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Post-dated approval.
Anyway, jokes aside and use your brain. Singapore was and is in no position to disapprove Stanford, whether for medical or other faculties.
Post-dated approval.
Anyway, jokes aside and use your brain. Singapore was and is in no position to disapprove Stanford, whether for medical or other faculties.
No need to be so ambitious. I'll be more than happy with an inquiry into the matter of deferment and how he got to defer for 12 freaking years.
This is clearly a blatant abuse of position and warrants a CPIB investigation at a minimum.
Might have to wait for parliament to sit.
There are 2 key issues here : the deferment and his subsequent deployment upon his return. Both are contentious issues. I am well aware that many returned scholars and non scholars who came back with postgrad had soft postings that had nothing to do the intent and spirit of NS. Somebody has to look into these as well. This is not a witch hunt of PT but to see how bad this is in within the system.
There are 2 key issues here : the deferment and his subsequent deployment upon his return. Both are contentious issues. I am well aware that many returned scholars and non scholars who came back with postgrad had soft postings that had nothing to do the intent and spirit of NS. Somebody has to look into these as well. This is not a witch hunt of PT but to see how bad this is in within the system.
Yes, it is not about soft postings but rather, has there ever been such a precedent of someone serving full-time NS as a researcher/scientist in an organisation outside Mindef? If there was a precedent, they can still get away with fudging the issue. If there has not been such a precedent, then it can be concluded with certainty that something is not right.
The "White Horse" policy would not see the light of day if the NS world were all that fair and rosy. That "tougher" and "softer" job is just one of the key issues amongst several that have been raised and they be best answered in an open inquiry.
If Tony Tan and his son have nothing to hide, there is nothing to fear.
From the way Tony Tan and son are approaching this it seems that they are assuming that others are been given similar choices. Maybe in their circle there may have been others.
Tony and son have indeed nothing to hide or fear. What's your problem anyway? I've just said in NS nothing is fair and nothing could be fair. There'd be tougher jobs and softer jobs. Even some rich men's sons got tougher jobs. Even some poor men's son got softer jobs. What enquiry? Everybody wants a softer job. If you get it, good. If you don't get it, just do it and get it over and done with.
Had the usual Sunday chat with the usual pundits. They were caught out by this. Some have had responsibilities in these areas in the past and some presently. They think that it is isolated as many in the senior political positions are demanding of their sons for obvious political capital. They however agree that this stinks to high heaven. As far as they are concerned he was not a scholar and do not fall in any of the categories for such an exemption. Most of those given soft posting had specialist medical endorsement which are hard to refute. The sad part is that there is no indication that this will go any further. Might have to wait for parliament to sit.
There are many NSFs who were assigned to DSO, especially the disruptees who graduated from science and engineering. One of my classmates, who was a combat medic before he disrupted, joined DSO to work on IT projects after he finished his disruption.
There is no point questioning TT why his son was assigned to DSO. You are merely pitching him a slow ball which he can easily hit. I do not see the point of asking TT about that. The 12-year deferment as well as the failure of his son to continue his training to qualify as a full-fledged doctor is much more difficult to explain away. That is his weak spot.
to be fair....being a "white horse" per se is no big deal...n i say this as a "white horse" myself...in fact i did not even know i was a "white horse" until i actually saw my saf medical doc wif that 'illusive horse' stamped on the cover n tis was cuming to the v end of my 2.5 ys NS...in fact a mth r two before ord...went thru NS like any other tan,wong,goh,kumar,nair etc...wif the usual siong stuff, siaming n some fun times too when i went outstation...totally impartial treatment...sometimes v unfair at times as well, particularly during my BMT n when i was in OCS...
gaming NS is not the issue in TT/PT's case...what is the crticial issue is whether PT' case complied wif SAF policy at the material time...
....... Had they known about his case, many would have used his example to push for a longer disruption. For example, would-be opthalmologists/orthopaedists can argue that they should be allowed to continue their specialization training because of the relevance of their specialty to the SAF.
to be fair....being a "white horse" per se is no big deal...n i say this as a "white horse" myself...in fact i did not even know i was a "white horse" until i actually saw my saf medical doc wif that 'illusive horse' stamped on the cover n tis was cuming to the v end of my 2.5 ys NS...in fact a mth r two before ord...went thru NS like any other tan,wong,goh,kumar,nair etc...wif the usual siong stuff, siaming n some fun times too when i went outstation...totally impartial treatment...sometimes v unfair at times as well, particularly during my BMT n when i was in OCS...
gaming NS is not the issue in TT/PT's case...what is the crticial issue is whether PT' case complied wif SAF policy at the material time...