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[TD="class: msgtxt"][h=2]Military keep rates low[/h]Adrian Taylor | 24th January 2012

An Antanov 124 heavy lift aircraft brings four helicopters to Rockhampton from Singapore for last year's Exercise Wallaby training. The annual exercises are a major economic boost to the region says Mayor Brad Carter.
Chris Ison






SINGAPORE'S armed forces are paying $1 million a year to store military equipment at Rockhampton Airport.
The tiny state, which each year sends thousands of troops to the city for training exercises, has agreed to a 192% hike in the fees it pays to the regional council to lease a compound at the airport.
Mayor Brad Carter said yesterday revenue from the airport's various commercial activities was helping to keep rates down.
"This is another good example of the commercial value of Rockhampton's military ties," he said.
"With the annual Singaporean exercises spread over three or four months, the benefit to the council and the business economy is plain to see.
"The troops are here for a long time and they spend a lot of money here.
"Each year the economic impact of the link increases."
He said that there were no adverse impacts from having foreign troops in the city for an extended period and the cultural ties were also growing.
The airport is expected to boost the council's income by $4 million this year with the Singaporean lease and paid parking each contributing about $1 million.
The rest comes from landing fees and other commercial activities such as the leasing of franchises within the terminal.
Cr Carter said revenue from the airport went into the council's general revenue fund but it could be earmarked for specific projects so ratepayers could more clearly see the financial benefits.
In previous years Primary Industry (Queensland), which leases the storage compound on behalf of Singapore, paid a lower fee to reflect its capital investment in buildings on the site.
The initial low-lease period expired this year and it is being charged the full commercial value of the lease.

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[steffychun]

Show how poor Western countries are.

 

[singveld]

No, the gov throwing $ away to educate someone who cannot even copy and paste properly.

 

[jiakhongleow]

News like this are good for FTs to bring in more of their kind to replace Sinkies. What a waste of time, resources and tax payers money to train unwilling citizen soldiers. Till today useless PAP still stubborn to scrap conscript NS. Come GE2016 will change all that.

Show how poor Western countries are.

 

[Leongsam]

It's money well spent. Training space is limited in Singapore and these sorts of opportunities are priceless.

When it comes to investing in the safety and security of Singapore, the amount is minuscule compared to the cost of letting your guard down and paying the consequences.

I would like to thank the government for their foresight.

 

[tanwahtiu]

can't help por lump pah to PAP, must have been intimidated by Leegime these days!

It's money well spent. Training space is limited in Singapore and these sorts of opportunities are priceless.

When it comes to investing in the safety and security of Singapore, the amount is minuscule compared to the cost of letting your guard down and paying the consequences.

I would like to thank the government for their foresight.

 

[myo539]

It's money well spent. Training space is limited in Singapore and these sorts of opportunities are priceless.

When it comes to investing in the safety and security of Singapore, the amount is minuscule compared to the cost of letting your guard down and paying the consequences.

I would like to thank the government for their foresight.

Very well said indeed. It means Singapore has "something" to protect themselves from the south (Australia), something from the east (Brunei) and something from the north (Thailand) should something happens to Singapore like in Kuwait in 1990.

Some of these detractors here simply can't see the big picture or the long term goals or strategies. They have to leave it to the enlightened government.

 

[greedy and cunning]

It's money well spent. Training space is limited in Singapore and these sorts of opportunities are priceless.

When it comes to investing in the safety and security of Singapore, the amount is minuscule compared to the cost of letting your guard down and paying the consequences.

I would like to thank the government for their foresight.

yeah yeah.
but i have heard others are saying that what if indoneasia and malaysia were to block the strait of malacca and stop export/import to/from singapore ,
what can singapore do ?
or they can impose a very high toll fee for using the strait , what can singapore do ?
can we start war ?

 

[laksaboy]

Very well said indeed. It means Singapore has "something" to protect themselves from the south (Australia), something from the east (Brunei) and something from the north (Thailand) should something happens to Singapore like in Kuwait in 1990.

Some of these detractors here simply can't see the big picture or the long term goals or strategies. They have to leave it to the enlightened government.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0530/1224298057349.html

Yup. Billions of dollars lost = Strategic investment. Only for Temasek. Only in Singapore.

 

[zeddy]

Very well said indeed. It means Singapore has "something" to protect themselves from the south (Australia), something from the east (Brunei) and something from the north (Thailand) should something happens to Singapore like in Kuwait in 1990.

Some of these detractors here simply can't see the big picture or the long term goals or strategies. They have to leave it to the enlightened government.

You think all NS men will fight for Sinkapoor if one day a hostile country attacks us..??? I for one will not bother to lay down my life protecting your PAP masters, the Foreign thrash and loyal PAP lackeys like You..!!! You want to fight defending your PAP masters, then by all means go ahead..

 

[Leongsam]

You think all NS men will fight for Sinkapoor if one day a hostile country attacks us..??? I for one will not bother to lay down my life protecting your PAP masters, the Foreign thrash and loyal PAP lackeys like You..!!! You want to fight defending your PAP masters, then by all means go ahead..

If I fight to defend the country, it isn't to defend any political figures. It's to defend my property, my family, my friends and their families and my way of life.

 

[Muthukali]

If I fight to defend the country, it isn't to defend any political figures. It's to defend my property, my family, my friends and their families and my way of life.

Ok this one I agree with u.

 

[dietcoke]

in my opinion, it is way over the top to spend this kind of money. seriously, how many of the ns men are trained? remember the case where our commando (supposed to be the best unit in sg) was shot by some farmer in thailand?

i shall post this question only to those who had served ns. these are the questions that we always fill in at the end of our reservist. 'are you confident of going into war?' and also ' are you confident of the commanders that lead you into war?'