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SINGAPORE: From July, over 40,000 full-time NSmen will receive a monthly rank allowance of S$400, up by S$50.

Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean announced this at the launch of NS40, a series of events to commemorate 40 years of national service.

He also said a group of key appointment holders will get a 20 percent increment in rank allowances because these people are required to serve longer in-camp training (ICT) and are made to carry heavier responsibilities.

For Robert Bong, an IT Consultant at CRICT Research and Consulting Group, the NS40 exhibition at Ngee Ann City is a journey down memory lane.

In 1976, the then recruit, served his national service at Pulau Tekong and the only time spent in the bunk was in the evenings after training.

He said: "But after finishing the ironing and polishing, we couldn't do anything else because the lights went off at 11pm. We would sit outside the old bunk, look over the water into the east coast part of Singapore and feel very homesick!"

Since Colonel Bong's time, wireless classrooms and LAN-based simulation games have become part of everyday training.

Michael Palmer, MP, Pasir Ris GRC, said: "The army has changed – it's a lot more intellectual, more technical and more technological. I was just talking to one of the lieutenant colonels who was in my batch at OCS and we were reflecting that our officers now are actually taught to lead. In our days, we were tortured to lead."

Members of the public can also get a taste of being part of a Civil Defence rescue operation at a simulator display at the exhibition.

From detecting casualties to rescuing people from wreckage, the simulation gives the public a better appreciation of what the rescue team does.

The NS40 exhibition is held till 15 April.


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zenite

ha, i wanted to post this but u beat me to it.

$50 not so much, but the 20% rise is tempting. i going NS soon, planning to keep a low profile (no high rank, no fighting for promotion) but the $50 for recruits so little nia. MP get so high pay rise, we work day to night only like that! (MPs usually have a full-time job, so they have double salary some more!)

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Triglav

well it is not much but at least it is something.

way way better than what i used to get when i was a recruit,which i think then was a miserable $100+

Shyraiiyann

hahas, they trainin you to serve your country to protect your loved ones got pay u already very good bah -..-


my bf went army TODAY. hais. :'(

SG FTW!

eleveninth

lol 100+ wow. man, and i thought 350 was bad. hmmmm looks like recruits will be earning 400 now. and something tells me they'll still be complaining about it.

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Triglav

yeah most people nowadays just do not know how good they have it now when they enter the army...

xiaophang

i tot the tekong recruits alreadi earning 450 le...den nw add another 50....isit it 500 liao...omg...compare to last time 200+ den 350...a lots of diff lo...500 is at least a cpl pay or 1 yr soldiers pay le...haiz...

neng83

if u all want higher pay~ than hope u all enlist into civil denfece lor~ but must be fire fighter~ haha~ pay super high~ after POP frm fire fighting course~ u only work 10 days per month nia~ 1 mth salary is $770 for private~ so 1 day u earn $77~ than now increase $50~ u will earn $820 per mth~ cool right~ for private nia gt so high pay~

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funnysnow

i am right to defer my NS.. lols.. now got increase..

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handphone

haha..they dun call it pay..they call allowance..gov dun pay u..they just giving u allowance

Cherish every moments every secs.
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funnysnow

same la..

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Edneth91

i want $400

:devil2: to be or not be,whateva you do,choices have conquences

finaldust

should increase bah lol or else the allowance for ITP is even higher

to fall in love is always easy
to start a relationship is always simple
to build it, is always tough
to maintain it, is 'better said than done'
to break off, is 'easier said than done'
to remain friends after u broke off, is never possible
to forget the memories is 'always doing but never succeeding'
to heal the pain within is hard and tough and never near simple
but one has to try to heal your own heart...

Shyraiiyann

so now u wanna chiong me uh minghuang?
okay,


EDITED:
they never ask u to PAY them for training u to protect your loved ones already very good, still give u allowance, please be glad. Somemore food and all provided,



and wad just givin. u dun take la u, d0nate to me lor, i quite poor


please feel free to correct me again MH:disgust2:

SG FTW!

ultrameg

very good liao, I heard that last time, they were drawing something like $180 bucks.... eat grass ....

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