The Malaysian National Service (NS) has been carried out for 5 years. Before going into the main discussion, let us understand the initial objective of NS.
NS was was first proposed in late 2001, brought to committee the following year, and finally brought to action in 2003. Initially it was thought that all youth of a certain age would be drafted but later the numbers were restricted due to lack of resources. The program was also initially planned as a 2-year program, which was later reduced to a year, and then six months, and to its present three-month length. The rationale for National Service was to bond the youth of Malaysia together and create a Malaysian nation, as the problem of racial polarisation was found to pervade educational institutions in Malaysia.
Objective of NS :
- Develop a young generation who are patriotic and with love for their country
- Enhance unity among the multi-racial communities in the country
- Instill a spirit of caring and volunteerism among society
- Produce an active, intelligent and confident generation
- Develop positive characteristics among the younger generation through good values
- Develop a generation that will always obey the current government
So has our youth become more patriotic after NS? No.
It is quite impossible to make or force them love their own motherland in just 3 months. It is totally mission impossible. I can say almost all the so called "conscript" are forced to join NS. Maybe 1 in 100 000 only enjoy NS.
Has the youth become intelligent after joining NS ? Again a sad answer. No.
How can a youth become intelligent by camping for 3 months time ? The young generation are smart and intelligent. They are capable to giving constructive opinion and ideas. They can know which is right and which is wrong. Just that they express their opinion and feelings on the Internet and blog. And this makes the govt unhappy. So the govt wants to teach the youth a lesson by sending the youth to NS. So that they will become a Singaporean -very obidient.
After NS has been launched in 2003, there are total 18 trainee fatalities cases. Why was that happen ? The govt should had the responsibility to take care of the trainee. Since the govt can't take the full responsibility, the govt. should stop the NS programme.
The security and cleanliness at most camps are very poor. In the more rural camps, communal bathing in murky ponds is practiced. The atrocious living conditions are speculated to be lower than announced cost of constructing the camp by the government. Sick trainees are NOT allowed to leave their camp even for treatment. This has been the cause of some trainees' death or illness.
Besides that, the cost of continuing NS is too costly. There are more than 70 NS training sites in Malaysia. Assuming that the cost of operating 1 training site is RM 10 million, 70 will cost about Rm700 million. The big amount of money can be used for education, development in rural area or improving the public transport system.
Too many trainee die in the service. Yet the youth didn't even learn how to protect the country if the country in danger or the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in 1962 - 1966 happens again. A Colt M-16 training lesson will train more and more people which know how to friendly fire with M-16. Useless !!
Are we willing to see those incident happen and happen again ? It is a complete nightmare. So say no to NS as it is completely rubbish and hopeless.
Post your comment about NS. Your comment is one of the way where we can discuss more about the NS.
Thanks for reading !!
-JoE.CoM-
For your reference :
Merdeka Review : 取消国民服务及英语教数理; 李文材：政府更应开源节流
http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=6927
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What is Malaysian National Service (NS) For ??
The Malaysian National Service (NS) has been carried out for 5 years. Before going into the main discussion, let us understand the initial objective of NS.
NS was was first proposed in late 2001, brought to committee the following year, and finally brought to action in 2003. Initially it was thought that all youth of a certain age would be drafted but later the numbers were restricted due to lack of resources. The program was also initially planned as a 2-year program, which was later reduced to a year, and then six months, and to its present three-month length. The rationale for National Service was to bond the youth of Malaysia together and create a Malaysian nation, as the problem of racial polarisation was found to pervade educational institutions in Malaysia.
Objective of NS :
- Develop a young generation who are patriotic and with love for their country
- Enhance unity among the multi-racial communities in the country
- Instill a spirit of caring and volunteerism among society
- Produce an active, intelligent and confident generation
- Develop positive characteristics among the younger generation through good values
- Develop a generation that will always obey the current government
So has our youth become more patriotic after NS? No.
It is quite impossible to make or force them love their own motherland in just 3 months. It is totally mission impossible. I can say almost all the so called "conscript" are forced to join NS. Maybe 1 in 100 000 only enjoy NS.
Has the youth become intelligent after joining NS ? Again a sad answer. No.
How can a youth become intelligent by camping for 3 months time ? The young generation are smart and intelligent. They are capable to giving constructive opinion and ideas. They can know which is right and which is wrong. Just that they express their opinion and feelings on the Internet and blog. And this makes the govt unhappy. So the govt wants to teach the youth a lesson by sending the youth to NS. So that they will become a Singaporean -very obidient.
After NS has been launched in 2003, there are total 18 trainee fatalities cases. Why was that happen ? The govt should had the responsibility to take care of the trainee. Since the govt can't take the full responsibility, the govt. should stop the NS programme.
The security and cleanliness at most camps are very poor. In the more rural camps, communal bathing in murky ponds is practiced. The atrocious living conditions are speculated to be lower than announced cost of constructing the camp by the government. Sick trainees are NOT allowed to leave their camp even for treatment. This has been the cause of some trainees' death or illness.
Besides that, the cost of continuing NS is too costly. There are more than 70 NS training sites in Malaysia. Assuming that the cost of operating 1 training site is RM 10 million, 70 will cost about Rm700 million. The big amount of money can be used for education, development in rural area or improving the public transport system.
Too many trainee die in the service. Yet the youth didn't even learn how to protect the country if the country in danger or the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in 1962 - 1966 happens again. A Colt M-16 training lesson will train more and more people which know how to friendly fire with M-16. Useless !!
Are we willing to see those incident happen and happen again ? It is a complete nightmare. So say no to NS as it is completely rubbish and hopeless.
Post your comment about NS. Your comment is one of the way where we can discuss more about the NS.
Thanks for reading !!
-JoE.CoM-
For your reference :
Merdeka Review : 取消国民服务及英语教数理; 李文材：政府更应开源节流
http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=6927
NS was was first proposed in late 2001, brought to committee the following year, and finally brought to action in 2003. Initially it was thought that all youth of a certain age would be drafted but later the numbers were restricted due to lack of resources. The program was also initially planned as a 2-year program, which was later reduced to a year, and then six months, and to its present three-month length. The rationale for National Service was to bond the youth of Malaysia together and create a Malaysian nation, as the problem of racial polarisation was found to pervade educational institutions in Malaysia.
Objective of NS :
- Develop a young generation who are patriotic and with love for their country
- Enhance unity among the multi-racial communities in the country
- Instill a spirit of caring and volunteerism among society
- Produce an active, intelligent and confident generation
- Develop positive characteristics among the younger generation through good values
- Develop a generation that will always obey the current government
So has our youth become more patriotic after NS? No.
It is quite impossible to make or force them love their own motherland in just 3 months. It is totally mission impossible. I can say almost all the so called "conscript" are forced to join NS. Maybe 1 in 100 000 only enjoy NS.
Has the youth become intelligent after joining NS ? Again a sad answer. No.
How can a youth become intelligent by camping for 3 months time ? The young generation are smart and intelligent. They are capable to giving constructive opinion and ideas. They can know which is right and which is wrong. Just that they express their opinion and feelings on the Internet and blog. And this makes the govt unhappy. So the govt wants to teach the youth a lesson by sending the youth to NS. So that they will become a Singaporean -very obidient.
After NS has been launched in 2003, there are total 18 trainee fatalities cases. Why was that happen ? The govt should had the responsibility to take care of the trainee. Since the govt can't take the full responsibility, the govt. should stop the NS programme.
The security and cleanliness at most camps are very poor. In the more rural camps, communal bathing in murky ponds is practiced. The atrocious living conditions are speculated to be lower than announced cost of constructing the camp by the government. Sick trainees are NOT allowed to leave their camp even for treatment. This has been the cause of some trainees' death or illness.
Besides that, the cost of continuing NS is too costly. There are more than 70 NS training sites in Malaysia. Assuming that the cost of operating 1 training site is RM 10 million, 70 will cost about Rm700 million. The big amount of money can be used for education, development in rural area or improving the public transport system.
Too many trainee die in the service. Yet the youth didn't even learn how to protect the country if the country in danger or the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in 1962 - 1966 happens again. A Colt M-16 training lesson will train more and more people which know how to friendly fire with M-16. Useless !!
Are we willing to see those incident happen and happen again ? It is a complete nightmare. So say no to NS as it is completely rubbish and hopeless.
Post your comment about NS. Your comment is one of the way where we can discuss more about the NS.
Thanks for reading !!
-JoE.CoM-
For your reference :
Merdeka Review : 取消国民服务及英语教数理; 李文材：政府更应开源节流
http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=6927
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