they are not chinese, not indian, not malay ... if one day say a
bunch of mats and bengs started brawling in the streets, they would
still be useful ...
and I think we use them as "expendable" assets sometimes ... like
that tekong robbers case .... i don't think it was so much that
they had superior jungle tracking skills than that they were sent
into the most dangerous areas ... it wouldn't look too good for
sonny in the army to be shot by some indo robbers with a rusty
revolver eh ...
plus there are still plenty of security situations where they are
useful .. like guarding embassies of certain countries, the UK, oz,
the US, Israel ... it's just as much as making us at ease as them
also ....
And somemore these chaps have a difficult time anywhere also ...
they are allowed to go for upgrading courses at night, my father
has taught them NTC courses before, but it's very very difficult
for them to get a PR here, or anywhere else for that matter, not
HK, not the UK also ... so after a life of service in some foreign
land they have to retire to some thirdworld mountain side with no
electricity at night ......
