Well, before anyone misunderstand my intention, i just want to make it clear that i’m pro-Singapore, loyal and patriotic to her and am prepared to sacrifice my life for this belove nation. But of course, there will always be certain things which i will strongly oppose to and one of them is for the need to do ICT (In-Camp training).
On my personal view, i strongly support National Service as i think it’ll be good for the well-being of the nation as a whole. But i will say that the salary which NS men is receiving now is totally NOT ENOUGH! This are the young men who had to sacrifice two years of their life to serve this great nation and yet,the pay they are receiving at the current rate can be considered as bloody pathetic! The cost of living in Singapore is increasing, especially with the coming increase of the GST to 7% and yet so far, there has not been any plans to review the NS pay for the NS men. With the latest news that the Parliament had approve The President pay to be increase up to $2.7 million per year, i strongly feel that injustice has been done. Where is the justice for this young men who had to sacrifice their studies, career etc.for the sake of serving this nation? Where is the justice for them? If they are not being taken for granted, i will strongly call for the increase of the NS pay for this young heroes…. If they can do it for the President, i don’t see any reason why they can’t do the same for the NS men!
Next, I will also call for the abolishment of reservist training. Personally, i feel that its just a waste of time and nothing is achieve out of it. Again, most of us who had to attend this ICT will have to sacrifice our work or maybe even career, family time etc. and how does the governtment appreciate our sacrifices? By paying us $400 after 10 years of service!!! Ridiculous! Pathetic! What a bloody joke! Is this what we are worth? $400? After so much sacrifices? Calculate for your ownself, after all the sacrifices you made, as a way of thanking you for your 10 years of service and sacrifice to this nation, you are just paid a measly $400 bucks! Is it worth it? Ask your conscience. Why not have some form of pension pay to be given yearly instead after the 10 years of service. I personally feel that this is a better alternative. If the governtment budget is too tight to do that, then i will say, all the minister salaries, Senior Minister and the shameless Minister Mentor and The President salaries be cut. In fact, we do not need to waste the taxpayer money to pay the salary of the MM and Singapore does NOT NEED any MM at all! Why create such a post at the first place?
Last but not least, as an alternative choice, i would rather call for a reservist volunteer unit to be set up instead. Rather than force people to come for reservist, they could ask for volunteers instead. I have my faith and believe in my fellow Singaporeans and i believe that a lot of them will take up this volunteer call. I strongly believe in having choices and i believe that the people should and do have a choice! Therefore, i would strongly call for the abolishment of force reservist training!
