Citizen NSmen to get $9k award

[MarrickG]

SINGAPORE citizens who have served their national service will each receive $9,000 through a new award to be given by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).

The National Service Recognition Award (NSRA) will help to fund the cost of operationally ready national servicemen's (NSmen's) education and also help them buy a home. Commanders will receive a larger sum.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who announced the implementation of the award at the National Day Rally yesterday, said: "It is a significant tangible recognition of the sacrifices, efforts and contributions of our national servicemen. It's for Singapore citizens only."

This will be a token of appreciation for the time and effort citizens give to serve national service, he added.

Mr Lee said: "National service makes a heavy demand on male residents and, I should say, on their spouses and families, too."

He elaborated that male Singapore residents not only have to serve two years of full-time national service and many more years as an NSman, but also try to build their careers and raise their families.

The sum will be paid in tranches at significant milestones of an NSman's service.

It will be deposited into their Post-Secondary Education Accounts and Central Provident Fund accounts.

Mindef will announce details of the award soon.

The award is one of the measures Mr Lee highlighted in a bid to assure Singaporeans that citizens come first.

He added that permanent residents who have completed their national service will receive the award when they take up citizenship.

He was addressing the issue of competition from foreign talent, where he pointed out that it was "not practical to make foreign workers and adult immigrants do national service".

However, Mr Lee pointed out that many PRs and first-generation citizens also do their part by serving national service.

Other ways in which the Government recognises the contributions and sacrifices of NSmen is through providing them with Safra clubhouses, allowances, tax reliefs and top-ups in government bonuses.

The award is good news to 20-year-old NSman Benjamin Huang, who said: "It's good to know that the Government is appreciative of our efforts.

"This will definitely help me pay my school fees when I go to university next year."

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[Leongsam]

Oh Goody gumdrops !!! I'm $9000 richer. I can now afford a new server for this creaky old forum.

 

[Balls2U]

$9K to compensate us for our 2/2.5 yrs of the best yrs of our lives and 13 yrs of ICTs? What a joke! :oIo: :oIo: :oIo:

 

[Leongsam]

$9K to compensate us for our 2/2.5 yrs of the best yrs of our lives and 13 yrs of ICTs? What a joke! :oIo: :oIo: :oIo:

If you don't want it, you can always hand it back or donate it to charity.

As you can see, it's just about impossible to please sinkies. What you need is some REAL hardship before you can even begin to appreciate what the PAP has done for you.

 

[middaydog]

Oh Goody gumdrops !!! I'm $9000 richer. I can now afford a new server for this creaky old forum.

bloody shit, you mention this earlier and I would gladly donate that amount to you

 

[Balls2U]

If you don't want it, you can always hand it back or donate it to charity.

As you can see, it's just about impossible to please sinkies. What you need is some REAL hardship before you can even begin to appreciate what the PAP has done for you.

U think the cash is really yours to keep? It goes into your CPF account. Anything that goes into that account is yours in name only. You probably won't see it for the next 20 to 30 yrs! If they're sincere, then send each one of us a cheque for $9K!

 

[no_faith]

The award is good news to 20-year-old NSman Benjamin Huang, who said: "It's good to know that the Government is appreciative of our efforts.

"This will definitely help me pay my school fees when I go to university next year."

i could be over sensitive/offensive. sumhw i tink this Ben guy is clerk. he tok like he nvr go thru training, reservist, IPPT.

 

[cheekenpie]

Oh Goody gumdrops !!! I'm $9000 richer. I can now afford a new server for this creaky old forum.

Not for you la! Its for serving NSmen.

 

[BuiKia]

middaydog - you can donate to sammy now.

bloody shit, you mention this earlier and I would gladly donate that amount to you

Not for you la! Its for serving NSmen.

 

[cheekenpie]

PSEA funds to pay for his own or his siblings' approved fees and charges for approved programmes conducted by the institutions indicated in the table below (http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/post-secondary-education-account/eligibility-and-usage/).

Now that NSmen get 9k and some of it goes there, can ease burden of the parents for school fees for higher ed.

So WE can still benefit... as long as WE give birth to sons.

 

[middaydog]

middaydog - you can donate to sammy now.

too late already la, I said if he mentioned it earlier

 

[Leongsam]

Not for you la! Its for serving NSmen.

SINGAPORE citizens who have served their national service will each receive $9,000 through a new award to be given by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).

That's me. I've served my National Service and I'm proud to be a part of Singapore's total defence.

 

[Watchman]

NS men liability :
Singapore's slave grooming results lost productivity and economy .


Let me explain to you while the State of Singapore hold back
it's men at their maximum potential . They are telling potential
employers that we as government have the control of the men .
You as a local company or a foreign one will need
to pay a foreign levy if engage one .
If you want a local , you will not get one .

Why are employers finding it hard to get locals ???
Because most of them are in NS with liability .

So the government really screwed up people's life from
both sides of the fence and at the end of the day their GDP figures
will just look so good at the expense of NS slaves who never see
justice at the light of day .
NS slaves are not paid market rate nor allow to see their potential .
It's a form of suppression.

In wars , they will kill the capable young men .
Young men are to be slaughter first .

 

[cheekenpie]

Dont trust Gwendolyn Ng... she is char bo and don know the difference

 

[Watchman]

Dont trust Gwendolyn Ng... she is char bo and don know the difference

Charbo only knows who pays them more and who screw them better .

That's all .

 

[halsey02]

That's me. I've served my National Service and I'm proud to be a part of Singapore's total defence.

Your contribution is the PAST, not counted, the 9K is to buy the votes of a younger generation...

 

[panama]

SINGAPORE citizens who have served their national service will each receive $9,000 through a new award to be given by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef).

Yipee... can buy new iPhone, iPad, notebook

 

[middaydog]

Your contribution is the PAST, not counted, the 9K is to buy the votes of a younger generation...

or to put it bluntly _ you had served

 

[halsey02]

Yipee... can buy new iPhone, iPad, notebook

Don't shout for joy too soon, everything they give comes with a caveat, you will not be able to see that money in real cash. Read properly, pay to your PSEA, if you have one...to CPF & over many years...that means, one have to complete reservist cycles, pass IPPT, attend regular in camps..and so forth.

So easy to give you the S$9,000....you have to suffer for it, "Oliver!".:p

 

[Watchman]

Your contribution is the PAST, not counted, the 9K is to buy the votes of a younger generation...

9K is offer to buy vote . But not guarantee success.

We need more to ensure your success .

Offer us our children more like 150K for 3 years .

Anyway you can always print more money .

You always find a way out of it .