Source: TR EMERITUS
Only 200 apply for SAFVC in first week
October 26th, 2014 | Author: Editorial
Last Sunday (19 Oct), Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen wrote on his Facebook page that some 200 applications have been received to join the new Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC).
Mr Ng said that he is “happy with the encouraging response so far”.
The SAFVC is a uniformed volunteer scheme introduced to provide more people the opportunity to contribute to national defence, show support for National Service and deepen their understanding and ownership of national defence, MINDEF website said.
In particular, SAFVC targets PRs, new citizens and women.
Giving an update, Mr Ng said, “After a week of recruitment, the SAFVC has received more than 200 applications.”
He revealed that among the reasons the applicants wanted to volunteer were to:
give back to Singapore
lead by example for my son
offer their “talent and service”
Mr Ng also disclosed that 60% of the applicants are citizens (new citizens or female citizens) and 40% are PRs. A quarter are women.
“The SAF will screen through applicants carefully to find those with suitable aptitudes and skills to be pioneer batches of the SAFVC that can strengthen our national defence,” Mr Ng said.
“Applications are still open for those who want to serve.”
Depending on the number of applications received, an applicant may be informed via a letter to schedule an interview in about four weeks. After passing the interview and submitting the required documents, an applicant may wait up to four weeks before being called up for a medical screening.
The volunteers have a choice of 17 vocations to choose from in SAFVC:
Training is expected to begin in March next year and volunteers could be deployed as early as the second half of next year.
Several hundred thousands of PRs and new citizens in S’pore
Currently, there are some 527,700 PRs in Singapore. And according to PMO’s National Population and Talent Division (NPTD), Singapore has been granting about 20,000 new citizens each year [Link]:
“We plan to continue taking in between 15,000 and 25,000 new citizens each year to keep our citizen population from shrinking,” NPTD said.
Given the large number of PRs and new citizens granted in Singapore, it’s interesting to note that only 200 applications were received by MINDEF when it first announced the SAFVC scheme. It’s admirable that these 200 applicants wanted to contribute to Singapore’s national defence and show support for National Service. What about the rest of the PRs and new citizens?
What do you think?
Comment from reader "I'm not falling for the ruse.":
October 26, 2014 at 2:37 pm (Quote)
This SAFVC exercise is but a feeble attempt to pull wools over the eyes of disgruntled Singaporeans and Singaporean national servicemen in particular.
Our compatroits have been complaining about the lag of a good two years behind the foreigners, PRs and new citizens in career progression having to serve full time national service and in job competition loosing out to these economic migrants because of the annual in-camp training obligations.
Hitherto new citizens and PRs need not serve NS at least for the first generation till this deceptive SAFVC scheme.
This SAFVC program is but a smoke screen from the government that foreigners, PRs and new citizens also serve national service albeit on a very, very minimalist scale on a voluntary basis.
It now backfired that only about 200 signed up and of which 60% are Singaporeans, meaning original Singaporean womanfolks and new citizens and 40% PRs.
Since this SAFVC scheme is offered to Singaporean womenfolks, new citizens and PRs it would be interesting to know how many of the 60% are from new citizens discounting original Singapore womenfolks signing up.
40% from PRs from 200 is only 80 out of the 527,700 PRs in Singapore.
It is a crying shame.
No one in his right mind is falling for the ruse.
Only 200 apply for SAFVC in first week
October 26th, 2014 | Author: Editorial
Last Sunday (19 Oct), Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen wrote on his Facebook page that some 200 applications have been received to join the new Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC).
Mr Ng said that he is “happy with the encouraging response so far”.
The SAFVC is a uniformed volunteer scheme introduced to provide more people the opportunity to contribute to national defence, show support for National Service and deepen their understanding and ownership of national defence, MINDEF website said.
In particular, SAFVC targets PRs, new citizens and women.
Giving an update, Mr Ng said, “After a week of recruitment, the SAFVC has received more than 200 applications.”
He revealed that among the reasons the applicants wanted to volunteer were to:
give back to Singapore
lead by example for my son
offer their “talent and service”
Mr Ng also disclosed that 60% of the applicants are citizens (new citizens or female citizens) and 40% are PRs. A quarter are women.
“The SAF will screen through applicants carefully to find those with suitable aptitudes and skills to be pioneer batches of the SAFVC that can strengthen our national defence,” Mr Ng said.
“Applications are still open for those who want to serve.”
Depending on the number of applications received, an applicant may be informed via a letter to schedule an interview in about four weeks. After passing the interview and submitting the required documents, an applicant may wait up to four weeks before being called up for a medical screening.
The volunteers have a choice of 17 vocations to choose from in SAFVC:
- Auxiliary Security Trooper
- Bridge Watchkeeper
- Deck Operator (Seamanship)
- C4 Expert
- Airbase Civil Engineer
- Naval Safety Engineer
- Naval Combat/Platform Engineer
- Infomedia Staff
- Legal Specialist Staff
- Merchant Ship Engineering Trainer
- Merchant Ship Operations Trainer
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Dentist
- Radiographer
- Medical Technologists
- Defence Psychologist
Training is expected to begin in March next year and volunteers could be deployed as early as the second half of next year.
Several hundred thousands of PRs and new citizens in S’pore
Currently, there are some 527,700 PRs in Singapore. And according to PMO’s National Population and Talent Division (NPTD), Singapore has been granting about 20,000 new citizens each year [Link]:
“We plan to continue taking in between 15,000 and 25,000 new citizens each year to keep our citizen population from shrinking,” NPTD said.
Given the large number of PRs and new citizens granted in Singapore, it’s interesting to note that only 200 applications were received by MINDEF when it first announced the SAFVC scheme. It’s admirable that these 200 applicants wanted to contribute to Singapore’s national defence and show support for National Service. What about the rest of the PRs and new citizens?
What do you think?
End Of Article
Comment from reader "I'm not falling for the ruse.":
October 26, 2014 at 2:37 pm (Quote)
This SAFVC exercise is but a feeble attempt to pull wools over the eyes of disgruntled Singaporeans and Singaporean national servicemen in particular.
Our compatroits have been complaining about the lag of a good two years behind the foreigners, PRs and new citizens in career progression having to serve full time national service and in job competition loosing out to these economic migrants because of the annual in-camp training obligations.
Hitherto new citizens and PRs need not serve NS at least for the first generation till this deceptive SAFVC scheme.
This SAFVC program is but a smoke screen from the government that foreigners, PRs and new citizens also serve national service albeit on a very, very minimalist scale on a voluntary basis.
It now backfired that only about 200 signed up and of which 60% are Singaporeans, meaning original Singaporean womanfolks and new citizens and 40% PRs.
Since this SAFVC scheme is offered to Singaporean womenfolks, new citizens and PRs it would be interesting to know how many of the 60% are from new citizens discounting original Singapore womenfolks signing up.
40% from PRs from 200 is only 80 out of the 527,700 PRs in Singapore.
It is a crying shame.
No one in his right mind is falling for the ruse.
