Dr Ng say you kenna con into doing NS

Dr Ng Eng Hen: No “strong reasons” for new citizens to serve National Service March 6, 2010 by admin Filed under Headlines Leave a comment Written by Our Correspondent Stung by fast rising public unhappiness and discontent against its pro-foreigner policies, the PAP has made some cosmetic changes to its policies of late to placate angry voters, but one thing remain cast on stone: new citizens will still be exempted from National Service which is compulsory for all males born in Singapore. During a “parliamentary debate” yesterday, PAP MP Michael Pamler asked if “new citizens should shoulder responsibilities that able-bodied male Singaporeans undertake.” For some strange reason, it was the Second Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen who answered his question and not the Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean who was caught sleeping on camera earlier. Dr Ng said that “it is not a sufficiently strong reason for the requirement to be imposed on them”: “‘We have specifically narrowed the scope because we know that it imposes considerable costs both to the individual and to the nation……From time to time, there have been calls to extend NS beyond this remit, to fulfil laudable social objectives. I am not in any doubt that these are laudable social goals but it is an inadequate reason for us to impose NS to go beyond the remit of a critical national security and survival need,” he claimed without substantiating his statements. An increasing number of Singaporeans are getting fed up with the discriminatory policies the PAP has practised against them in favor of the immigrants. For example, the PAP gives out generous scholarships to PRC students who are given Singapore citizenships upon graduation without ever serving National Service. In contrast, Singapore males have to serve two years of National Service before entering universities at their own expenses if they did not manage to secure a scholarship. Furthermore, they are disadvantaged by their reservist obligations upon entering the labor market. Dr Ng pointed out that there are many programmes to “integrate new citizens and help them better understand the importance of national defence.” For example, the People’s Association organized visits for new citizens to the Army Museum while the Defence Ministry organises visits to the Pulau Tekong Basic Military Training Centre, but these one-day visits can hardly substitute for the unique 2-year NS experience which all Singapore males have gone through. The new citizens should go through at least the 3-month basic military training to prevent them from taking a “free ride” on the contributions of native Singaporeans. Otherwise, it will appear that native Singaporeans are serving NS to protect the lives and properties of these new citizens. Right now, there is a pervasive public impression that Singaporeans are being relegated to second class citizens within their own countries. The new citizens should be made to pay an additional social security tax to make up for not doing NS. With Singapore being swarmed by foreigners thanks to the PAP’s liberal immigration policies, it is little wonder that there exists a common saying in the populace: “NS for Singaporeans, Jobs for foreigners