Water has always been an existential issue for Singapore. Clean and safe water is readily available at the turn of the tap, but each drop is hard-won and precious.
Therefore I am encouraged to see our young understanding the importance of water for Singapore, and coming up with innovative solutions. Sec 4 students Low Jeen Liang and Yiu Yi Hin Kinsey from Hwa Chong Institution will be competing for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), an annual international competition for students who have developed school projects that solve major water challenges. Their project won the national-level competition and will be representing Singapore as 1 of 29 international entries.
And for the first time this year, the public can vote for their favourite project in the SJWP via the People’s Choice Award. Please support Team Singapore and vote for our students: https://go.gov.sg/p2wbjj. Voting closes on 10 August, and the winners will be announced on 25 August. All the best to Jeen Liang and Kinsey! Keep the flag flying high. 🇸🇬 – LHL
P.S. You can read more about their project – “A Novel Electrochemical Enhancement of Activated Carbon Fibre for the Purification of Contaminated Pharmaceutical Effluents” here: https://go.gov.sg/z8bcgt.
