Don't be jumping like a jumping bean: Ng Eng Hen on how to take Mahathir's remarks, and other questions

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SINGAPORE - In an hour-long interview at Mindef headquarters on Thursday ahead of the 55th anniversary of National Service, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen took questions from the media such as how the S

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ingapore Armed Forces can remain attractive to young people, and his views on former Malaysian Prime Minister1. On Dr Mahathir's June 19 comments that Malaysia should reclaim Singapore and the Riau Islands as"Malay lands":

2. On possible exemptions for the conscription of sportsmen, and the inclusion of women in the armed forces: "For Mindef, we work on a very strict basis that we have to apply fairly, transparently, openly, and that's the surest way of maintaining support for NS. Otherwise, if people feel some people are treated, or given privileges for whatever reasons, unfairly, then support will drop. So it has to be explained properly, and it has to be accepted.""Inflationary pressures will impact all budgets. Energy as a proportion of total budget isn't big.

"Recruitment for SAF regulars hasn't come down and in fact it's been very attractive. Neither has attrition gone up. In fact, attrition is lower than normal. We haven't seen that manpower crunch that other agencies are seeing.

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This is the mature response that I expect from Singapore.

Nothing to jump about.....malaysia was the one that kick us out. Now that we r rich....they want us back.

No other news?

Boeing747S8 Singapore just need to do 1 thing about Mahathir's remarks. Ignore the old man.

Cosmetic politics

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