Leong Mun Wai

Of the NSFs who enlist each year, 20 per cent of them are PRs and young male new citizens, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.

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Ng asked, "If pre-enlistees are misled into thinking that new citizens of their age are exempted, where will they have the heart to serve National Service?"

Also, 20 per cent of all NS enlistees are made up of both new citizens and PRs. MPs have the duty to ask questions and debate policies, including national service policies in this House, but they should not make misleading statements that can weaken National Service, the SAF and the Home Team." However, males who receive citizenship as mature adults, typically in their 30s and 40s, are not enlisted. If pre-enlistees are misled into thinking that new citizens of their age are exempted, where will they have the heart to serve National Service? Correct facts must be put out to reassure the national servicemen in the SAF and the Home Team. "So what Mr Leong asserts, is not true," Ng said, and continued, "I have decided that it's important to correct the misleading statements put out by Mr Leong because they strike at the foundations of equity and universality that underpin National Service in Singapore." All male Singapore citizens and permanent residents between the ages of 18 to 40 for non-officers, and 50 for officers, are liable to serve national service.

SINGAPORE — New citizens and permanent residents form about 20 per cent of all National Servicemen enlisted, with each group making up half that number.

New citizens and permanent residents are contributing to our national defence," Dr Ng said. "Without that extra inject of new citizens and permanent residents our smaller birth cohorts would have impacted SAF’s manpower needs more acutely." SINGAPORE — New citizens and Singapore permanent residents (PRs) form about 20 per cent of all National Servicemen currently enlisted. “Let there be no doubt that for every young male citizen, whether by birth, registration or descent, the NS liabilities are the same. Many new citizens are enlisted for NS every year. Dr Ng said that his ministry had provided all relevant facts of NS liabilities for new citizens in a written answer to a parliamentary question that Mr Leong had filed on the topic for the July 5 sitting.

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After Dr Ng spoke, Mr Leong took the floor to register an objection and seek clarifications. Mr Leong said: "What is the number or the number of new citizens who have not performed NS? The number the minister has given only forms a subset of the new citizens." He added that he had given Mr Leong the full facts, and that the facts speak for themselves. He said: "If pre-enlistees are misled into thinking that new citizens of their age are exempted, where will they have the heart to serve NS?" Referring to this statement and others Mr Leong had made over the last year, Dr Ng said the facts must be put out to reassure the national servicemen in the SAF and Home Team. Dr Ng said: "I have decided that it is important to correct the misleading statements put out by Mr Leong, because they strike at the foundations of equity and universality that underpin NS in Singapore."

Of the NSFs who enlist each year, 20 per cent of them are PRs and young male new citizens, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.

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