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  • Singapore Navy Plans To Boost Manpower, Reaching Out To Mid-Careerists And Females

    Singapore Navy Plans To Boost Manpower, Reaching Out To Mid-Careerists And Females

    The Singapore Navy is not resting on its laurels, even as it celebrates 48 years of keeping Singapore’s waters secure.

    Facing tightening manpower demographics in an increasingly complex maritime climate, it is adopting several changes to strengthen its numbers.

    The Military Domain Experts Scheme started five years ago as a means of retaining servicemen with deep expertise. It is also a possible mid-career entry point, for those mulling a career in uniform. Currently, mid-careerists make up about 10 per cent of those on the scheme.

    Speaking to reporters on Friday (May 8), Navy Chief Rear-Admiral Lai Chung Han said a campaign to target mid-careerists to join the scheme might be in the works.

    He added that the Navy might even consider creating new vocations to better tap the skills of these mid-careerists, depending on the Navy’s needs.

    But not just anyone should apply. “They must bring value, it must make sense, and it must be because there’s an operational need for these vocations – those in engineering, those in the merchant navy, those who work in industry, precision manufacturing, those with backgrounds in safety, lawyers even – because going forward I think a good understanding of law, international law, how that applies in periods of tension and so and so forth,” RADM Lai said.

    Also on the Navy’s radar is the recruitment of more women into the force.

    Just seven per cent of its manpower are female – a figure the Navy plans to double in the next 10 to 15 years, matching other developed navies worldwide. But the Navy Chief said this requires not only family-friendly policies, but mindset changes too.

    He said: “If you look at our numbers, going forward if we don’t recruit more women, we can’t man all our positions. So to the men in the Navy, or in the armed forces who refuse this, the choice is simple – you either have that post not filled, or you have a woman who comes in, serves effectively for 20 to 25 years, but is away for maternity every now and then only.

    “So that’s a choice for us, and it’s a very stark reality. You need to recognise that women also bring great value, especially in an advanced armed forces where technology is key – where there’s less heavy lifting, physical strength, but (more of) mental strength, leadership, character and values.”

    And as the Navy equips itself with the latest technologies, it is also looking at how this can enable NS manpower to be better utilised.

    RADM Lai said: “We don’t see larger ships, newer ships crewed by NSmen because you really need more mature platforms. (We see) NSmen augmenting the crews of these ships, whether the Landing Ship Tanks or the frigates. And as we shift very decisively to using unmanned systems, the units that are operating these systems can be NS units.”

    He said he hopes as much as a quarter of the fleet could use unmanned systems, fully operated by NS units from the word “go”.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Woman In Centre Of Geylang Murder Case Dissociates Herself From Men

    Woman In Centre Of Geylang Murder Case Dissociates Herself From Men

    The woman at the center of the Geylang Lorong 8 murder case has come out to give her say: “I admit that I know both of them (the suspect and deceased), but those two men have nothing to do with me.”

    Shin Min News reported yesterday that two men got into a quarrel over a woman, which resulted in one man stabbing the other in the waist, killing him and leaving him on the street where the victim bled to death.

    The incident took place at about 9PM in a coffeeshop between Geylang Lorong 6 and 8. The deceased is a 48 year-old local Malay man named Rashid.

    The suspect was a 55 year-old elderly Malay man who wore a red hat.

    Eye witnesses overheard the two men arguing over the 40 year-old Siti, who works as a cleaner.

    Siti was approached by the media for her comments. She said she knew the suspect and the victim, but they did not have a relationship with her.

    “I worked at this coffeeshop last year for two months as a coffeeshop helper. I got to know them during this time as they are regulars there. They were there almost everyday.”

    However, she quit her job as a helper and went to work for a backpacking hostel and did not have anymore contact with the 2 men.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • SAF’s LTA Mohamad Fahrul Bin Saaid Excels In Australian Defence Force Academy Undergraduate Course

    SAF’s LTA Mohamad Fahrul Bin Saaid Excels In Australian Defence Force Academy Undergraduate Course

    SAF officer excels in Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Undergraduate Course.

    LTA Fahrul 2

    LTA Mohamad Fahrul Bin Saaid recently completed the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Undergraduate Course. The ADFA is a tri-service Australian military academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for officers of the Australian Defence Force. The course consists of a year of military training and four years of tertiary education which is provided by the University of New South Wales.

    Scoring above distinction in Undergraduate Studies as well as obtaining First Class Honours in Civil Engineering, LTA Fahrul was awarded the Commandant’s Academic Commendation.

    “Through the ADFA Undergraduate Course, I was able to experience How our Australian counterparts manage different situations. By understanding their processes, it helps me work better with them in future bilateral engagements, especially since SAF and ADF enjoy good defense relations. I have also learnt that it is of utmost importance to establish, maintain and even strengthen defense relations with other countries.” LTA Fahrul shares his takeaways from the 5-year course.

    Congratulations and well done LTA Fahrul!

     

    Source: The Singapore Army

  • Zulfikar Shariff: Apakah Melayu Singapura Betul-Betul Maju?

    Zulfikar Shariff: Apakah Melayu Singapura Betul-Betul Maju?

    Orang Melayu selalu ditipu dengan dakwaan bahawa bangsa kita makin maju, makin kaya, makin ramai yang berada. Kalau dulu kita tinggal di rumah kampung, sekarang tinggal di rumah flat.

    Kalau kampung, tanah kita, kalau flat, tanah HDB. Tapi takpelah kita percaya juga yang kita ni makin kaya.

    Sekarang dah ada kereta, semua ada mobile phone, dah boleh melancung. Kan bagus tu.

    Tapi kita perlu juga selidik jika orang Melayu makin “kaya” kerana memang benar kita ni kaya, kerana tidak ada diskriminasi, atau hanya kerana mengikut arus keberadaan.

    Kalau kita ingin tahu jika orang Melayu makin kaya, makin mewah, kita perlu bandingkan dengan kaum bukan Melayu di Singapura. Dan bandingkan perluasan jurang kemewahan: bila ia berlaku? kenapa? siapa yang memerintah?

    Adakah kemewahan ini melalui absolute gains (kerana dunia semakin mewah jadi kita pun mewah) atau melalui relative gains (jika dibandingkan dengan kaum lain, sebenarnya kita makin miskin).

    Adakah Melayu semakin mewah? Apabila PAP memerintah, siapa yang lebih mendapat habuan? Sama rata ke? Atau ada kaum yang makin mewah? Dan kita sebenarnya makin miskin?

    Menurut Lily Zubaidah Rahim, PAP tidak suka kita bandingkan kemewahan orang Melayu dengan bangsa lain kerana ia akan menunjukkan jurang yang makin meluas (23-24).

    The economic gap between the Malay and Chinese communities grew since the PAP took over.

    “the gap between Malays and Chinese in the two highest occupational categories was 2.3 in 1957, which increased to 4.1 per cent in 1970 and 9.6 per cent in 1980.

    Whereas there was approximately the same proportion of Malays and Chinese in the lower manual category in 1957, by 1980 there were 10 per cent more Malays in this occupational grouping. In the 1980s, the Chinese community continued to enjoy greater occupational mobility relative to the Malay and Indian communities…

    While there was a decrease of 25.3 per cent of Chinese male workers in the income category of less than $400 a month between 1975 and 1980, the proportion of Malays in that income category actually increased by 1.5 per cent in the same period.

    Whereas there was an increase of 5.9 per cent of Chinese male workers in the income bracket of more than $1,000 per month between 1975 and 1980, the increase for Malays was only 1.9 per cent…

    In 1980, the average Malay household income was 73.8 per cent of the average Chinese household income. By 1990, the income gap widened as the average Malay income dropped to 69.8 per cent of the average Chinese household income.” (20)

    Rahim, Lily Zubaidah. The Singapore dilemma: The political and educational marginality of the Malay community. Oxford University Press, USA, 1998.

     

    Source: Zulfikar Shariff

  • Dzar Ismail: Jangan Rosakkan Lagi Nama Baik Budak-Budak CD, Hantar Culprits Gi Nepal

    Dzar Ismail: Jangan Rosakkan Lagi Nama Baik Budak-Budak CD, Hantar Culprits Gi Nepal

    Pikirkanlah blood brother korang yg bertungkus lumus bantu mangsa gempa kat Nepal. Jangan sebab segelintir, sebar video rosakkan harta bende, semua nama jadi busuk. Aku pun dulu SCDF jugak.

    Dulu-dulu pakcik-pakcik pandang hina kat aku beb. Nak tackle anak dia, tanya army ker SCDF. Bila sebut SCDF, dia pandang atas bawah.

    Last bila jumpa masa jemputan, cakap dia selalu dengar aku, dan berkenan sangat dengan aku. Well its too late pakcik, sapa suro ko pandang hina kat SCDF! Tapi mungkin selepas hari nih, dia akan senyum! Dia akan cakap, “Aku dah cakap dah!” Aku tau dia tengah senyum! Aku tampar kang. Jadi, hargailah mereka yg mengharumkan nama SCDF. Jangan amek sambil lewa, bila pakai uniform, sebab yg lain, yg tak bersalah, semua akan terbabit.

    Dan kepada SCDF, janganlah sampai buang mereka, tapi, hantarlah mereka ke Nepal, baru mereka tau hargai kehidupan susah, cari mangsa pakai tangan, angkat batu bata, jadi rescuer, jadi medic, baru tahu menilai erti pakai uniform biru tuh.

    Nih dah lemak sangat nih.

     

    Source: Dzar Ismail