The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched an essay contest on “The Impact of Disruptive Technologies.” Coming from a securities regulator that theme most certainly includes the impact of Fintech innovation.
The essay competition is open to all pre-university students studying in Singapore regardless of nationality, as well as all pre-university Singaporean students studying abroad. The competition invites submissions from Polytechnics, Centralised Institutes, International Schools, and Junior Colleges as well as from full-time national servicemen who have completed their pre-University education. The following prizes will be awarded for the three best essays.
The competition invites submissions from Polytechnics, Centralised Institutes, International Schools, and Junior Colleges as well as from full-time national servicemen who have completed their pre-University education.
If you happen to be selected as a winner, MAS has monetary prizes for the best three essays (S$3000, S$2000, S$1000).
MAS is looking for some youthful insight as to how disruptive technologies will impact the economy and how Singapore can best manage these changes. And what better way to get a glimpse of the future than asking the youth to help explain it?