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Budget 2007 Essay Competition
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) received a total of 125 student essays on the topic 'Financing Our Future' for the Budget 2007 Essay Competition. Launched in December 2006, the Competition aimed to promote greater awareness of public finance issues of the day. The inaugural competition jointly organised by MOF, Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) and the Straits Times (ST) was open to all students studying in Singapore and Singaporeans studying abroad.
The essays submitted were from a wide and diverse spectrum of students from both local and overseas institutions and provided an insight into the thoughts and aspirations of our country's youth on fiscal policy and public finance. You can read interesting extracts from the winning essays by clicking the link below:
Extracts from winning entries
The organisers thank all participants for their insightful essays and extend our heartiest congratulations to the following prize winners:
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Category 1
(Tertiary Student) |
Category 2
(Junior College/Polytechnic/
Secondary Student) |
| First Prize |
Cheong Poh Kwan
NTU |
Daniel Isaiah Ong
RJC |
| Second Prize |
Goh Yong Han
UC San Diego |
Chew Zhi Wen, Cyril
HCJC |
| Third Prize |
Cheng Sai Pong, Adrian
SMU |
Philip Chan
HCI |
| Commendation Prizes |
Amit Agrawal
NUS
Cai Wenzheng
SMU
Lee Jun Feng
NUS
Shen Xiaoyin
NUS
Xie Mingyin
NTU |
Benjamin Loh Chiang Lai
AJC
Phua Si Qi Samantha
VJC
Tan Xin Hui Sharon
RGS
Teh Ming Hwang
NJC |
The winners have won for themselves the following prizes:
| Prizes |
Category 1 (Tertiary Student) & Category 2
(Junior College/Polytechnic/Secondary Student) |
| First Prize |
$ 2,000 |
| Second Prize |
$ 1,000 |
| Third Prize |
$ 500 |
| Commendation Prizes |
$ 100 Book Voucher |
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