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We refer to the various half-hearted clarifications on FaceBook and MSM on the “suspicious circumstances” surrounding Dr Patrick Tan Boon Ooi’s deferment and postings during his National Service.
Our readers and concerned Netizens have written to us hoping that we publish their request for answers from the respective departments and persons to the following questions:
1. When Dr Patrick Tan completed his studies at Harvard University in 1992, he should have returned to Singapore to serve his NS like other scholarship holders. Why was he allowed to disrupt a second time?
2. Are there any other scholars or Singaporeans who disrupted for such a lengthy period of time?
3. Since Dr Patrick Tan was combat-fit then, why didn’t he go through the Medical Officer Cadet Course (MOCC) to serve his NS as a SAF medical officer (MO) of which age should not be a problem since there are doctors more than 40 years of age who are specialists attending the course in the past.
4. Are there any other combat-fit NSFs who served their NS in DMERI like Dr Patrick Tan (no names required, a simple yes or no and a number will suffice)?
5. Where did Dr Patrick Tan do his in-camp training?
The above questions are worded fairly straight-forward and we trust that as respectable Gentlemen and departments, you should not have any problem providing a simple reply.
We trust that our readers would not have any difficulty in getting a straight-forward reply to their questions, be it on the FaceBook or MSM if you do not wish to engage our readers on our site, where your right of reply is GUARANTEED.
Thank you all for your time.
.Pamela Tien, Editor
for Temasek Review Emeritus
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/30/tres-open-letter-to-dr-tony-tan-dr-patrick-tan-and-mindef/
Our readers and concerned Netizens have written to us hoping that we publish their request for answers from the respective departments and persons to the following questions:
1. When Dr Patrick Tan completed his studies at Harvard University in 1992, he should have returned to Singapore to serve his NS like other scholarship holders. Why was he allowed to disrupt a second time?
2. Are there any other scholars or Singaporeans who disrupted for such a lengthy period of time?
3. Since Dr Patrick Tan was combat-fit then, why didn’t he go through the Medical Officer Cadet Course (MOCC) to serve his NS as a SAF medical officer (MO) of which age should not be a problem since there are doctors more than 40 years of age who are specialists attending the course in the past.
4. Are there any other combat-fit NSFs who served their NS in DMERI like Dr Patrick Tan (no names required, a simple yes or no and a number will suffice)?
5. Where did Dr Patrick Tan do his in-camp training?
The above questions are worded fairly straight-forward and we trust that as respectable Gentlemen and departments, you should not have any problem providing a simple reply.
We trust that our readers would not have any difficulty in getting a straight-forward reply to their questions, be it on the FaceBook or MSM if you do not wish to engage our readers on our site, where your right of reply is GUARANTEED.
Thank you all for your time.
.Pamela Tien, Editor
for Temasek Review Emeritus
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/30/tres-open-letter-to-dr-tony-tan-dr-patrick-tan-and-mindef/
