Using your own neighbourhood, imagine you are the neighbourhood representative for the Ministry of National Development. Now that the immediate COVID crisis is being addressed, the Ministry is making plans for enhancing “resilience” in every neighbourhood in Singapore.

Question 1
Using your own neighbourhood, imagine you are the neighbourhood representative for the Ministry of National Development. Now that the immediate COVID crisis is being addressed, the Ministry is making plans for enhancing “resilience” in every neighbourhood in Singapore.

As the neighbourhood representative, you have the duty to assess the situation in your community and write a policy memo with your recommendations to the Ministry. You need to explain how your neighbourhood is faring, analyse areas of strength and weakness, and develop proposals for further supporting your area’s resilience.

What is a policy memo? A policy memo is addressed to a specific audience, institution, or individual. In this case, it should be addressed to the Minister of National Development. The memo should provide analysis of the situation and specific recommendations for dealing with issues/challenges. For this assignment, you should address place-making, sustainability, fair practice, inclusivity, and/or governance in your recommendations. Effective memos are focused, well-organized, and succinct.

This is an exercise in writing a policy memo. A policy memo should take into account the following:
You should know your audience. The memo should be addressed to the Minister of National Development.
You should have clear sections in the memo for introduction and background context, observations and analysis of issues, conclusions and recommendations, and possible implementation issues/challenges.
You should provide clear evidence to support your overall position and main claims. Evidence can take many forms including your own field observations, information from reports or other studies, pictures, and graphs.
Writing should be clear, concise, persuasive, and professional.

References are expected to be included in the memo. You are encouraged to include images, graphs and charts that are relevant to the analysis.

For this assignment 1500 words is the absolute maximum word count. Whatever is beyond 1500 words will not be marked. References are not counted in the word count for this assignment. You should write the word count at the end of the memo.

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