Violinist not allowed to defer NS

last SG · 2006-05-15T22:33:39+00:00

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liang1972 SG

In today's newspaper, the violinist is not allowed to defer NS and his family is appealing. I find that Mindef is rigid and it is not often that we can get talented musicians who are accepted by prestigious Curtis.

I hope that Mindef can approve his deferment. All this gun handling in NS can blunt his skills in violin playing after two years.

Fatum SG

just run away then … but he has to make sure he succeeds and become “world class” .... else he won’t be able to get away with just a fine …

sand king SG

use the voilin to kill the enemys Twisted Evil

the Bear SG

some people are more equal than others?

LazerLordz SG

They should practise some flexibility and do direct enlistment for him to MDC. Rolling Eyes Talk about bureaucracy...

the Bear SG

again, some people are more equal than others?

Aveme SG

then how about the rest of the NSmen who went thru their tour of service?

our mind also become not as sharp after 2+ years and going back to our studies.We are also affected,but do you see all these people deferring?

Talk about elites getting special treatment indeed.

Aveme SG

it is never about bureaucracy but about equality

dragg SG

it is time to rethink about the enlistment act.

macjoe SG

If I were him, I'd seize the opportunity and run away to pursue the dream.

Opportunity never comes again.

NS imo can wait.

Get a valuable violin cert than a worthless NS cert now!

He may be the first to wake up our leaders as to why our local talents are leaving us.

Mr. Green

will4 SG

They should let musican to be elnlisted into SAF band. Smile

skeujin SG

his father must have voted for the opposition…

Inzaghi SG

easy lar..chow keng all the way in army lor..fail ur ippt, fail ur range, fail ur soc...den they put u to those lousy vocations..den use the spare time to learn violin etc..

die die u still need to serve the NS lar..just how u chow keng in this 2 yrs mah

pwnz0r SG

Not happy, dun be Singaporean lor.. So simple. Go US, do well and get your green card.

If you want to talk about equality, let's see some females do NS. Are they truly the weaker sex? They ask for equality in SG, then I say we give it to them. Females have the ability to outperform guys in every aspect, and increasingly, I see lesser reason why they should not serve.

field SG

Anti-RuleSS SG

What so special about him that his parents expect him to get defer? Just serve his NS then go back to his violin studies…...

udontknowme SG

ohhhhh lookie!!!
A FLYING PIG!!!

vito_corleone SG

so farking what? if the rest of us go through something this twit shouldn’t be an exception.

THE ANALYST SG

You see, after the Melvyn Tan case and all the furore and controversy about National Service defaulters, the government is tightening the control over pre-enlistees and is now more stringent about granting pre enlistees deferment.

It is very unlikely that this violinist will be granted deferment for his studies in the USA and for that I tell you honestly I feel sorry for him.

dracky SG

That boy is a rare talent indeed. Yet he should learn how to handle a weapon too like the rest of our guys. I believe Mindef will not be flexible enough because it want to avoid another public outcry. The US college is more likely to keep a place for the boy.