tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post8554859165680529905..comments2024-03-28T21:39:05.175+08:00Comments on Senang Diri: Presidential Election 2011: Close of pollsDavid Boeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401913253357584603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-29134327650853529862011-09-01T01:31:45.227+08:002011-09-01T01:31:45.227+08:00http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2011/08/lest-w...http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2011/08/lest-we-forget-politically-apolitical.html<br /><br />Parallel drawn between Patrick Tan and Melvyn Tan.<br /><br />According to Teo Chee Hean,"Melvyn Tan left Singapore at age 12 in 1969 to study music at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. In 1974, when he was 17, he won a Foundation Scholarship, jointly funded by the Straits Times Press, Nanyang Siang Pau and the Lee Foundation, to further his music studies at the Royal College of Music. As the course would take him beyond the enlistment age of 18, he applied for and was granted deferment from National Service for three years, after his parents furnished a bond of $30,000.<br /><br />However, Melvyn Tan failed to return after his deferment period ended. Instead, he requested further deferment to pursue a Masters degree in music. The request was rejected, as we did not allow further deferment for postgraduate studies. When Melvyn Tan failed to enlist for full-time National Service after his deferment period was over and his exit permit had expired, the bond his parents furnished was forfeited and he was gazetted as an NS defaulter."<br /><br />In a Ministerial Statement on National Service Defaulters, Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean stated: "Mr Speaker, Sir, National Service remains critical for our national survival. Singaporeans serve willingly out of a sense of duty, and also a sense that the system is fair. Every citizen does his part, and nobody can dodge his responsibility to serve without severe legal and social sanctions. The Government will strenuously uphold the National Service system, and preserve its fairness and equity. This is essential to maintain the commitment that Singaporeans have shown over four decades of National Service."<br /><br />http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/resources/speeches/2006/16jan06_speech.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-56915089810254939552011-08-30T04:54:57.629+08:002011-08-30T04:54:57.629+08:00Hence the great affective divide. NS because you&#...Hence the great affective divide. NS because you're forced to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-56292883780080476362011-08-30T00:03:09.594+08:002011-08-30T00:03:09.594+08:00How is the WH system implemented these days ? I do...How is the WH system implemented these days ? I do actually believe that the WH system was originally created to ensure greater scrutiny of medical downgrades of sons of the rich and famous back in the early 70s. That the system was inverted to favour rather than to hold WH's to a higher standard is a very regretable reflection of human nature - both those at the top and those forming the tripod.<br /><br />According to the PM, the WH sytem was cancelled some years ago, but anecdotally I hear otherwise. I presume there are no more WH stamps on personnel files and medical dockets, so what, if anything, has replaced them ? Electronic stamps that are not so easily seen ?Ngiam Shih Tunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800779441060614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-45046562154221689402011-08-29T01:49:24.568+08:002011-08-29T01:49:24.568+08:00You're forgetting Facebook. There are plenty o...You're forgetting Facebook. There are plenty of fake profiles but plenty who use their authentic ones, if only because they're too lazy to switch. Taht's what social networking 2.0 is about. You'll also notice Yahoo and HWZ profiles with fantastical usernamse but which are bona fide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com