Some one wrote to Today paper Voices saying that part time students of UniSim cannot get deferment from ICT as the University is not recognised by Mindef. Mindef then adviced him to seek the NS unit CO's understand, but the CO told him that NS duties come first....
I was thinking is this the deal male citizens get when comes to NS? Doing a part time means juggling between work and study and needed alot of commitment. Unless someone's family is rich enough to sponsor himself for full-time local or even overseas university education, part-time university course is the only option.
However, we, the Singaporean men still lacks behind the PRs who need not serve NS.
My friend who was in the human resource company was telling me that there were PRs from Malaysia who was in Singapore since young and yet need not serve NS. I was told that one of the parent, usually the mothers are Singaporean. Their kids are just PR and they need not serve NS.
This period the Poly gradation ceremonies are just been over and the Singaporean males students are now in BMT while these PR males are out looking for jobs. They will have 2 years lead time over Singaporeans.
If they did not take up any grants from Singapore government, they can carry on the university education and the gaps between Singaporean and PRs become wider.
I am not saying NS is no good, but the PAP government should look into these PR loop holes and even the playing field.
However, the local political playing field is control by PAP alone and I am doubtful the PAP government is even bothered by this issue.
As some said, the NS and the SAF are here to protect the PR and the wealth associated with them....
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NS is process to brainwashed the Male Singaporeans, to make them better, faster and cheaper.
ReplyDeleteThe local government only know how to exploit its own citizens, but when come to overseas investments, the MIW get 'bully' by the outsiders.
This is life. People bully people and the weakest always being bully.
This is what i called ungrateful and shameless.
We, the singaporeans elected them and yet this is how they 'perform their duties'
Singaporeans deserve to be treated his way because they are the worst lot among developed world...Oh not really they are just from self-proclaimed first world country. Look at how they behave in public and cyberplace e.g. eBay or forums. Shame.
ReplyDeleteBro, I share your pain. Check out my past posts on the issue of NS and how it's implementation epitomises the saying,
ReplyDelete"Jobs for foreigners, NS for Singaporeans."
It's been like that for 40 years already. Just that the problem is much more acute now due to much harsher competition in the real world. 30 yrs ago, you can still fully pay your HDB flat within 10 years and raise a family of 2 kids even though you don't even have full 'O'-Level qualification. Today even if you have degree, you still need to stay with your parents until 33, 35 yr old in order to save up enough to pay the deposit for the govt pigeon-hole in the sky. If you don't have degree, be prepared to live like foreign workers and S-Pass workers in your own country.
ReplyDeleteThis thing about male PRs has been on-going for over 20 years already. I have a neighbour where whole family took up PR almost 20 years ago. Both parents hold high-paying jobs in the finance sector, so S'pore govt probably begged them to take up PR. My neighbour also quietly told me that PR allowed him practically all the benefits of citizenship e.g. subsidised school fees for his 3 children, subsidised fees in govt hospitals, ability to buy resale HDB for investment etc.
The real kicker came when this neighbour's son completed 'A'-levels. Immediately the son gave up his PR, and was sent to US university to study. This boy and his family enjoyed all the privileges similar to citizen, and yet when it came time to reciprocate responsibility, they packed the son off overseas without any punishment or repercussion. The rest of the family -- father, mother and 2 grown-up daughters -- still keep their PRs as they have no NS-liability. That son worked 2 years in US after graduation, and recently came back to a high-paying job in S'pore as a foreign talent, earning over $150K a year at age 25. At 25 yr old, most of our local guys have only just graduated and have to fight tooth & nail with China and India "FTs" for $2K-$2.5K jobs.
My brother and I (i am female) both grew up in Singapore as PRs. but he had to serve NS (as a PR) and thus gave up the PR, while i have since converted to Singapore citizenship.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the standard/rule on PRs doing NS?
Male residents who are given PRs before their 16th birthday are required to serve NS, failing which their PR status will be taken away and will be blacklisted for future PR application.
ReplyDeleteBut as Anon 8:22PM said above, no worries --- just study & work overseas for couple of years, then come back into Singapore as FT -- all is forgiven.
I know 4 or 5 male PRs from secondary school and JC days. All except one chose to surrender their PR status to escape NS -- go back own country or Australia or US etc. The sole PR who went thru NS was quite an achiever, went thru OCS, got best cadet etc and later NUS 1st class honours and last I heard made partner in a big accountancy firm. He was offered SG citizenship towards the end of his 2.5 yrs NS.
At the ground, we can see the uneven playing field but yet Mindef chooses to let such loopholes continue to tilt the playing field more and more towards PRs and Foreigners.
ReplyDeleteAs a Singaporean citizen who can vote, understand that it is the very system put in place by the current government that allows for this to continue.
Vote for what you believe in during the coming election.
Majullah Singapura.