If you can sing well, NS can wait! Go Jeremy, do Singapore proud!

https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/...udition-for-the-voice-of-china-044816259.html

Singapore singer Jeremy Teng, who recently won at Japanese singing competition Nodojiman the World, has managed to delay his National Service enlistment in order to audition in popular singing show, The Voice of China.

Teng, 20, announced this in a Facebook post on Thursday evening, where he said that his “re-appeal” via his Jurong MP and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and emails to Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen as well as Minister for Manpower Mr Tan Chuan Jin, have “paid off”.

The approval came after he failed in his first appeal.

While he might not be able to receive a full NS deferment, Teng, was asked to see if he could reschedule his enlistment date to the “last intake available within the year”. He seemed pleased with the new arrangement.

Teng, who will be buying his air tickets to Shanghai soon, informed his “concerned” fans that his audition for the singing show happens this Sunday.

Besides attaining glory for Singapore in the Japanese contest, Teng, who mainly sings English, Mandarin and Japanese pop music, has also won a string of other competitions since he was only 15. At that time, he had emerged as one of the top 10 among more than 2,000 contestants who competed in MediaCorp Channel U’s Campus Superstar 2009.

However, his achievements did not come without failures. In fact, he had lost eight out of ten contests in Singapore before attaining the Nodojiman the World champion title.

i think he got chance to make it to the 7th place....... in the final.

Romagnum said:

Singapore singer Jeremy Teng, who recently won at Japanese singing competition Nodojiman the World, has managed to delay his National Service enlistment in order to audition in popular singing show, The Voice of China.

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I thought NS could be deferred for up to 12 years.

Will Sinkie women with good voices
Volunteer to serve in the military
As part of the musical battalion
Inspire troops to acts of bravery
Like ovethrowing corrupted Lightning
You no need to understand Japanese
Chinese characters mean same thing


[video=youtube;TS5SY4ldoAg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS5SY4ldoAg[/video]

This is another example of inefficient policy and lack of transparency that is making locals suffer.

Why can't they lay down clear criteria for deferment (for cases not involving studies) instead of a case by case basis .

They can make it clear eg

1. Represent country in recognised international competitions like Olympics, Commonwealth Games, SEA Games,
Intervarsity Debate, International Law Moot Court Competition ect2

2.Compassionate reasons-passing away of immediate family

3.Others-Attending Convocation Overseas

The list can be reviewed every year so that it remains relevant and current and the maximum time frame for deferment(for all cases including for studies) must be clearly stated.. In fact I think there must be no deferment given for people to study Masters or PhD.

This will also prevent unique cases where people can even defer NS for up to 12 years!

When he comes back to serve, he can go Music and Drama company, take it easy

borom said:

This is another example of inefficient policy and lack of transparency that is making locals suffer.

Why can't they lay down clear criteria for deferment (for cases not involving studies) instead of a case by case basis .

They can make it clear eg

1. Represent country in recognised international competitions like Olympics, Commonwealth Games, SEA Games,
Intervarsity Debate, International Law Moot Court Competition ect2

2.Compassionate reasons-passing away of immediate family

3.Others-Attending Convocation Overseas

The list can be reviewed every year so that it remains relevant and current and the maximum time frame for deferment(for all cases including for studies) must be clearly stated.. In fact I think there must be no deferment given for people to study Masters or PhD.

This will also prevent unique cases where people can even defer NS for up to 12 years!

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They make it case by case (suka suka) so you have to go beg them. And they can also grant the connected people anyhow they please.

borom said:

This will also prevent unique cases where people can even defer NS for up to 12 years!

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It's not complicated at all. With the right connections and relations, deferring NS for 12 years is easy.

Romagnum said:

While he might not be able to receive a full NS deferment, Teng, was asked to see if he could reschedule his enlistment date to the “last intake available within the year”. He seemed pleased with the new arrangement.

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for true pink singaporean sons, you can run but you can never hide...... ... unless if you are connected, then even if you cannot hide you can at least get a nice, esp created lab vocation in aircon building.

laksaboy said:

It's not complicated at all. With the right connections and relations, deferring NS for 12 years is easy.

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with rite connection, ah long also can become grassloot leeder

woah... Jiak 卤面 kena booted out and give him less then a min of fame.