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 National Service
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Defence Minister speaks on Cpl Dave Teo in Parliament |
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CPL Teo was assigned patrolling duties
on the night of the incident. Procedures require patrolling duties
to be conducted on 2 hour shifts and in pairs, to ensure mutual
support and responsibility while on duty. Guards on patrol duties
are also required to make situational reports to the Guard Room at
half hourly intervals. |
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These procedures were not carried out
properly on the night that CPL Teo was on duty. If they had been
properly enforced, it would have been extremely difficult for him
to have left camp undetected, and even if he had managed to slip
out, his absence would probably have been detected and reported
earlier... |
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Compensation for dead and injured SAF servicemen |
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"MINDEF
applies similar principles and practices used by the
civil courts or the Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA)
to determine compensation for deaths and injuries due
to service... |
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"MINDEF
does not buy insurance for its servicemen because
MINDEF itself takes on the liability of paying
compensation its servicemen for deaths and injuries
arising from service through MINDEF's compensation
framework..." |
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Two SAF
servicemen die in incident in Taiwan |
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"At 9:25 am this morning, a Taiwan Air Force
F5F aircraft crashed into a storeroom located within a Taiwanese
military facility, resulting in a fire at the storeroom... |
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"Two SAF servicemen are injured and are being
treated in hospital. Seven others have minor injuries. Two bodies have
been found and their identities are being verified. The next of kin of
the affected servicemen have been informed. The rest of the SAF
personnel in Taiwan are safe and accounted for...." |
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Commemorating 40 years of National Service
- One-stop NS
portal launched
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Programme to help NSmen prepare for IPPT |
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"The IPT is a voluntary programme designed to
help NSmen prepare for their annual Individual Physical Proficiency Test
(IPPT)... |
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"The IPT consists of ten sessions, lasting
three hours each, spread over five weeks. NSmen can take their IPPT
during the eighth session. If they pass the test, they will qualify for
the IPPT Monetary Award pegged to the results that they achieve..." |
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Exit permit rules relaxed for National Servicemen from 1 Aug
2006 |
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"Full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) will
henceforth be exempted from applying for exit permits for short overseas
trips of less than 3 months... |
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"NSmen who have completed their
Operationally-Ready National Service Training Cycle and have been
phased into the MINDEF Reserve (MR) will no longer be required to
notify the MNC of their overseas trips of more than 24 hours and
less than 6 months..." |
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Amended Enlistment Act requires males 13 years & older to get
exit permits |
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MINDEF will require
pre-enlistees aged 13 to 16½ to apply for Exit Permits if they
intend to be away from Singapore for 3 months or more. |
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Those who require Exit Permits of 2
years or more will be required to furnish a bond... |
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The penalty regime for Exit Permit
offences for those aged 13 to 16½ will be only a fine of up to
$2,000, with no custodial sentences... |
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We will thus be introducing a new
offence in the Enlistment Act under which parents and guardians can
be made liable for the Exit Permit offences of their children or
wards of ages 13 to 16½ so that the penalty can be imposed on their
parents or guardians when the circumstances warrant it. The penalty
regime for the offence will also be a fine of up to $2,000... |
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2nd Defence Minister speaks on NS deferment & disruption |
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| Therefore, MINDEF will only grant
deferment for pre-enlistees to gain their basic educational
qualifications of ‘A’ levels, polytechnic diploma, or below. |
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This is reasonable as most of our 18
year old NS enlistees would either have completed their basic
qualification programme or are about to complete it. |
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As university degrees are
considered higher educational qualifications, deferments
for university studies will no longer be allowed.
This new policy for deferments has been in place from the end of
last year. |
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700,000 serving and ex-NSmen may get 40th NS anniversary bonus
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Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) ups fines for errant soldiers
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MINDEF to press for jail sentence in serious cases of NS
defaulters |
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"Since the appeal case in the High Court in 1993,
besides Melvyn Tan there have been 13 other cases of convicted defaulters who
were sentenced only to a fine and who were not subsequently enlisted because
they were already over 40 or almost 40. |
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"This is something that we need to look into more
closely, especially as there may now be more defaulters who are 40 or older
coming before the courts with the passing of time... |
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"MINDEF will be proposing to the House to increase
the maximum fine provided for in the Enlistment Act from the current $5,000 to
$10,000... |
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"...from now on, MINDEF will ask the
prosecutor to press for a jail sentence in serious cases of NS defaulters, and
explain why we consider a jail sentence appropriate in a particular case..."
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National Service Dues: Did pianist Melvyn Tan get off too lightly?
- National
Service cut to 2 years from December 2004 batch
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