Why be fit and have to die at battlefront while white scum enjoy pleasure and run road when war struck?
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Physical Training Phase for unfit NS enlistees extended
By S Ramesh & Cheryl Frois, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 February 2009 1433 hrs
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has decided to extend the Physical Training Phase (PTP) for National Service enlistees who fail to get the NAPFA (National Physical Fitness Assessment) Silver Award.
The PTP will be extended from four weeks to eight weeks, but the overall duration of full-time two-year National Service will remain unchanged for these enlistees.
The eight-week PTP will be implemented for those enlisted from December 2009.
19-year-old Singapore Polytechnic student Dexter Tay is quite sure he will have to serve the extra month of physical training when he enlists in 2010.
"I've been failing my NAPFA test from Secondary One to Secondary Four - altogether including the re-tests - about 10 times. And I've been having difficulty during my 2.4 (km) runs and sometimes sit-ups...
"If I'm really unfit and it (the extension) will benefit me, then it's okay; it's just an additional one month, not a year," said Tay, a National Service enlistee in 2010.
Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen explained that enlistees are split into two groups. For those who have obtained the NAPFA Silver Award, about half go directly for Basic Military Training (BMT). The remaining half attend a four-week PTP.
Dr Ng, speaking in Parliament on Thursday, said: "Four weeks of PTP does improve their physical performance. Even after four weeks, many still do not reach the same level of fitness when compared to their peers who were enlisted directly for BMT.
So MINDEF and the SAF have decided to extend PTP from four to eight weeks. This will ensure a more uniform level of fitness amongst the recruits when they start their BMT.
After the recruits have completed their eight weeks of Physical Training Phase, they will then start serving their one year and 10 months of full-time national service.
Dr Ng, however, hopes that young male Singaporeans will not get the wrong idea and neglect or reduce regular exercise, because eight weeks of PTP may still be inadequate for those in poor physical condition.
He added that MINDEF also regularly reviews the recognition accorded to NSmen after they complete their full-time national service.
It will convene RECORD V next month, building on the work done by the first four committees, and recommend further ways to recognise the contributions of NSmen.
- CNA/ir/ls
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Physical Training Phase for unfit NS enlistees extended
By S Ramesh & Cheryl Frois, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 February 2009 1433 hrs
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has decided to extend the Physical Training Phase (PTP) for National Service enlistees who fail to get the NAPFA (National Physical Fitness Assessment) Silver Award.
The PTP will be extended from four weeks to eight weeks, but the overall duration of full-time two-year National Service will remain unchanged for these enlistees.
The eight-week PTP will be implemented for those enlisted from December 2009.
19-year-old Singapore Polytechnic student Dexter Tay is quite sure he will have to serve the extra month of physical training when he enlists in 2010.
"I've been failing my NAPFA test from Secondary One to Secondary Four - altogether including the re-tests - about 10 times. And I've been having difficulty during my 2.4 (km) runs and sometimes sit-ups...
"If I'm really unfit and it (the extension) will benefit me, then it's okay; it's just an additional one month, not a year," said Tay, a National Service enlistee in 2010.
Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen explained that enlistees are split into two groups. For those who have obtained the NAPFA Silver Award, about half go directly for Basic Military Training (BMT). The remaining half attend a four-week PTP.
Dr Ng, speaking in Parliament on Thursday, said: "Four weeks of PTP does improve their physical performance. Even after four weeks, many still do not reach the same level of fitness when compared to their peers who were enlisted directly for BMT.
So MINDEF and the SAF have decided to extend PTP from four to eight weeks. This will ensure a more uniform level of fitness amongst the recruits when they start their BMT.
After the recruits have completed their eight weeks of Physical Training Phase, they will then start serving their one year and 10 months of full-time national service.
Dr Ng, however, hopes that young male Singaporeans will not get the wrong idea and neglect or reduce regular exercise, because eight weeks of PTP may still be inadequate for those in poor physical condition.
He added that MINDEF also regularly reviews the recognition accorded to NSmen after they complete their full-time national service.
It will convene RECORD V next month, building on the work done by the first four committees, and recommend further ways to recognise the contributions of NSmen.
- CNA/ir/ls
