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CCS-ESS
ESSAY
COMPETITION
2016
Reaching Out To Schools
In addition to CCS Chief Executive, Mr. Toh
Han Li and CCS Director of Policy & Markets
Division, Dr. Tan Hi Lin, the judging panel
comprised distinguished professionals in the
competition circles:
Participants discussed how competition
policy can harness the benefits of disruptive
innovation, alongside the challenges these
disruptions might bring and how they can
be addressed. The following emerged as
winners out of 71 entries from local academic
institutions and working professionals:
Ms. Aileen
Chia from Info-
communications
Media Development
Authority
Ms. Arisa Siong
from DotEcon Ltd
Professor Burton
Ong from National
University of
Singapore
Ms. Carol Osborne
from HoustonKemp
Professor Julian
Wright from
National University
of Singapore
Ms. Mavis Chionh
from Attorney-
General’s Chambers
“Disruptive
Innovation and
Competition Policy: Friend
or Foe” was the theme for last
year’s CCS-ESS Essay Competition.
Launched by CCS, in partnership
with the Economic Society of Singapore
(“ESS”) for the second time, the
competition invited participants to
examine how competition policy
in Singapore and disruptive
innovation complement or
displace each other.
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