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SAF a much stronger organisation today due largely to talent
By May Wong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 August 2008 2105 hrs


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PM Lee Hsien Loong interacting with the 4 SAF Overseas Scholarship recipients (MINDEF photo)


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SAF a much stronger organisation today due largely to talent

SINGAPORE : Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is a much stronger organisation today due largely to the talented people in service.

He said that is why it is important to continue to attract bright young Singaporeans to serve in the SAF.

He was speaking at the SAF Overseas Scholarship Award Presentation Ceremony at the Istana on Wednesday evening.

When the tsunami struck Aceh in 2004, the SAF was there to help with relief supplies. When Singapore suffered the SARS outbreak in 2003, the SAF again helped in executing home quarantine orders .

Mr Lee said the SAF has established a reputation for itself as a highly professional and capable force through such operations. But it now faces new challenges like terrorism and evolving military technology.

Mr Lee said: "The SAF has reached a level of maturity where often it cannot find ready-made solutions elsewhere, but must do its own thinking and develop its own to stay ahead. This makes talent even more critical to the SAF.

"More than ever, the SAF needs leaders of the highest quality throughout the organisation, who can think ahead, conceive new ways of operating, (and) implement bold and creative plans and bring the SAF to the next level."

Mr Lee noted that the servicemen are well educated and know whether they are competently trained and led.

He said: "They are prepared to take tough training, but they have a low tolerance for army bull or for superiors who pull rank instead of commanding respect through their competence and personal example.

"Servicemen and their parents must have every confidence that should they ever be ordered into battle, the general and admirals commanding them count among the most able that Singapore has to offer."

Being part of the able team in the SAF are four new SAF overseas scholars. All aged 19, they will pursue their studies in the UK or the US.

The scholars are Wayne Ho from the Army, who will read Economics at the University of Warwick, UK; the Air Force's Conran Chia, who will read Economics at the University College London, UK; pilot trainee Jason Lau, who will read sociology at the University of Warwick, UK; and the Navy's Alex Ang, who will head to Cornell University, US to read physics.

That brings the total number of such scholars to 265 since 1971. The SAF Overseas Scholarship is the second most prestigious after the President's Scholarship. Prime Minister Lee himself was a pioneer recipient of the SAF Overseas Scholarship in 1971.

Opportunities are aplenty in this globalised world. So Mr Lee said Singapore must impress upon the young the importance of the SAF. And he hopes that young Singaporeans will then respond to maintain and enhance the security of this nation. - CNA/ms
 
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Scholars. Do you think they know so much to be COL to be or BG to be. All they get is to cheat OCS and NS and promoted fast. If you want real soldiers, look at the Brits or the Americans. There are hundreds or 4As 3S papers type in those countries and they don't need to be "accelerated" to make it good.
 

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to my knowledge alota scholars end up doing paperwork, instead of actually physically leading men to the fields. commanders n officers in other countries command respect cos they lead by example. they want the men to score IPPT gold, they themselves can factually outdo the IPPT gold standards.

talking about leadership, even the young prince harry/henry (who probably was given immunity) opted to lead his troopers into the sand dunes during the gulf war. tats wat i mean about leading by example.

while the SAF white horses here relax drink kopi n play risk on paper, laser pointing on the the telted maps & convince themselves fictionally that our tactics can work, often times their plannings arent even realistic, thinking n believing that the entire formation can clear terrain as if they're all trained in pugilistic skills to defy gravity.
 

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Cheap Bread (CB) Frozen Food What To Do Loong TODAY 7 Aug 2008 :

"In this globalised environment where opportunities are aplenty, we must impress upon young people the importance of the SAF, and the challenge and satisfaction that an SAF career through the SAF Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS) can offer ... Without the SAF, the good life and the opportunities that young people enjoy would disappear like Cinderella’s coach at midnight."

Point 1 -> Y overseas? Local Unis sub std?

Point 2 -> Gd life disappear like Cinderella's coach? With the SAF, my life oso disappear like Cinderella's coach ... where's my CPF $$? Where's my saving? Where's my job security? Where's my retirement fairy tale ending?
 

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The PAP are retards! They earmark future COAs from the very beginning rather then pick them according to their performance after they actually went to the organisation. This is the way more WEE SHU MIN are groomed. They are elitist and totally out of touch with the ground.

PUI!!
 
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