If Singapore goes to war, I bet that the soldiers bring their maids along!
They are walking towards landed houses. Weather appears fine. I am just surprised no ah kong, ah ma, papa and mama to usher him home. Our SAF is a limbek one. When time comes to go to war, lots of S'poreans will go into hiding. SAF and NS is just a joke.
This is called "over-compensation".
Perhaps it's precisely because there is no one to usher him home that the maid has been tasked to carry his backpack.
If it comes to war, she can probably do a better job too...
The photo shows a national serviceman apparently making his maid carry his backpack.