Let us compare the plights of 2 different Singaporeans:
Corporal Jeremy Tan, 26:
“I discharge my NS duties diligently. After giving my life to the nation, this is how they treat me !”
Forcefully enlisted into 2 years of compulsory National Service against his will, paid a token sum below market rates to serve as cheap labor for the army.
Found to be in a comatose state when he is doing guard duty in a SAF camp.
Mindef subsidised his medical treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital from the time of the accident up to Feb 28, 2007, when he was regarded as having been discharged from hospita and gave him $5,000 from the SAF Benevolent Fund. In addition, Mindef had offered on compassionate grounds $500 a month for five years to assist him. (That’s about all they did)
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QUESTION:
If Corporal Jeremy Tan is a “white horse” like the son of Permanent Secretary Tan Yong Soon above, will MINDEF have treated his case so shabbily ? Will they dare not to offer his family any compensation ?
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/15/the-class-difference-between-a-peasant-and-an-elite/
Corporal Jeremy Tan, 26:
“I discharge my NS duties diligently. After giving my life to the nation, this is how they treat me !”
Forcefully enlisted into 2 years of compulsory National Service against his will, paid a token sum below market rates to serve as cheap labor for the army.
Found to be in a comatose state when he is doing guard duty in a SAF camp.
Mindef subsidised his medical treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital from the time of the accident up to Feb 28, 2007, when he was regarded as having been discharged from hospita and gave him $5,000 from the SAF Benevolent Fund. In addition, Mindef had offered on compassionate grounds $500 a month for five years to assist him. (That’s about all they did)
XXX
QUESTION:
If Corporal Jeremy Tan is a “white horse” like the son of Permanent Secretary Tan Yong Soon above, will MINDEF have treated his case so shabbily ? Will they dare not to offer his family any compensation ?
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/15/the-class-difference-between-a-peasant-and-an-elite/