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CCS-ESS ESSAY
COMPETITION 2016
After a highly successful inaugural
launch in 2014, CCS and the
Economic Society of Singapore
(“ESS”) kicked off another CCS-
ESS Essay Competition in January
2016. The objective of the contest
was to raise public awareness and
encourage debate on competition
policy and law issues in Singapore.
Themed “Disruptive Innovation and
Competition Policy: Friend or Foe”,
the competition invited contestants
to examine the relationship between
the competition policy in Singapore
and disruptive innovations –whether
they complement or displace each
other. Participants were also asked
to discuss ideas on how competition
policy can harness the benefits of
these disruptive innovations along
with the challenges theymight bring.
The competition ran for fourmonths
and attracted a total of 71 entries
from the Pre-university and Open
Categories. The winners will be
announced in September 2016 at
the ESS Annual Dinner.
A group of NUS Competition Law
students with their lecturer, Dr
Burton Ong, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Law, visited CCS on 29
March 2016. CCS Director of the
OUTREACH: PUBLIC
CCS has continued its outreach
to tertiary institutions to help
students better understand CCS’s
work. These outreach sessions
were targeted at students pursuing
business- and/ or economic- related
degrees in the National University of
Singapore (“NUS”) and theSingapore
Management University (“SMU”). CCS
also visited Junior Colleges (“JCs”)
NUS LAW STUDENTS’ STUDY
TRIP TO CCS
Legal & Enforcement Division, Mr
Lee JweeNguan andSenior Director
of the Policy and Markets Division,
Ms Ng Ee Kia, hosted the event and
answered numerous questions
regarding the Competition Act in
Singapore and the work being done
at CCS.
OUTREACH TO
TERTIARY STUDENTS
such as Anderson JC, Yishun JC
and Temasek JC to give talks on
‘Competition Act in Singapore’ to the
Economics students.
To ensure greater comprehension,
economic theorieswerecomplemented
with case studies. These sessions
helped students increase their
understanding of Competition Policy
and Law, as well as the role of CCS
in ensuring a level playing field for
businesses.
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