Since its establishment, the National Service (NS) institution has helped Singapore to maintain its security through military and civil defense. To increase the value proposition of NS in peacetime, Ng Paul Seen explores ways to enhance the nation-building aspect of NS, through a more holistic conception of the institution that includes individual development.
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Ben Davis should be allowed to disrupt or defer National Service, writes Brendan Dean. That this will not be allowed under current policy shows that the policy should be changed, to recognise the dynamics of team sports and the contributions to national spirit that having Singaporeans on the world athletic stage makes. The supposed choice between duty and talent development is a false dichotomy.
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BY GAURAV KEERTHI Introduction In commemoration of Total Defence Day, I thought I could try to ask four fundamental questions
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BY NUR IRFANI BINTE SARIPI & NUR AZLIN MOHAMED YASIN Singapore has been shaken by news that two teenagers have
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BY ATIPONG PATHANASETHPONG On 5th July 2014, a group of three sisters got on a night train after visiting their family. They were scheduled to reach Bangkok the next
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