There were a few Tiger Hongs in the SAF history, believe
me.
At least this new writeup mentioned how his appointment was
different Shamsuddin's when they were RSMs. Good to learn something
new every time!
Overall, a commendable edition. Plenty of info, insights, anecdotes
& stuff, though personally I found it too skewered towards
Tekong BMT. Even then, there was no mention/comparisons of
mono-intakers. I dunno what is the recruit strength nowadays, but
in my time a ITD company in Camp 1 Tekong consisted of about 160
enlistees & two years later I taught a mono-intake batch that
totaled about 280. (Only about 40% were kept on after BMT.)
Frankly, I'm been clueless about "Purple Light In the Valley" too;
it's only when I googled around that I discovered its popularity.
Has it replaced "Training to be Soldier" & that Hokkien "Ai-yo,
ai-yo, ai-ai-yo" one, as the original NS song?
