Cabinet of Singapore
Single Delegate
As Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew once proclaimed, “A nation is great not by its size alone. It is the will, the cohesion, the stamina, the discipline of its people and the quality of their leaders which ensure it an honourable place in history.” As the cabinet of the newly expelled independent Republic of Singapore, circa 1965, members of committee will be tasked with stewarding a new independent government from an economically struggling, culturally tense former colony to the economic powerhouse it is today. After a long history of British colonial rule, Japanese occupation, and federation with Malaysia, a new era is upon us. As Singapore’s first cabinet ministers, it is your duty to determine the fate of our sunny island set in the sea. With ongoing confrontation with Indonesia and Malaysia, international skepticism of Singapore’s survival, domestic concern over sanitation in squatter settlements, rumblings of communism, and the entrance of foreign corporations, delegates are in charge of Singapore at its most consequential inflection point in history.
Dear delegates,
Welcome to the Cabinet of Singapore committee! I’m Colin, a master's student studying Data Science and Statistics at Stanford, originally from the great state of Minnesota (just outside the Twin Cities)! Outside of school, you can find me traveling around the bay, waking up at ungodly hours to watch F1, not waking up to watch the Premier League, going on walks, occasionally amateur bartending, and dabbling in competitive strategy games. Additionally, I try to travel around internationally as much as I can, so if you let me talk enough I will start yapping about my study abroad.
In the past, I have competed in Model UN both throughout high school and college, previously being Stanford's Model UN captain and the Chief of Staff of our parent organization. If you’ve been to SMUNC before, you also may have seen me involved with the European Super League, the Russo-Japanese War JCC, or the cabinet of Eric Adams. To me, MUN has always been a very rewarding way to explore interests in politics, history, social sciences, and many other topics outside of my major, so I hope this can be the same for y'all! As the son of a Singaporean immigrant, this committee (which has been altered from a previous version I ran a few years ago at our collegiate conference) is special to me, and I am excited to explore this extremely unique post-colonial transformation even further!
Excited to see y'all in November!