{"id":9793,"date":"2021-08-04T02:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T02:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/?page_id=9793"},"modified":"2021-08-04T08:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T08:53:35","slug":"hci-team-wins-econ-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/hci-team-wins-econ-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"HCI team wins Econ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\t\tHCI team wins Econ Challenge\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>A team from Hwa Chong Institution has won this year\u2019s National Economics and Financial Management Challenge.\u00a0\u00a0 This annual event, organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuseconsoc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUS Economics Society<\/a>, has the aim of improving knowledge and stimulating interest in Economics and Financial Management among pre-university students.\u00a0 This is the 14<sup>th<\/sup> year in which the event was held, with the inaugural challenge taking place in 2007.\u00a0 The theme for this year\u2019s competition was \u201cBuilding A Resilient Post Covid-19 Economy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 46 teams from 16 institutions (junior colleges, polytechnics, and international schools) took part in the competition.\u00a0 The final round was held on July 25<sup>th<\/sup>, with Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and NUS Vice Provost (for Student Life) Leong Ching as guests-of-honour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9792\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Challengepic2-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winning team, Flow-rishing, from Hwa Chong Instituion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The challenge consisted of three rounds which took different formats.\u00a0\u00a0 In the final round, the teams were required to make a presentation exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Singapore economy and to recommend strategies for Singapore to respond to this global crisis.\u00a0 The winning team, which call themselves Flow-rishing, consisted of four students from Hwa Chong Institution:\u00a0\u00a0 Chen Yiming, Chia Zhi Yao, Luo Ling Ya, and their team leader, Francille Ong Si Ying.\u00a0\u00a0 Flow-rishing also produced a prize-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CNB0nlzSVJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> as part of the challenge.\u00a0 The other top teams included another team from Hwa Chong Institution, two from Temasek Junior College, and one from Raffles Institution.<\/p>\n<p>JQ, August 04, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HCI team wins Econ Challenge A team from Hwa Chong Institution has won this year\u2019s National Economics and Financial Management Challenge.\u00a0\u00a0 This annual event, organized by the NUS Economics Society, has the aim of improving knowledge and stimulating interest in Economics and Financial Management among pre-university students.\u00a0 This is the 14th year in which the 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