Reduce National Service to 1 year or less with immediate
effect!
1)Unfair to males as compared to females who are going to
university would have continuity and head-start. Graduate females
would also have headstart in working career.
2)Do away "Command Schools" for NS conscripts. Instead give
opportunities for people who wish to sign on as a regular career
the chance to become officers and segeants. NS conscripts be men
only.
3)Maximum 2 months BMT, 3 months vocational training, and the
remaining 5 months unit attachment. Refresher training during
reservist in-camp training.
The above mentioned are excellent proposals and recommended to
be implemented with immediate effect!
Come on all Singaporeans! Rally to support this cause!
Elections soon... put this a agenda
Nah, I'd rather go through the 2 years full, can learn a lot
more things that you can't learn in uni (the leadership and
survival skills part, not the take weapon 'bang bang', chiong sua
part), and still be able to apply to society.
For point 1 that you've mentioned, there are a lot of males who
still get well-paying jobs despite the 2-year delay; It's all about
your ability (and of course, the availability of the job lah, but
you'll still be fighting for it with many other hopefuls that
aren't your age, so it doesn't really make a difference if NS
duration was reduced).
Besides, we still get paid during NS. Some may see it as a form
of 'financial assistance' from the government, for them to earn
sufficient allowance for further studies and whatnot (not to
mention the $3000 bonus after we ORD)
AND, imagine what the 'lao jiaos' who had 'suffered' throughout
NS would say if we had a reduction in NS duration; they would also
have to right to say that "it's not fair".
However, politics are ever-changing, so I don't know what will
be happening in the future. For all you know, some people in the
government may concur with what you've suggested and actually
modified NS ._.
