extremely partial to assume that like it would remain that way and that the arts would always be subjugated and play the lesser rule in our lives, and also singapore holds an annual national poetry festival at the lasalle college of the arts which promotes the literary excellence in uh


multicultural and multilingual setting for poetry lovers so I think therefore we while we focused primarily on refining our ability to write in a way that deals with the objectivity


it would also be wise not to neglect the type of writing that explores the beauty of the language itself, ya therefore like I do not really agree with what you have


just said ya thank you


I am going uh so to contour, your point I think that uh all writing should be seen as equal with no superiority over one another because uh in my opinion I think that writing has one purpose for the writer another for who distributes or


, promotes it and also there's another for, who ultimately and in the end reads the right things so I think that sometimes maybe these purposes


are in alignment but it also doesn't matter if they are not in alignment with, with one another so, if we read something and like we think that that information is, uh perhaps more useful to us uh it serves whatever purpose that


we have or for anyone then I think that, it can be considered superior piece, uh of a writing ya so


uh, I'm gonna end it here , ,


uh, but I my point was to state that all writing should be seen as equal so I think that there shouldn't be any writings that should are more superior than others because all of all of them should be seen as equally important to everyone and no writing should be


somehow left out because just because like some people think it's better but all in all I think that all writings are equally the important and everyone needs it, eh like ya everyone needs it as equally as others


(ppc)


(ppc),


err, but I think that in contrast to what you say I feel like it foreign films and TV programmes actually have a very negative impact on our society, especially in singapore lah because in foreign films and television programs especially the american ones the actors and actresses are often portrayed as very flamboyant not only in the way they dress but also the way they carry themselves like the way they act in general


like for example if using myself as an example when I watch american series on netflix will often uh see like , to name some shows like a desperate housewife or gossip girls the characters are usually very open towards the liberal ideas such as sex and a lot of sexual elements are present in the foreign shows so


with this influence and how this american TV shows are coming towards our society and slowly merging into the way we live, uh I think that as compared to how like things work last time now


where sex used to be quite a taboo topic among singaporeans whenever like we thought will be like oh no we cannot say this oh no we are not supposed to say it like it's not something right that we are supposed to say but however like in recent years or like uh in our society it is becoming more


prevalent in our society, and it can be seen from like the increase rate in teenage pregnancy from like about seven hundred cases to like two thousand cases and still increasing therefore I think that foreign films and TV programmes have a very great negative impact in


our society these days where it is slowly changing the way people think and how the society is living negatively


then how do you explain there when a joker and the IT the clown movie was released then a lot of people was mimicking him and some even attempted to dress up as joker at IT to kill other people


I don't think that that that action can be justice like can be justified because, for any reason in as long as you dress up uh as long as you kill somebody you does that's wrong but more importantly you there are actually under the influence of foreign films


and also how you do explain that there are also conclusive evidence about how bad foreign TV programmes are affecting people's behaviour for an example they can be taken from the spec now show that was broadcast in two thousand six, many young children copied the violence act of from the players in that show and moreover that there was a child that was killed because his friend was trying to exhibit what the smack down brawlers did in the in the show and sees


children have more curiosity to try out something new but, this cannot be justified also because you uh under the influence of a foreign film of foreign TV program you killed somebody


and I think that, and I think that if you, no matter no matter how how how many, reasons you have but uh as long as you kill somebody you cannot justify that for anything and especially that you are under the influence of a foreign films I think that is also like it contributes a big part of like how uh I'm trying to say that I'm trying to prove that foreign TV oh uh programmes and films are actually negative


uh have a negative impact and then this even even so like if even if that boy didn't die in back in that like year but his behaviour can the the behaviour of that boy can be carried over until they grow up


and then like uh fighting between high school students even among college students become their hobby, so when they have a problem with others they cannot finish it with a clear mind nicely but with violence deceased their emotions are not controllable and where did they learn the violence they also learn it from the former TV programmes and films like


so that is why the level of crimes in many countries and uh in singapore as well are also increasing, so these prove that the TV programme can have a very great influence on us like uh, psychologically and once like when we watch it and it will be recorded in our minds it will be very very hard to forget them and it would definitely affect our our behaviour in future just like how when we watched


uh when we when we are young we always uh see the actions of our parents and then we will also follow it's the same thing is very hard to see and then you've not follow because this is in at everybody's need like human nature, so ya that's what that's what I want to say so ya


, okay


but if you say that uh children uh like they did the parents can change channels and everything then how do you explain like when you reach a certain age like you are youth or like when you're twenty earliest and uh and above you cannot your parents cannot control you and you they cannot control what you're watching


so like even though that we all know that the culture is not suitable for us we're not supposed to watch yet we still want to watch because we think is cool so how how can you explain that like some things can't be control


like there's a saying that says the good are never easy and the easy are never good so is actually through that pleasure can be obtained by watching films like what you have justified in your point, but however the quote that are just stated says that easy things are definitely never better so it is surprisingly true because researchers have also found out that


, there are a high percentage of people who are more satisfied by novels, than movies so, uh the basic difference between reading and watching is that reading requires good understanding of a language


while watching only requires eyesight literally nothing more so this statement actually means a lot, and one can enjoy a film without being able to understand a, specific type of language but the same person will not be able to value a book


uh then also by reading you get at you actually get quiet time while you are reading rather than when you're watching a movie yes movie brings a lot of pleasure like, you can actually feel like uh you are actually in the movie while you are watching it because of the sound effects and everything but one thing that movies can never beat uh reading a book is the quietness that you can get and the time that you can get when you are actually reading a book because


you when you get when you are alone and you're reading a book you get the peacefulness and you get the silence that you that everybody needs and the time while we're reading will allow us to understand and in a sense relate to the book that we're reading


so rather than watching a book uh rather than watching a movie I think it's more meaningful to read a book because whatever the content that the, book provides it will definitely be more and, the content will definitely be more and uh more in depth than the than when you're watching a film because


some things you can feel while watching the film and there are also some things that, there are also some other feelings and emotions that you can feel while you're reading a book like when you read this part it provides you with the imagination to uh with what you want you think you uh like that can be seen that says uh in the book that says the person is happy the person is what but


the feelings that we feel from the person is happy it can be different like we can feel that oh the author is actually saying that , the character is actually really happy but sometimes the things that we feel oh maybe uh we can feel that


uh in in contradict with the uh with what the author feels I think that, the mainly is actually not that happy so it's actually it oh it actually provides us with the imagination to with what we want to feel while reading a book rather than a movie when everything is fixed and you just watch and


when did he sad you oh you will then you will everybody will think oh !wow! he's really sad ya,


oh but just now when you say that when you open a book you feel like sleeping but what kind of book are you reading because I feel like the the sentence pleasures of reading can be different for different type of people like I am also a type of person where I open the book I want to sleep already but


there are different types of book there are like books with like is like there are books there is very thick like a some kind of like documentary and there are also some kind of like books where they have more pictures than words so I don't think that there is a reason that uh when people say


I open a book I will sleep because to different people there are different pleasure of reading, but if you say that uh you open a textbook you will sleep then when you study it does it mean that when you're studying for exams you also will sleep so but you in the end you also have to study what


so a book when I think that when you are reading a book is when on your is depend on like the mentality of uh everybody's if you have the if you want if you have the heart to read it or you actually want to read a book you can actually you will actually find the right book for you like


it doesn't matter like if you are old or you are young you can still read a, picture book nobody said that you can't read a picture book just because you are old you are twenty years old you are forty years old everybody can read a picture book


and then I think that


sometimes when do you realize that do you realize that when you, read a book the content that the book provides you is much more in depth and much more uh fuller than what you can get from a movie


like sometimes when I watch a movie like they cut it even though is a is from the book like the scene are all from the book but some of the things that are like some of the other things that are in the book are not actually uh portrayed inside the movie because they have to make it into a two hour movie


so like some books that can actually that actually have to be some books are actually take and then they have to be you have to read it to to fully understand the whole scene and the whole uh idea of what the book is talking about but


in a movie like some movies can you really do that or can you really feel that , feel the like what the book is saying like completely or do you feel like it sometimes some in some movies they're actually quite rush because they have to fit into the two hours and it's like they just jumped from the scene and then !wah! happy ending already


that's all like there is no, there is not enough emotions and on uh feelings that can be felt because everything is so rush in the movie as compared to a when you're reading a book where you can slowly


read it at your own time anytime you want you can read it for ten years you can read it for twenty years as long as you really finish you can fully understand what the characters are feeling ya I think that's more in that is the the right pleasure to a book it can be like a


red riding hood picture book for a kid you can take ten years to read but as long as you understand what the character is doing what red riding hood is doing I think that is the pleasure of reading already, rather than oh two hours and everything ya because you can actually feel you can you can fully feel the emotions and feelings at your own pace you can slowly digest the book you can slowly absorb the book


and like movies is only like a one time thing like you have to pay you have to pay and pay and pay to to watch it like even netflix you also need to pay for subscription but book you buy one time you can keep it for, like until you go into your coffin I know ya like you can keep it for as long as you want like you can pass it down to the next generation and then


tell my kid oh !wow! I read uh your grandparents read this book last time we but they only paid one time fee instead of a movie or dvd they have paid like over and over again ya, so I think that there are different pleasure to reading a book for different type of people it's just how you want to read it and how you want to see the book as it is


ya thank you


but then uh just now we talk about like the movie cost more right when they're making but uh but when I when we talk about the harry potter books right but they sold more than the movie though so like uh I I don't get what you are trying to justify because


the movies the books actually sold more than the movie, ya thank you


part one debate topic one


okay so I will start first so firstly I will explain the definition of writing so, writing is an information rich articles, in newspapers former writing in contracts aesthetic and expressive form such as poetry


music composing and narratives so all types of writing specialised in their own genre and niche I will definitely not be as effective or applicable in other categories, so for example like, some superior writing is like uh william shakespeare


like, we learn that during our secondary school uh literature classes, and why we learn, william shakespeare's instead of other poetry is because I feel that his writing is more superior, than others and I feel that


there's a reason why we learn, about his literature and all his like poets in school rather than others so, from this context I feel that, some writing types, are more superior than the others and another would be


for example you want to go for, internship or you are applying for a job so, how you write your resume, and, how others write I feel that there's a difference because, , uh your bosses will look through your resume and then they feel might uh your your friends one or your


uh, or yours might be superior to one another so, obviously they will feel, that, and feel that and uh they will prefer the, once that uh writing like more superior ya


but however like I believe in the superiority of certain writing types so like for example like generalistic and, persuasive style of writing lah I I feel that it's more applicable today in our globalised world, while like, poems and novels are considered to be less relevant already because


err, I mean for like for myself I would, rather know more about the, upcoming news like the data statistics and, uh what's not and like poems and novels I feel that


yes like uh, uh to some like it may be interesting, for them but to me I feel that, is not my, uh type of reading ah, and, ya so the former is like omnipresent and like is use


both in traditional and new media for like journalistic emphasis style of writing, and then like I feel that, big businesses also relied on, those news to gleam like valuable insights from current events and like how certain actions plan and decision would have to be


uh tweak or to accommodate changes like around the world, so like for example like uh the recent news where, which regard like uh unprecedented uh fall of oil prices, and that had to be eh specific and


clearly like convict, with short sentences and like without flowery language, and because, they do not want to distract the data analysis and like cause certain like uh misinterpretations like by those that are unable to, uh appreciate like complex linguistic styles and like example uh the more recent news which is the COVID nineteen


I feel that uh it has to be returned as a more, important headline uh and, it should be a topic that everyone should know about as it I feel that it is a more superior, uh uh event


and ya I feel that uh, you uh I feel that the article that is being written is more superior than others because uh obviously it's more important and like this is like a world of pandemic crisis, so


it definitely has to be like a written in a more superior way than other articles due to the importance level of it, ya , so therefore like the poetry, err


the practicality of, journalistic and persuasive writing is about more suited to the political and uh, business arena, and, ya that is for


, however like I feel that


people have different like ability to write in different ways and yes I agree that they all have different knowledge on how to write but then, uh as education gave us uh knowledge then knowledge is also like power I feel that with this power


definitely one is one writing is more superior than the others because of maybe how you phrase it what kind of languages you use to, alright and what's the last part


ya basically how you present it as well and how other people reads so they might, , so ya I feel that like different writings are superior than one another like due to the different contexts and the way that their written so to sum up like there will definitely be some writings around the world that


are more like superior than the others as well as some writings like hold a much more important and like higher placing in the hearts of others and like ya these people, will regard the writing as like more superior as the way they are formed so like for example like contracts like


when you received a contract the way, but it is being presented and the way it's being uh written at it is quite important for the employees, because they have to read through like what other terms and conditions so it it is like just a piece of paper and then it is just written with what


how much you are getting paid what time you will have to work and what and then you just sign the contract so they might feel like it's quite invaluable ya that's what I, feel but in another case if is a contract filled with much more descriptive


information of, uh more like as , like more descriptive like what are like the terms and condition and terms and conditions of the contract and like like for example like if you decided to resign so what are the


what are the what do you call it at what part, what are some benefits you can enjoy or like is there any like , what is that word


uh, like ya so basically it's just like the way of writing so, I feel that uh all these is in people's life like they will feel that he lives a better and more important impression to them ya so that's all have thank you


okay so like another point that I feel that , like you mentioned that different writings are like superior than one another due to the context as and the the way that they are written and like you also mention that some writings around the world that are more superior


eh am I right sorry


but if like if you think about it if like everyone's like writing is equal to like one another then, in this world like there wouldn't be any like competitions lah because you mentioned that like writings should be like


or it like all like writing should be equal and then the there shouldn't be any like superior differentiation or like any type of different ranking ah so like like even when we have our english exams during secondary school or primary school I feel that


when we write like our conversation which is like a, I'm not oh forget what I said english uh ya it's basically you have to write uh like a narrative story so I feel that


there will definitely be superior writing as, if not everyone would like get the same grades like ya and then there will be like no competition and like I feel that it is unfair ah because one might be writing uh more superior than the others and


if they both get the same marks then there isn't really a point ya that's what I feel thank you


, debate topic two


okay so I will start first so, I agree that the impact of foreign films or foreign TV programs on the culture, at uh in bringing impact on our society ah, and, I feel that it can be seen that at on foreign films and television programs have quite a great and positive impact on the cultures of singapore's


society, so it is like constantly influencing like the way we dress, ya like especially like in this in our this generation and era so like, uh firstly like it influence the way people dress and also the way people talk


and like secondly like I feel that foreign film and television programs , have largely influenced the way we think as well, so I feel that , we reconstruct our like our values and like


it wrote like our local traditional culture like, and also that there has already been existed like since generations ago but like, because like in the past like singaporeans, especially like my grandparents' and my parents' era uh


uh, they use they I feel like their, they have like a very traditional way of bring us up and also uh, quite like a pragmatic in their way of thinking as well and also held onto their


, their values as well on ya, so I feel that often singaporeans are also taught to be like very pragmatic and, often pursue their careers for like very like practical reasons is just to like start up a family so that you can support their family


like, it's just like as simple as that ah and however like in the recent years like through the graduate influence of like more, foreign cultures, uh they are like films and television programs like netflix youtube ya and all those like k dramas at more singaporeans like


are now pursuing like their interest rather than, finding jobs that only like offer higher pay so they rather to be like more carefree instead, ya


and I feel that foreign films or like foreign TV programs, also like greatly influenced us because like, like it, in a uh it's like in a good way because we might not learn things like through our


, like our like in school we don't usually we learn like what we supposed to learn like the teachers like have, like a format of teaching us, and then ya that's all but like when we watch like foreign films or like foreign TV programmes like we don't actually realised like


how, , like how gratitude we supposed to be like uh what's that word uh like we don't gratitude what we have now because like I've watch this documentary about like


about uh it's like share of foreign documentaries about , like how the children in, uh what is the country, islam like where they have the war now and like it is quite terrible ah because like


, uh like the like singapore news they don't really talk about that but when we watch documentaries or news from other the world they will talk about how the kids and the people are suffering there ya and


it slowly changes the perspective of our lifestyle and how we judge it so I feel that for films and foreign TV programs really have a great impact on our society nowadays thank you


I just like some films that you have talk about like, usually those films are, rated at r twenty one so I mean obviously if you are not that age you shouldn't be watching ah ya, and then, but that that there was such films like got


one is like my favourite is uh called step up trilogy is like, , how different characters overcome like various obstacles like uh parental objection and lack of practice space just to pursue their passion for dance ah so this show is


this show is actually, , an american uh, uh, film ya so, these films I feel that is not only entertaining but it's also like an inspiration for singaporeans to pursue their dreams as well ah


and, because I also liked dancing is also my hobby and we get to appreciate this aesthetic values more than, uh pragmatic values, so therefore I feel like foreign films and television programs can be said


to be eroding our traditional values by introducing new and better ideas for us and like thereby shape our values as well, so nevertheless like I feel like foreign


films and television programs, also allows singaporeans to like better appreciate like, our unique culture and like tell us reinforced at this identity as like a multicultural society, ya so, in a lot of these films and television programs like from various other country teams like racial and religious discrimination are also like often explored


so like for example in like, I remember this show like is in I think is, it got released in like, twenty nine is called the blind side so it's like the main character was uh, black teenager who together with the rest of the blacks like were discriminated against like the pro white society like now is happening quite frequently like we know the recent news like


this, man got, , kneed down by a police officer ya and, so so these stories like how they managed to break through these pro white society and like these social obstacle and then he eventually become a well respected like football player


so, ya so another film that I like to talk about is about hair spray is like a girl who is about to pursue like to be a star in television, show uh while rallying rallying the against like recent racial segregation between the black and white america so like ah of uh after like this watching this detrimental effects of racial discrimination as portrayed


in these films like I feel that singaporeans will also learn like the importance of racial harmony then like you see that nowadays like, there's really like lesser riot and then, there might be one or two still happening at racial


err, comments that racially comment like racism and stuff going on but I feel that, like singaporeans will, be able to like learn from this, , foreign film and documentary like, how the importance of racial harmony and also like how


to be like how we learn to be like more tolerant towards other cultures as well, so touchy enforcing at our identity as like a multicultural society and also, after seeing like how other countries are fighting so hard to achieve like racial equality like singaporeans will also tend to


learn ah and appreciate like our unique culture and not like take social cohesiveness like for granted and ya cause that racial riots and stuff, ya that's that's what I feel that, it is good for us like it has a great impact ya thank you


okay but like I feel that I should disagree with your point that like, because of like, some films then, they actually did bad stuff lah like kill people and stuff but I feel that, all these can be controlled if they have like


, a mindset like we may not know like what, is the person like, facing or feeling like, like, he may already have like problems way before that and because like of one film then he decided to carry out so I don't think it does justify that because of foreign films and like foreign TV that


because of that then, the reason of him killing another person I don't think it does justify ah, and you also mentioned that, children has like high curiosity and, that's why most of the shows if not


all are usually parental guidance so like, , usually your parents should be the one watching with you ah and, if your parents have uh, uh if your parents watches the show with you and they feel that the show is not for your appropriate age or


maybe some scenes, uh might not, uh be a good idea to show the children then they should maybe switch channel or, go to more, how how do you say more


better option of channel ah like, nat geo or like any cartoons ya and, I feel that the foreign films and, TV is like, uh it has a good, impact


as I feel that they will have a positive definitely like a positive impact on like culture of, our society ah just like by showing us importance of like social coherence and indirectly compelling us to like cherish our culture as a multiracial and also like multireligious society ah


so all in all uh to conclude ah I feel that the influx of foreign films and from television programs in our society has greatly like influence singaporeans in many different cultural aspects like such as


our dressing and our traditional core values and our cultural identity ya thank you


it's all about the right mentality and discipline


part three debate topic three


okay so I'll start so firstly like I feel that, nowadays the pleasures of reading can never compete with the pleasures of visual entertainments, so here's why so I feel that, nowadays like this modern day contacts at twenty first century


like , uh reading cannot rival like pleasure from at visual entertainment anymore because we live like in singapore which is like a modern city living it has like very hectic lifestyle


that I go to school daily from eight to five nowadays, and then I come back have my dinner do like my work and stuff and then go back to sleep so like I feel like this is a very hectic lifestyle for me and reading might be a, text intensive and tasks like labourers time consuming and like you versus like seeing the entire story in a


three hour or one movie TV drama, ya so, like I I also like visual media because like such as online gaming enhances like, level of like interactivity while reading is more like, passive and, ya I feel like it takes up quite a lot of


time so, as so like as visual like rather than, textual like it stimulus like, as they display like a content much more quickly, than can a book lah so like movies then are better like vectors to reach an in form of vast audience instead


so like moreover like the concrete images uh images sorry are affirm are easier to, remember long after their display than the imagines, that, and the imagine or fantasy is one that we required for reading as because I feel that our brain catches image quickly so ya and there's also a saying goes where a picture is worth a thousand words and like most film play at a rate of at least twenty form


frames per second so is, ya so basically I feel like watching a movie summarize sight whatever we want in a book ah so this also means like that by watching one scene of a movie also provides uh much more information than


than reading one chapter on it ah and the feelings and emotion can be felt while watching the movie is like far different when we get from reading a book cause uh when we are watching like a visual entertainment there are noises there are, animations characters ya and I feel that for


example like being when you watch a movie can clearly see and understand the pain of a character, is like is in with like can be angry mad shouting at people or like tears rolling down his or her cheek and but however in the book I, only thing we can like imagine what the scene is like instead and


it's very hard for us like especially for me to visualise like what is happening at that scene so ya I feel that, , nowadays reading can never compete with the pleasures of visual entertainment


but I have to disagree to your point because I feel that, reading is a really time consuming thing is unless you have like, uh two three hours a day just leave aside for reading, but then you can't also take two three hours to finish reading a book as well like


like , let's say if it's like a, a, piece of literature like okay I do not mean to imply that like movie is, uh collectively like better than a piece of literature like merely on a count, of its


ability to just display more content that but rather like, this characteristic, and let me explain our tendency to prefer and learn better uh from fields than from books ah like an example from me would be like in secondary two I have to learn this literature


book I think it's called merchant of the venice if I'm not wrong, and it took me almost a week to understand no sorry not even to understand to read finish the book because I'm like a person that dislike reading, book ah as I feel that


everytime when I open the book I want to fall asleep already like, it also applies to like textbooks or like uh, any types of book lah ya but I feel like if this, uh content of the book like whatever content is in the book can


be translated into a like a film or television series I feel like it will be much more interesting ah, because uh, after I read the book my friend told me like there was this uh movie about merchant of the venice then he ask me to watch instead because like


I can understand better ah then, I took, the show is around like one to two hours and, ya I watch the show and, I got a better concept of, it ya so I feel that if I would in term


watch the film first and then read up I would understand and learn better ah and ya to me, honestly my literature is also not very, good that's why , after watching the film it helped me quite a lot lah even when the teacher explain to us what is this


like what is the context what is the content, I am still quite lost but ya after reading the book I mean like after watching the movie ya, I have, a better clearer view lah so ya so I feel that like watching a motion picture is like inherently like more


passive experience than reading a book like, yet it imparts that content in a much more easily consumable way than a book of that a very long passage like, feel like few chapters and takes you quite


at some time to do lah like I feel like movies are much more tangible and like visual and compared than comparable like written works and therefore also easier much like much easier for me also to remember and to lament the popularity of films like relative to uh to books is


uh like simply ignore the potential benefit they offer to the society ah and nowadays singapore are coming out with a lot of interesting films and, ya you don't see err, singaporeans coming out with anymore uh literature about their or history about their poetry so they are trying to


, continue on with this generation I'm moving forward so, I feel that, they also know that much, uh like they can attract more people to watch if they come up with more films system


but I feel like in this modern society I feel like, uh I still feel that reading cannot compete with the pleasures of visual entertainment lah, uh because like you see uh when they come up with a new movie


like, the amount of money they made is, much more than, if an outer commerce start with a book ah and, definitely, I'm not saying like the author did not put in effort to write about this book and


however like I feel that, the visual entertainment line like they transform, the content into like a movie so that uh, people, uh will be able to, watch it, in their own comfort zone and


like uh watching, visual entertainment also like you can gather with your friends and watch however like reading, I don't think, it is very like comfortable you feel like you read together with your partner or like with a group of friends


ya and


part one, debate topic one


okay so I feel that the modern technology actually improves the quality of people's lives today we actually have the chat board for easy convenience where , you know when people can uh


chat with each other, do you agree with that


ya but that is actually uh today's technology not only that it actually you know we would depend on ipads we depend on computers, and at this point of time you look at the whole COVID nineteen people are very dependent on the technology where we have home based learning


and you know where we are working from home for their convenience so I think it actually does have the quality to people's lives


okay but that is why we have online trainings and we have online social media when people actually can use it now and they have the the whole convenience of, technology is where people can even learn online so when they can learn online overtime the technology will replace humans because of convenience and uh faster work


even when we talk about domestic help, we can't get proper domestic helps but we have machines to you know clean the house and all these robots where it actually can, replaced these domestic helps


well you see now this whole again I said both of it, you know they had the whole circuit breaker how are we able to, you know meet our parents meet our grandparents it's all technology you know with a video calls definitely they were you know they don't get to socialize but then again you see technology you have you know the webcam


you have voice recording you have you can play online games together so, even it has benefits to the surroundings as of now, because uh technology is going to come up all the way now even when even when even when you go out with the friend with your friends you need your phone if you don't have your phone you're not able to contact them you know the technology


in fact it's getting better day by day, when we talk about phones we talk about ipads now people don't even use computers they prefer use ipads so it's convenient for them to even bring it out to use it for work


yeah but even when you step out I mean it's not necessary that you don't use technology only when you're don't really get isolated when you actually go out and meet your friends your technology is already with you


and people are very dependent on the technology and technologies the whole technology is actually getting better and overtime people would feel that, you know it would improve their quality of, lives because after all they will get dependent on it you know if they can't meet their friends


for some reason they can just do uh, I went got you know zoom parties I think to an extent that people have become lazy they don't want to go out they want to use the zoom parties to to meet


well okay so talking about uh people whether they can afford it, you know I think now there are other brands I mean on a general basis where actually accommodate to people who actually uh can't afford I mean I don't think those kind of phones in the order this


still exist so people really had no choice if they need to connect and they need to get intact with the technology, they would have to get the you know the latest not the latest but different brands have their price range so it would actually accommodate