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Notes and reflections.

A portfolio edition of my LinkedIn writing. Each entry links back to the original post or the activity feed.

The chamber during Ethan’s Singapore Model Parliament debate
Singapore Model Parliament · 2026

Inside Singapore Model Parliament 2026

Bringing The Heartland Parliament team together and defending a nuclear-skills pilot. The debate pushed us to identify who might use the capabilities, what public support could achieve and when to reconsider the approach.

Our proposal was to build capabilities through a pilot. Preparing for the debate meant asking who would use those capabilities, what public support could reasonably achieve and when we would change course. Defending the proposal in the chamber made those questions harder to gloss over.

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Ethan and teammates working around a table with laptops
01 / Preparing with the team
Side view of Ethan speaking at the chamber microphones
02 / Speaking in the chamber

The LinkedIn archive

  1. Inside Singapore Model Parliament 2026

    Bringing The Heartland Parliament team together and defending a nuclear-skills pilot. The debate pushed us to identify who might use the capabilities, what public support could achieve and when to reconsider the approach.

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  2. D:NEXA 2026 with SociusFlow

    Taking SociusFlow to Marina Bay Sands, discussing what we’re building and hearing how others are working with AI.

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  3. What Singapore’s transport system has to deliver

    Reflections from a policy fireside chat on balancing accessible, reliable public transport with the long-term competitiveness of Singapore’s maritime and aviation sectors.

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  4. Singapore Technology Week with SociusFlow

    Conversations with industry peers about how technology can support development across sectors.

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  5. How Singapore earns room to manoeuvre

    A reflection on how credibility, economic relevance and regional relationships help Singapore preserve options as US–China competition intensifies, and why public understanding matters.

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  6. Educating children for life beyond exams

    A discussion on tuition, PSLE pressure and DSA raised a practical question. How can Singapore ease unhealthy competition while preserving fair assessments and meaningful pathways?

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  7. The organisers’ recap of SYPC 2026

    The organisers look back on two days of youth policy proposals on online safety and sustainable job security.

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  8. Cadence Wee on the youth online safety proposal

    A teammate reflects on designing a reporting pathway that fits existing institutions and holds up during implementation.

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  9. A two-day REACH learning journey

    Visits and discussions involving MDDI, MFA, Makino and DBS showed how public communication, diplomacy, industry and technology intersect.

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  10. Tang Yan Sheng on defending our policy proposal

    A teammate reflects on balancing online safety and freedom of expression and defending the proposal under questioning.

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  11. First Runner-Up at the Singapore Youth Policy Competition

    Our team proposed the Youth Digital Safety Pathways Framework to clarify who acts and what happens after a young person experiences online harm.

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  12. A morning of outreach in Seletar–Serangoon

    Helping with a flower distribution and speaking to residents as part of a neighbourhood outreach effort.

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  13. Singapore Maritime Week as a business student

    What I took from speaking directly with people across the maritime industry and learning how they approach their work.

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  14. Charting the Life I Want

    A participant reflects on a youth panel and Human Library session about career choices, setbacks and mentorship.

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  15. Back at Presbyterian High School as a guest speaker

    Returning to my secondary school to share my transition into Singapore Polytechnic’s Common Business Programme with the Secondary 4 cohort.

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  16. Visiting the Albatross Files exhibition

    A guided visit that brought the documents and decisions surrounding Singapore’s separation from Malaysia into focus.

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  17. Pre-Budget 2026 Youth Conversation

    Notes from the National Youth Council discussion on enterprise development, good jobs and how Singaporeans can share in economic progress.

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  18. From global developments to local consequences

    Reflections from a fireside chat on geopolitical instability, political polarisation and what these developments mean for Singapore.

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  19. A week of concerts and playing keyboard

    Hearing The Philharmonic Winds and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the Esplanade and returning to Presbyterian High School to play keyboard at prom.

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  20. Siang Kai Kong on social cohesion and media literacy

    A peer’s reflection on a youth dialogue about social cohesion, foreign influence, mentoring and mental health.

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